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15 <h2><a name="s2">2. Sylpheed-Claws FAQ - Installation and Configuration</a></h2>
16 <h2><a name="ss2.1">2.1 Q01 What does it take to compile Sylpheed-Claws?</a>
18 <p>A. Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS eg. Linux,
21 A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.95 should also
26 <li>libcompface (for X-Face)</li>
27 <li>libjconv (for I18N)</li>
28 <li>GPGME (for GnuPG)</li>
29 <li>OpenSSL (for SSL support)<br>
31 <li>libetpan (for IMAP support)</li>
32 <li>libgnomeprintui (for real printing support)</li>
33 <li>aspell (for spell checking)</li>
34 <li>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel.</li>
36 Otherwise ./configure will fail.
37 <h2><a name="ss2.2">2.2 Q02 How do I set up Sylpheed-Claws?</a>
39 <p>A. When you run Sylpheed-Claws for the first time, it will
40 ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
41 default is <homedir>/Mail. You can change this to
42 anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
45 <p>Please note: When Sylpheed-Claws is executed for the first time, it
46 automatically creates the configuration files under
47 $HOME/.sylpheed-gtk2/, and asks you the location of mailbox. The
48 default is $HOME/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format already
49 exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
51 <h2><a name="ss2.3">2.3 Q03 Why did the creation of the mailbox fail?</a>
53 <p>A. Sylpheed-Claws reports such an error if it can't create the
55 mailboxes (inbox, outbox, etc ...). This can be because
57 already contains files with the same names. This occurs when switching
59 Kmail to Sylpheed-Claws, in this case backup and remove the existing
61 directory or use another name for the Sylpheed-Claws mail directory.
63 <h2><a name="ss2.4">2.4 Q04 How do I set up an account?</a>
65 <p>A. After loading Sylpheed-Claws for the first time, you should
66 already have an account, as defined by the wizard. However you can
67 add an e-mail account by clicking the
68 "Configuration" menu. Select the option "Create new
69 account" and fill in the appropriate fields.
71 <h2><a name="ss2.5">2.5 Q05 How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed-Claws?</a>
73 <p>A. The number is unlimited. The limit is reached when
74 your computer stops responding.
76 <h2><a name="ss2.6">2.6 Q06 Why does Sylpheed-Claws not delete my mails
77 when I press "delete"? I set a filter, and Sylpheed-Claws does not
78 filter. I moved a mail to a different mailbox and it did not move.</a>
80 <p>A. You have to click the "execute" button.
81 The other solution: in the configuration settings
82 (Preferences -> Summaries tab) you have to
83 check the "execute commands immediately" box.
85 <h2><a name="ss2.7">2.7 Q07 Can I set up special addresses/ports for my
86 mailserver / newsserver?</a>
88 <p>A. Yes, you can. In the configuration per account you
89 can specify the exact port addresses you want to use.
91 <h2><a name="ss2.8">2.8 Q08 Does Sylpheed-Claws have options for
92 threading messages?</a>
94 <p>A. Yes. You can switch it on and off in the Summary
95 Menu, just select "Thread View" or press Ctrl+T.
97 <h2><a name="ss2.9">2.9 Q09 Can I create multiple levels of subfolders
100 <p>A. Absolutely. This is no problem.
102 <h2><a name="ss2.10">2.10 Q10 Why isn't Sylpheed-Claws sending my mail
105 <p>A. You need to create at least one account in order to
106 send. (This is a wonderful gotcha on LAN installs
107 with only a local mailbox feed).
109 <h2><a name="ss2.11">2.11 Q11 How do I apply a patch after downloading
112 <p>A. Copy patch to sylpheed directory
115 <p><code>% patch -p0 < some.patch</code>
117 <p>Or, if it's gzipped:
119 <p><code>% gzip -dc some.patch.gz | patch -p0</code>
121 <p>Run <code>./autogen.sh</code>, remove the generated <code>/config.cache</code>
122 file (unless you want to install in prefix
123 <code>/usr/local</code>).
124 Run <code>./configure</code> with the appropriate options and
125 then <code>make</code>.
126 (Text as found on the Sylpheed patches page.)
128 <h2><a name="ss2.12">2.12 Q12 How do I compile in support for compface
131 <p>A. You have to have a package called <code>libcompface</code>
132 installed, so this is available for compiling into
135 <h2><a name="ss2.13">2.13 Q13 How do I make my own compface image?</a>
137 <p>A. The faces package contains a program called xbm2ikon script,
138 which converts a 48x48 xbm to the format suitable for
139 compface. Thanks to Jeff Dairiki, you can have a complete online course
140 in this. Visit <a href="http://www.dairiki.org/xface/">this page</a>
143 <h2><a name="ss2.14">2.14 Q14 How can I tell my
144 browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program?</a>
146 <p>A. In the settings part of the program, write
147 <code>sylpheed --compose</code>
149 <h2><a name="ss2.15">2.15 Q15 How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed-Claws?</a>
151 <p>A. When compiling Sylpheed, make sure you you have gpgme >= 0.4.5
152 available before running the ./configure command.
153 When that completes successfully, there is a "privacy" section in the
156 <h2><a name="ss2.16">2.16 Q16 Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed-Claws's
159 <p>A. For this to work you need to use the "touch" command in every MH
160 folder. "touch" the file .xmhcache and Mutt should do just fine.
162 <h2><a name="ss2.17">2.17 Q17 Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed-Claws
163 causes a segmentation fault.</a>
165 <p>A. In case this happens, you can easily fix that by adding the
166 following to /etc/mime.types:
168 <p><code>image/gif gif</code>
170 <h2><a name="ss2.18">2.18 Q18 How can I make Sylpheed-Claws notify me
171 when new mail arrives?</a>
173 <p>A. For this you can do several things:
175 <p>* Look at the Sylpheed patch page at <a
176 href="http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/">http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/</a>
177 for a new mail patch.
179 <p>* Download Gkrellm or a similar program that is able to notify you
180 of new incoming mail. Gkrellm is available at <a
181 href="http://www.gkrellm.net">the Gkrellm page</a></p>
182 <h2><a name="ss2.19">2.19 Q19 Can I use a spell checker with Sylpheed-Claws?</a>
184 <p>A. Yes. You can use aspell for this if it is compiled in.<br>
186 <h2><a name="ss2.20">2.20 Q20 How can I make Sylpheed-Claws send my
187 compface image in the mails?</a>
189 <p>A. In the Configuration menu, Preferences for current account, Send
190 tab, check Add user-defined header and press Edit button. A dialog
191 appears, add a header named "X-Face" and fill the value field with your
192 face data. Note that if you paste the data from a terminal into the
193 field some spurious newlines can be added, and these can mangle your
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