Attachments

Either from the index or from the pager view, pressing `v' will take you to a list of all attachments of the message. This might be more informative than you think! For example, many messages come with both plain text and HTML parts (see Figure 5, showing a message sent in both ASCII and HTML and including a picture). You can also take advantage of this to drill down to the heart of messages that have been forwarded and re-forwarded through many senders. Open up the list of attachments, and note which one has the greatest size; put the cursor over it and press enter to read the joke ten people thought so funny they had to forward it to all of their friends. Isn't that easier than mail software that makes you double click on each of the ten messages in turn?

Figure 5: Mutt's Display of the Different Parts of an Email Including Attachments