sylpheed-claws-gtk21

Usage

Overview

Claws Mail 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 and (colour) 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
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.

Options

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

Files

$HOME/Mail

Default directory for mail storage

$PREFIX/share/claws-mail

Global program directory

$PREFIX/share/claws-mail/manual

Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format

$PREFIX/share/claws-mail/themes

Global themes directory

$PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins

Directory for plugins

$PREFIX/include/claws-mail

Directory for header files

$HOME/.claws-mail

Default directory for user's configuration files directory

$HOME/.claws-mail/addrbook/*

Addressbook files

$HOME/.claws-mail/templates

User-defined templates directory

$HOME/.claws-mail/themes

User's themes directory

$HOME/.claws-mail/accountrc

Configuration for account(s)

$HOME/.claws-mail/actionsrc

User-defined custom actions

$HOME/.claws-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc

User-defined address book custom attributes

$HOME/.claws-mail/claws.log

Claws Mail logfile

$HOME/.claws-mail/claws-win32.log

Claws Mail output file (Windows only)

$HOME/.claws-mail/clawsrc

Main configuration file

$HOME/.claws-mail/command_history

User-specified commands

$HOME/.claws-mail/customheaderrc

Configuration for custom headers for sending mail

$HOME/.claws-mail/dispheaderrc

Configuration for custom display of headers in message view

$HOME/.claws-mail/folderitemrc

All folders' attributes

$HOME/.claws-mail/folderlist.xml

Folder hierarchy listing

$HOME/.claws-mail/matcherrc

Filtering and Processing function configuration

$HOME/.claws-mail/menurc

Menu shortcut-key configuration

$HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history

User-specified searches in message bodies

$HOME/.claws-mail/quicksearch_history

User-specified quick-search list

$HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history

User-specified searches in message bodies

$HOME/.claws-mail/summary*_history

User-specified searches in message list

$HOME/.claws-mail/tagsrc

User-specified tag list

$HOME/.claws-mail/toolbar*.xml

User-defined custom toolbars

Examples

To run this program the standard way type:

claws-mail

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 [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]

On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message

--online

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

--offline

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

--help

display the help message and exit

--exit

exit Claws Mail

--debug

for debug mode

--version

display version number and exit

--version-full

display version number and compiled-in features then exit

--config-dir

display the CONFIG-DIR and exit

--alternate-config-dir [dir]

start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory

Installation

This program requires GTK+ 2.6.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.