Sylpheed-Claws - a GTK+ based fast e-mail and news client

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.

--compose [address]

--attach file1 [file2]...

--receive

--receive-all

--send

--status

--status folder[/subfolder]

--status-full

--online

--offline

--debug

--help

--version

--config-dir

$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

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

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.

main-branch (http://sylpheed.good-day.net)

Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> <yamamoto@good-day.co.jp>

claws-branch (http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net)

Hoa viet Dinh <dinh.viet.hoa@free.fr>

Match Grun <match@dimensional.com>

Melvin Hadasht <melvin.hadasht@free.fr>

Christoph Hohmann <reboot@gmx.ch>

Alfons Hoogervorst <alfons@proteus.demon.nl>

Darko Koruga <darko.koruga@hermes.si>

Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>

Thorsten Maerz <torte@netztorte.de>

Paul Mangan <claws@thewildbeast.co.uk>

Luke Plant <L.Plant.98@cantab.net>

Martin Schaaf <mascha@ma-scha.de>

Carsten Schurig <Carsten.Schurig@web.de>

Sergey Vlasov <vsu@users.sourceforge.net>

Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>

sylpheed-claws-w32

Thorsten Maerz <torte@netztorte.de>

Sylpheed Homepage

<http://sylpheed.good-day.net>

Sylpheed-Claws Homepage

<http://sylpheed-claws.sf.net>

Sylpheed-Claws Win32 Homepage

<http://sylpheed-claws.sf.net/win32>