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claws-mail

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

claws-mail [options]

DESCRIPTION

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.

AUTHORS

The Claws Mail Team

Holger Berndt                  <berndth@users.sf.net>

Tristan Chabredier             <wwp@claws-mail.org>

Ho`a Vi^et Dinh                        <hoa@users.sf.net>

Andrej Kacian                  <andrej@kacian.sk>

Darko Koruga                   <darko@users.sf.net>

Ricardo Mones Lastra   <ricardo@mones.org>

Colin Leroy                    <colin@colino.net>

Paul Mangan                    <paul@claws-mail.org>

Salvatore De Paolis    <iwkse@claws-mail.org>

Previous team members

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

SEE ALSO

Claws Mail Homepage

<http://www.claws-mail.org>