1 .TH "CLAWS MAIL" "1" "March 26, 2017" "The Claws Mail team" "User Manuals"
5 Claws Mail \- a GTK+ based fast email and news client
13 Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on the X Window System, and aiming for:
17 \[bu] Graceful, and sophisticated interface
19 \[bu] Easy configuration, intuitive operation
21 \[bu] Abundant features
24 Currently implemented features include:
27 \[bu] IMAP4rev1 support
29 \[bu] integrated NetNews client
31 \[bu] unlimited multiple account handling
37 \[bu] MIME (attachments)
39 \[bu] built\-in image view
41 \[bu] X\-Face and (colour) Face support
43 \[bu] multiple MH folder support
45 \[bu] mbox importing / exporting
47 \[bu] external editor support
49 \[bu] message queueing
51 \[bu] automatic mail checking
53 \[bu] draft message function
55 \[bu] template function
61 \[bu] XML\-based address book
63 \[bu] LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
65 \[bu] newly arrived and unread message management
67 \[bu] Mew/Wanderlust\-like key bind
71 \[bu] APOP authentication support
73 \[bu] SMTP AUTH support
75 \[bu] SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
79 \[bu] drag & drop (partially implemented)
83 \[bu] automake + autoconf support
85 \[bu] internationalization of UI messages by gettext
87 \[bu] support of many code sets, including UTF\-8 (Unicode) (when using libjconv)
89 \[bu] support for plugins
92 This list is not complete.
96 \fB \-\-compose\fR [address]
98 \fB \-\-compose\-from\-file\fR file
100 \fB \-\-subscribe\fR [uri]
102 \fB \-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
104 \fB \-\-insert file1 [file2]...\fR
108 \fB \-\-receive\-all\fR
110 \fB \-\-cancel\-receiving\fR
112 \fB \-\-cancel\-sending\fR
118 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
120 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
122 \fB \-\-statistics\fR
124 \fB \-\-reset-statistics\fR
126 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
136 \fB \-\-toggle\-debug\fR
142 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
144 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
146 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
148 \fB \-\-geometry WxH+X+Y\fR
154 Default directory for mail storage.
156 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
157 Global program directory.
159 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
160 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format.
162 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
163 Global themes directory.
165 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
166 Directory for plugins.
168 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
169 Directory for header files.
172 Default directory for user's configuration files directory.
174 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
177 $HOME/.claws\-mail/autofaces/*
178 Automatic Faces and X\-Faces files for accounts.
180 $HOME/.claws\-mail/certs/*
181 SSL certificates received from mail servers.
183 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsdb
186 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
187 User\-defined templates directory.
189 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
190 User's themes directory.
192 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
193 Configuration for account(s).
195 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
196 User\-defined custom actions.
198 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/attributesrc
199 User\-defined address book custom attributes.
201 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
204 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
205 Main configuration file.
207 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
208 User\-specified commands.
210 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
211 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail.
213 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
214 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view.
216 $HOME/.claws\-mail/extraheaderrc
217 Editable extra headers to be added to compose window combobox.
219 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
220 All folders' attributes.
222 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
223 Folder hierarchy listing.
225 $HOME/.claws\-mail/gtkrc-2.0
226 Optional GTK+ settings to be load on startup.
228 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
229 Filtering and Processing function configuration.
231 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
232 Menu shortcut\-key configuration.
234 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
235 User\-specified searches in message bodies.
237 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
238 User\-specified quick\-search list.
240 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
241 User\-specified searches in message bodies.
243 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
244 User\-specified searches in message list.
246 $HOME/.claws\-mail/passwordstorerc
247 User saved passwords.
249 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
250 User\-specified tag list.
252 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
253 User\-defined custom toolbars.
258 %TEMP%\\claws\-win32.log
259 Claws Mail output file when \-\-debug is enabled. If %TEMP% is not set it
260 defaults to windows directory (usually C:\\Windows) or C:\\ if windows
261 directory is not available.
263 %APPDATA%\\Claws\-mail\\claws.log
268 To run this program the standard way type:
272 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
274 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
275 To open a Compose window.
277 \fB\-\-compose\-from\-file file
278 Open composition window with data from the given file. Use \- as file name
279 for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first (To: header
280 required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until end of file.
