Dockerfile

# Run Mutt from a container

# docker run -it \
#	-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
#	-e GMAIL -e GMAIL_NAME \ # pass env variables to config
#	-e GMAIL_PASS -e GMAIL_FROM \
#	-v $HOME/.gnupg:/home/user/.gnupg \ # so you can encrypt ;)
#	--name mutt \
#	jess/mutt
#
FROM alpine:latest
LABEL maintainer "Jessie Frazelle <jess@linux.com>"

RUN addgroup -g 1000 user \
	&& adduser -D -h /home/user -G user -u 1000 user

RUN apk --no-cache add \
	ca-certificates \
	elinks \
	git \
	gnupg1 \
	lynx \
	mutt \
	mutt-doc \
	vim \
	--repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main

# a browser is necessary!
ENV BROWSER lynx

USER user
ENV HOME /home/user
ENV TERM xterm-256color
RUN mkdir -p $HOME/.mutt/cache/headers $HOME/.mutt/cache/bodies \
	&& touch $HOME/.mutt/certificates

# vim settings
RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jessfraz/.vim.git $HOME/.vim \
	&& git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized $HOME/.vim/bundle/vim-colors-solarized \
	&& cp $HOME/.vim/vimrc $HOME/.vimrc

ENV LANG C.UTF-8

COPY	entrypoint.sh	/entrypoint.sh
COPY	.mutt			$HOME/.mutt

ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

CMD ["mutt", "-F", "~/.mutt/muttrc"]