Mutt is a very powerful and fast email client (text based )in linux.

here is a small tutorial how to use mutt as a email client on Linux.

First you need to install mutt :

for this in Ubuntu open ur console and type in : sudo apt-get install mutt

in fedora : yum install mutt

once it is installed you need to create a couple of directories in your home folder:

$mkdir -p ~/.mutt/cache/headers

$mkdir ~/.mutt/cache/bodies

$touch ~/.mutt/certificates

Now type in nano /home/username/.muttrc and fill in the according to the sample muttrc file below:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2010/06/muttrc-gmail.txt

Edit the .muttrc file and fill in ur username and password in appropriate place and then save it.

Now go back to ur terminal and type mutt.It will prompt u to save certificates from google.Type a(always save) and Bingo !

You have ur working email client at ur disposal.