gmute adds support for Gmail's "mute" feature to mutt, and any other mail client which can output the raw headers to a file. Muting prevents new entries in a thread from appearing in the inbox, which can be very useful for managing mailing list activity.

Usage

First, put your IMAP credentials in ~/.config/gmute, like so:

[auth]
user = jcd@unatco.int
pass = bionicman

If you want to use this from the mutt index, you can add something like the following binding to your configuration with gmute in mutt's $PATH:

macro index M '<enter-command>set pipe_sep="\n_PIPE_SEP_\n"<enter><pipe-message>gmute<enter><sync-mailbox>'

Then, with a message from a thread you want to mute highlighted in the index, press M to mute that thread, just as would work in the Gmail UI. gmute also works with tags, either using tag-prefix or set auto_tag.

You might also want to unset wait_key in your mutt config if you don't want the "press any key to continue" prompt.

Installation

To install the latest stable version from PyPi:

pip install -U gmute

To install the latest development version directly from GitHub:

pip install -U git+https://github.com/cdown/gmute.git