Sylpheed-Claws - a GTK+ based fast email and news client

Sylpheed-Claws is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on X Window System, and aiming for

* Quick response * Graceful, and sophisticated interface * Easy configuration, intuitive operation * Abundant features

Currently implemented features include:

o POP3 support o IMAP4rev1 support o integrated NetNews client o unlimited multiple account handling o thread display o filtering o MIME (attachments) o built-in image view o X-Face support o multiple MH folder support o mbox importing / exporting o external editor support o message queueing o automatic mail checking o draft message function o template function o line-wrapping o clickable URI o XML-based address book o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support o newly arrived and unread message management o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind o printing o APOP authentication support o SMTP AUTH support o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1) o IPv6 support o drag & drop (partially implemented) o GnuPG support (currently implementing) o automake + autoconf support o internationalization of messages by gettext o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when using libjconv) o support for plugins

This list is not complete.

--compose [address] --subscribe [uri] --attach file1 [file2]... --receive --receive-all --send --status --status folder[/subfolder] --status-full --select folder[/msg] --online --offline --exit --debug --help --version --config-dir

$HOME/Mail

Default directory for mail storage

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed-claws

Global program directory

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed-claws/manual

Manual files in HTML format

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed-claws/themes

Global themes directory

$PREFIX/lib/sylpheed-claws/plugins

Directory for plugins

$PREFIX/include/sylpheed-claws

Directory for header files

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws

Default directory for user's configuration files directory

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/themes

User's themes directory

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/accountrc

Configuration for account(s)

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/addrbook*

Addressbook files

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/command_history

User-specified commands

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/customheaderrc

Configuration for custom headers for sending mail

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/dispheaderrc

Configuration for custom display of headers in message view

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/matcherrc

Filtering and Processing function configuration

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/folderlist.xml

Folder hierarchy listing

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/menurc

Menu shortcut-key configuration

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheed-claws.log

Sylpheed logfile

$HOME/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc

Main configuration file

To run this program the standard way type:

sylpheed-claws

Alternatively you can run it with the following options:

--compose [address]

to open a Compose window

--subscribe [uri]

subscribe to the given URI if possible

--attach file1 [file2]...

open composition window with specified files attached

--compose "mailto:%t?subject=%s&cc=%c&body=%b"

this syntax can be used in web-browsers and CLI to open a pre-populated Compose window

--receive

receive new messages

--receive-all

receive new messages from all accounts

--send

send all queued messages

--status

show the total number of messages [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

--status folder[/subfolder]

show the total number of messages in specified folder [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

--status-full

show the total number of messages per folder [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

--select folder[/msg]

On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message

--online

Start sylpheed-claws in (or switch to, if already running) online mode

--offline

Start sylpheed-claws in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode

--help

display the help message and exit

--exit

exit Sylpheed-Claws

--debug

for debug mode

--version

display version number and exit

--config-dir

display the CONFIG-DIR and exit

This program requires GTK+ 2.4.x or higher to be compiled.

Please make sure that gtk-devel and glib-devel (or similar) packages are installed before the compilation (you may also require flex (lex) and bison (yacc)).

To compile and install, just type:

% ./configure % make % su Password: [Enter password] # make install

Refer to ./configure --help for further information.

The Sylpheed-Claws Team

Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net> Ho`a Vi^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net> Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net> Ricardo Mones Lastra <mones@users.sf.net> Colin Leroy <colinleroy@users.sf.net> Paul Mangan <twb@users.sf.net> Martin Schaaf <mascha1@users.sf.net> Tristan Chabredier < wwp@users.sf.net>

Previous team members

Keith Edmunds Match Grun Melvin Hadasht Oliver Haertel Christoph Hohmann Alfons Hoogervorst Thorsten Maerz Leandro A. F. Pereira Luke Plant Carsten Schurig Sergey Vlasov Hiroyuki Yamamoto

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