1 Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
3 Copyright(C) 1999-2002 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 remote operation by command line
58 o per-folder configuration
59 o external editor support
61 o automatic mail checking
62 o draft message function
66 o XML-based address book
67 o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
68 o newly arrived and unread message management
69 o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind
71 o APOP authentication support
73 o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
75 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
76 o GnuPG support (currently in progress)
77 o automake + autoconf support
78 o internationalization of messages by gettext
79 o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when using
87 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
92 Preparation before running
93 --------------------------
95 If you want to use characters other than English (aka US-ASCII),
96 you must specify some environmental variables related to locale.
99 % export LANG=de_DE (sh, bash etc.)
103 % setenv LANG de_DE (csh, tcsh etc.)
105 (replace de_DE to appropriate locale name)
107 If you don't want translated messages, set LC_MESSAGES to "C"
108 (and unset LC_ALL if specified).
113 Input `sylpheed' on a command line, or double-click the icon on a file
119 When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
120 configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
121 mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
122 already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
127 Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
128 messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
129 accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
130 "Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
131 the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
133 Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
138 You can configure most of the features in Sylpheed through the preferences
139 dialog, but there are a few parameters which don't have user interface
140 (you don't have to modify them in normal use). You must edit
141 ~/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc by an editor when Sylpheed is not running.
143 bold_font bold font used in folder, summary and text view
144 small_font small font used in summary view etc.
145 enable_hscrollbar enable horizontal scroll bar in summary view
146 0: off 1: on [default: 1]
147 bold_unread show unread messages using bold font in
149 0: off 1: on [default: 1]
150 folderview_vscrollbar_policy specify the policy of vertical scroll bar
152 0: always 1: automatic 2: never [default: 0]
157 You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
159 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
161 There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
162 Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
164 http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
169 Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
175 You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
177 First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
179 :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
185 and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
187 Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
189 cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
191 a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
193 To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
197 on the top directory of the source tree.
200 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>