Minimal configuration for Neomutt/Mutt and Gmail/G Suite

.muttrc

# A minimal configuration for Neomutt/Mutt and Gmail/G Suite
# For more information, see:
# https://heilala.medium.com/command-line-email-with-neomutt-and-gmail-d558864ac3c8?source=friends_link&sk=4dbd90b6b7aebca3bce8d94c9a053168

# Decrypts passwords quietly
# see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mutt#Passwords_management
source "gpg -dq $HOME/.my-pwds.gpg |"

# Username and password for your Gmail/G Suite account
set imap_user = "[email protected]"
# Password assigned from decrypted file
set imap_pass = $my_pass

# Specifies the default location of your mailboxes
set folder = "imaps://imap.gmail.com:993"

# Configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol for sending mail
# for Gmail
set smtp_url = "smtps://[email protected]:587"
# for G Suite with own domain
#set smtp_url = "smtps://[email protected]@smtp.gmail.com:587"
set smtp_pass = $my_pass

# Location of inbox
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
# Location of drafts
set postponed = "+[GMail]/Drafts"

# Activate caching, as it can greatly improve speed
set header_cache = "~/.mutt/cache/headers"
set message_cachedir = "~/.mutt/cache/bodies"

# Disable saving outgoing mail since Gmail saves them by default.
set record = ""