282 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
283 Subscribe to the given URI if possible.
285 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
286 Open composition window with specified files attached.
288 \fB\-\-insert file1 [file2]...\fR
289 Open composition window with specified files inserted.
291 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
292 This syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated
293 Compose window. Possible fields after the destination recipient are: subject,
294 from, cc, bcc, in\-reply\-to, body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs
295 an absolute path), attach (attach a file, needs an absolute path, see also:
299 Receive new messages.
301 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
302 Receive new messages from all accounts.
304 \fB\-\-cancel\-receiving\fR
305 Cancel receiving of messages.
307 \fB\-\-cancel\-sending\fR
308 Cancel sending of messages.
312 Send all queued messages.
315 Show the total number of messages:
317 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
319 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
320 Show the total number of messages in the specified folder:
322 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
324 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
325 Show the total number of messages per folder:
327 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
331 Show session statistics.
333 \fB\-\-reset-statistics\fR
335 Reset session statistics.
337 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
338 On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message.
341 Start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode.
344 Start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode.
347 Display the help message and exit.
353 For debug mode (on Windows systems output is written to a file instead
354 of standard error output, see \fBWindows only\fR on \fBFILES\fR
357 \fB\-\-toggle-debug\fR
358 Toggle debug mode of the running Claws Mail instance.
361 Display version number and exit.
363 \fB\-\-version\-full\fR
364 Display version number and compiled\-in features then exit.
366 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
367 Display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit.
369 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
370 Start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in the [dir] directory.
372 \fB\-\-geometry WxH+X+Y\fR
373 Set initial X geometry of main window.
379 If defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with
380 crash dialog feature enabled).
383 Default host and display number to use.
385 \fBETPANSERVER\fR, \fBETPANPORT\fR
386 When using a tunnel command to open server connections these temporary
387 variables are set to the server name and server port respectively in the
388 environment of the running command.
391 The information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in
392 GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent when launched,
393 otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running).
395 \fBG_BROKEN_FILENAMES\fR
396 Assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF\-8.
399 Full path of the user's home directory.
401 \fBLC_ALL\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLANG\fR
402 Locale to use for non\-windows systems (the first one not empty is used).
405 If defined overrides default J\-Pilot charset (CP1252).
407 \fBPOSIXLY_CORRECT\fR
408 If defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards.
410 \fBSESSION_MANAGER\fR
411 If defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been
412 built with libSM feature enabled).
415 If defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to
416 launch spamc wrappers.
419 Use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories.
422 Use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files.
425 Used to initialize default "user_id" preference in newly created accounts.
430 You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
432 <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws\-mail/bugzilla/>
437 1999\-2017 The Claws Mail team and Hiroyuki Yamamoto
439 Portions are also Copyright:
441 (C) 2007\-2009 g10 Code GmbH
443 (C) 1999\-2005 Nullsoft, Inc.
445 (C) 1991\-1993, 1996\-2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
447 (C) 2001 Thomas Link, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
449 (C) 1995\-1997 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball
451 (C) 1995\-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball, Josh MacDonald
453 (C) 1997\-1998 Jay Painter <jpaint@serv.net><jpaint@gimp.org>
455 (C) 1999\-2003 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
459 (C) 1998 Lars Hamann and Stefan Jeske
461 (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 GNOME Foundation
463 (C) 2004\-2006 Christian Hammond
465 (C) 2003\-2004 Pawel Salek
467 (C) 2001, 2002 \- DINH Viet Hoa
469 (C) 1999\-2000, Gael Roualland <gael.roualland@iname.com>
471 (C) 1998\-2002 Sendmail, Inc.
473 (C) 2007\-2008 Juha Kautto (juha at xfce.org)
475 (C) 1994\-2002 World Wide Web Consortium
477 (C) 1999 Graham Davison
479 (C) 1999 Eric Busboom
481 (C) 2000, Eric Busboom, http://www.softwarestudio.org
483 (C) 2002\-2007 Randall Hand <yerase@yerot.com>
485 (C) 2001 by Werner Koch <dd9jn@gnu.org>
487 (C) 2004 Apache Software Foundation
489 (C) 2008 Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
491 (C) 2002 Red Hat, Inc.; Copyright 1998, 2001 Tim Janik
493 (C) 2008\-2009 Christian Hammond, David Trowbridge
495 (C) 2003\-2005 Lars Lindner <lars.lindner@gmx.net>
497 (C) 2004,2005 Nathan J. Conrad <t98502@users.sourceforge.net>
499 (C) 2004 Karl Soderstrom <ks@xanadunet.net>
501 (C) 2000 Helix Code, Inc. (www.helixcode.com)
506 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
508 See COPYING file on toplevel distribution directory for more license details.
513 .I "The Claws Mail Team"
516 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
518 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
520 Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
522 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
524 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
526 Charles Lehner <charles@claws-mail.org>
528 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
530 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
532 Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws\-mail.org>
534 Pawel Pekala <cOrn@o2.pl>
536 Michael Rasmussen <mir@datanom.net>
540 .I "Previous team members"
543 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh, Keith Edmunds, Match Grun, Melvin Hadasht,
544 Oliver Haertel, Christoph Hohmann, Alfons Hoogervorst, Werner Koch,
545 Thorsten Maerz, Leandro A. F. Pereira, Luke Plant, Martin Schaaf,
546 Carsten Schurig, Fabien Vantard, Sergey Vlasov and Hiroyuki Yamamoto.
553 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>
555 Claws Mail frequently asked questions
556 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/faq>
558 Claws Mail online manual
559 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/manual>
562 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/plugins.php>
564 \fIX\fR(7), \fIxwininfo\fR(1).