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MUTT : Background sending with mSMTP

I am regular mutt user. Here is a good fix to remove waiting while the mutt interacts with the SMTP server to send an email. Previously I used a local mail server, now I am going to use mSMTP which is a SMTP Client just like mutt. We will let the mSMTP do the sending part in the background and will keep reading mails in the mutt, Sounds cool, eh ?

At First, Do Install and Configure mSMTP, don’t worry its a quick one.

Open your .muttrc file, remove smtp_url variable, or comment it.

#set smtp_url = "smtp://vigas@csiom.com@csiom.com"

Append following, change things accordingly.

#sets path to msmtp command
set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
set envelope_from=yes

#Tells mSMTP to use which block of address to send the email
macro generic "1" ":set from=email@gmail.com"

#Background sending, Hurray !
set sendmail_wait=-1

That’s it guys !

Feel free to share problems, if any. I’ll be back after some sleep.

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Troubleshoot Huawei E398 On Manjaro Linux

Its been days, my Tata Photon Plus device, E398 was not working properly on my favourite linux distro, Manjaro. So today I found some time to dig it and solve the problem.

Problem was that, My modem was showing up lsusb but was not getting detected by wvdial or dmesg.

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard

First of all, install following packages.

Here, note down following.
Vendor ID = 12d1
Product ID = 1505

Now install these packages.


# pacman -S usb_modeswitch modemmanager wvdial ppp

Edit this file after installing the packages


vim /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules

Append following lines at the end, and replace Vendor ID and Product ID accordingly.

#Huawei E398
ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="1505", RUN+="usb_modeswitch '%b/%k'"

Issue following command to test

# usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1505 -V 12d1 -P 1506 -M "55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"

If everything goes right issue this command using your product and vendor ID.

modprobe option vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506

Replug the Modem, It will work like a charm. Keep me posted if you face any problems.

Cheers !

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Installing Gnome 3.10 on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) Final Beta

Gnome 3.10

Want to spice up your desktop by installing the crisp of new Gnome shell ?

Gnome 3.10
Gnome 3.10


Gnome 3.10 is the major release after 3.8, which includes various performace + UI improvements. It also have various extensions already installed as well as “Tweak Tool” is also pre-installed. Use following commands to install Gnome 3.10 on Ubuntu 13.10 Final Beta.

Open Terminal :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop

Install it and have some fun 😉