Getting Started with Mutt

Install a prebuilt package:
 $ sudo pkg_add -i mutt
 Ambiguous: choose package for mutt
     0: <None>
     1: mutt-1.4.2.3
     2: mutt-1.4.2.3-compressed
     3: mutt-1.5.17
     4: mutt-1.5.17-sasl
     5: mutt-1.5.17-sasl-sidebar-compressed
     6: mutt-1.5.17-sidebar-compressed
 Your choice: 4

Mutt is now installed as /usr/local/bin/mutt.
My mutt configuration:
http://erdelynet.com/downloads/dot.muttrc
See muttrc(5)