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You can launch a compose session from any terminal. "mutt -s 'subject line'" will prompt for recipient(s) and drop you into an editor for composing.

You can even pipe output straight to mutt:

    df ¦ mutt -s "disk utilization" foo@example.com

Hm, I might follow that idea (open in a new terminal window or split screen). I'd somehow have to get the original message as a quote for the new message.

You can always open the mailbox first and grab the message you want to reply to:

    mutt -Rf <mailbox name>
... will open the given mailbox in read-only mode (so as not to update read flags and such).

In practice, I generally run mutt within screen, with multiple frequently-accessed mailboxes open. I switch mailboxes by moving between screen buffers.

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