If you use the cursor keys in tin to read newsgroups, then you might want to try the following macros for mutt: # tin style cursor keys macro browser <left> "\q\q" "exit mutt" macro browser <right> "\r" "enter folder" macro index <left> "c\t" "list folders" macro index <right> "\r" "read message" macro pager <left> "\q" "list messages" macro pager <up> <pageup> "page up" macro pager <down> <pagedown> "page down" More settings that speed up message reading: set delete=yes set sort=threads