These are Sample user config files for: .muttrc = Mutt - seen here as: config.muttrc.txt .pinerc = AlPine - seen here as: config.pinerc.txt You can use these as a guide to personalize your configuration and override the default system configurations: /etc/Muttrc /etc/pine.conf If you use Alpine on MacOS - you might want to look at this page: http://www.madboa.com/geek/pine-macosx/