sylpheed-claws1

Overview

Sylpheed-Claws is an e-mail 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.

Options

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

Files

$HOME/Mail

Default directory for mail storage

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed

Global program directory

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed/manual

Manual files in HTML format

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed/faq

FAQ files in HTML format

$PREFIX/share/sylpheed/themes

Global themes directory

$PREFIX/lib/sylpheed/plugins

Directory for plugins

$PREFIX/include/sylpheed

Directory for header files

$HOME/.sylpheed

Default directory for user's configuration files directory

$HOME/.sylpheed/themes

User's themes directory

$HOME/.sylpheed/accountrc

Configuration for account(s)

$HOME/.sylpheed/addrbook*

Addressbook files

$HOME/.sylpheed/command_history

User-specified commands

$HOME/.sylpheed/customheaderrc

Configuration for custom headers for sending mail

$HOME/.sylpheed/dispheaderrc

Configuration for custom display of headers in message view

$HOME/.sylpheed/matcherrc

Filtering and Processing function configuration

$HOME/.sylpheed/folderlist.xml

Folder hierachy listing

$HOME/.sylpheed/menurc

Menu shortcut-key configuration

$HOME/.sylpheed/sylpheed.log

Sylpheed logfile

$HOME/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc

Main configuration file

Examples

To run this program the standard way type:

sylpheed

Alternatively you can run it with the following options:

--debug

for debug mode

--compose [address]

to open a Compose window

--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]

--online

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

--offline

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

--help

display the help message and exit

--version

display version number and exit

--config-dir

display the CONFIG-DIR and exit

Installation

This program requires GTK+ 1.2.6 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.