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15 <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Sylpheed FAQ - Installation and Configuration</A></H2>
17 <H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Q01 What does it take to compile Sylpheed?</A>
20 <P>A. Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS eg. Linux,
23 A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.7.2.3 should also
25 Note: it is reported that Sun C will not compile
29 <LI>Imlib or gdk-pixbuf (for built-in image view)</LI>
30 <LI>libcompface (for X-Face)</LI>
31 <LI>libjconv (for I18N)</LI>
32 <LI>GPGME (for GnuPG)</LI>
33 <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?</A>
40 <P>A. When you run Sylpheed for the first time, it will
41 ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
42 default is <homedir>/Mail. You can change this to
43 anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
45 <P>Please note: When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the configuration files under $HOME/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of mailbox. The default is $HOME/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
46 <H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Q03 How do I set up an account?</A>
49 <P>A. After loading Sylpheed for the first time, you can
50 add an e-mail account by clicking the
51 "Configuration" menu. Select the option "Create new
52 account" and fill in the appropriate fields.
53 <H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 Q04 How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?</A>
56 <P>A. The number is unlimited. The limit is reached when
57 your computer stops responding.
58 <H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 Q05 Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press "delete"? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail to a different mailbox and it did not move.</A>
61 <P>A. You have to click the "execute" button.
62 The other solution: in the configuration settings
63 (common preferences -> interface tab) you have to
64 check the "execute commands immediately" box.
65 <H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6 Q06 Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver / newsserver?</A>
68 <P>A. Yes, you can. In the configuration per account you
69 can specify the exact port addresses you want to use.
70 <H2><A NAME="ss2.7">2.7 Q07 Does Sylpheed have options for threading messages?</A>
73 <P>A. Yes. You can switch it on and off in the Summary
74 Menu, just select "Thread View" or press Ctrl+T.
75 <H2><A NAME="ss2.8">2.8 Q08 Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?</A>
78 <P>A. Absolutely. This is no problem.
79 <H2><A NAME="ss2.9">2.9 Q09 Why isn't Sylpheed sending my mail out?</A>
82 <P>A. You need to create at least one account in order to
83 send. (This is a wonderful gotcha on LAN installs
84 with only a local mailbox feed).
85 <H2><A NAME="ss2.10">2.10 Q10 How do I apply a patch after downloading it?</A>
88 <P>A. Copy patch to sylpheed directory
90 <P><CODE>% patch -p0 < some.patch</CODE>
91 <P>Or, if it's gzipped:
92 <P><CODE>% gzip -dc some.patch.gz | patch -p0</CODE>
93 <P>Run <CODE>./autogen.sh</CODE>, remove the generated <CODE>/config.cache</CODE>
94 file (unless you want to install in prefix
95 <CODE>/usr/local</CODE>).
96 Run <CODE>./configure</CODE> with the appropriate options and
97 then <CODE>make</CODE>.
98 (Text as found on the Sylpheed patches page.)
99 <H2><A NAME="ss2.11">2.11 Q11 How do I compile in support for compface pictures?</A>
102 <P>A. You have to have a package called <CODE>libcompface</CODE>
103 installed, so this is available for compiling into
105 <H2><A NAME="ss2.12">2.12 Q12 How do I make my own compface image?</A>
108 <P>A. The faces package contains a program called xbm2ikon script,
109 which converts a 48x48 xbm to the format suitable for
110 compface. Thanks to Jeff Dairiki, you can have a complete online course in this. Visit
111 <A HREF="http://www.dairiki.org/xface/">this page</A> for the details.
112 <H2><A NAME="ss2.13">2.13 Q13 How can I tell my browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program?</A>
115 <P>A. In the settings part of the program, write
116 <CODE>sylpheed --compose</CODE>
117 <H2><A NAME="ss2.14">2.14 Q14 How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed?</A>
120 <P>A. When compiling Sylpheed, make sure you add <CODE>--enable-gpgme</CODE> in the ./configure command.
121 When that completes successfully, there is a "privacy" section in the Common preferences.
122 <H2><A NAME="ss2.15">2.15 Q15 Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed's MH structure</A>
125 <P>A. For this to work you need to use the "touch" command in every MH folder. "touch" the file .xmhcache and Mutt should do just fine.
126 <H2><A NAME="ss2.16">2.16 Q16 Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed causes a segmentation fault.</A>
129 <P>A. In case this happens, you can easily fix that by adding the following to /etc/mime.types:
130 <P><CODE>image/gif gif</CODE>
131 <H2><A NAME="ss2.17">2.17 Q17 How can I make Sylpheed notify me when new mail arrives?</A>
134 <P>A. For this you can do several things:
135 <P>* Look at the Sylpheed patch page at
136 <A HREF="http://www.teledix.net/sylpheed/">Teledix.net</A> for a new mail patch.
137 <P>* Download Gkrellm or a similar program that is able to notify you of new incoming mail. Gkrellm is available at
138 <A HREF="http://www.gkrellm.net">the Gkrellm page</A><P>
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