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
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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.
38 The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
39 with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
40 fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
43 Currently implemented features are:
45 o user-friendly and intuitive interface
46 o 3-paned view like many Windoze-based mail client
47 o ability of keyboard-only operation
48 o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind (most of normally used keys have been
54 o external editor support
55 o unlimited multiple account handling
58 o draft message function
60 o XML-based address book
62 o unread message management
63 o multiple MH folder support
64 o integrated NetNews client
66 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
67 o multithread support (experimental)
68 o mbox importing / exporting
69 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
71 o high-speed message processing
72 o lightweight resource usage
73 o easily customizable configuration
74 o supports automake + autoconf, and internationalization of message
77 You'll figure out the usage if you have used a mailer on Windows, or
83 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
91 Input `sylpheed' on a command line, or double-click the icon on a file
97 When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
98 configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
99 mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
100 already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
105 Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
106 messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
107 accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
108 "Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
109 the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
111 Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
116 You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
118 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
120 There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
121 Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
123 http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
128 Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
134 You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
136 First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
138 :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
144 and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
146 Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
148 cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
150 a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
152 To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
156 on the top directory of the source tree.
159 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>