Opening .eml files with mutt

Question

How should one open .eml files in linux ? I'm not sure if mutt can handle it ?

UPDATE

I worked it out partially , by creating a new mailbox:

mkdir -p a/{cur,tmp,new}

And place the eml file in a/cur , I could read it with:

mutt -f

But that's not exactly what I want yet

Answer 1

mutt doesn't seem able to open individual messages. What you can do is convert the .eml file into an mbox folder containing a single message. This basically involves adding a From line at the top, which can be done using formail -b:

formail -b < themessage.eml > themessage.mbox

This can then be opened within mutt using change-folder (default key c).