1 Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
3 Copyright(C) 1999-2001 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
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19 For more details see the file COPYING.
25 Sylpheed is an e-mail client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on
26 X Window System, and aiming for
29 * Graceful, and sophisticated interface
30 * Easy configuration, intuitive operation
33 The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for
34 Windows, such as Outlook Express, Becky!, and Datula. The interface is also
35 designed to emulate the mailers on Emacsen, and almost all commands are
36 accessible with the keyboard. You'll figure out the usage if you have ever
37 used some e-mail clients for Windows, or Mew or Wanderlust.
39 The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
40 with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
41 fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
44 Currently implemented features are:
48 o integrated NetNews client
49 o unlimited multiple account handling
55 o multiple MH folder support
56 o mbox importing / exporting
57 o external editor support
59 o automatic mail checking
60 o draft message function
63 o XML-based address book
64 o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
65 o newly arrived and unread message management
66 o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind
68 o APOP authentication support
70 o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
72 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
73 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
74 o automake + autoconf support
75 o internationalization of messages by gettext
76 o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when using
84 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
92 Input `sylpheed' on a command line, or double-click the icon on a file
98 When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
99 configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
100 mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
101 already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
106 Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
107 messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
108 accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
109 "Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
110 the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
112 Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
117 You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
119 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
121 There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
122 Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
124 http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
129 Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
135 You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
137 First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
139 :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
145 and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
147 Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
149 cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
151 a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
153 To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
157 on the top directory of the source tree.
160 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>