1 .TH "CLAWS MAIL" "1" "November 1, 2011" "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 * Graceful, and sophisticated interface
19 * Easy configuration, intuitive operation
24 Currently implemented features include:
29 o integrated NetNews client
31 o unlimited multiple account handling
39 o built\-in image view
41 o X\-Face and (colour) Face support
43 o multiple MH folder support
45 o mbox importing / exporting
47 o external editor support
51 o automatic mail checking
53 o draft message function
61 o XML\-based address book
63 o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
65 o newly arrived and unread message management
67 o Mew/Wanderlust\-like key bind
71 o APOP authentication support
75 o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
79 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
83 o automake + autoconf support
85 o internationalization of messages by gettext
87 o support of many code sets, including UTF\-8 (Unicode) (when using libjconv)
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
106 \fB \-\-receive\-all\fR
108 \fB \-\-cancel\-receiving\fR
114 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
116 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
118 \fB \-\-statistics\fR
120 \fB \-\-reset-statistics\fR
122 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
136 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
138 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
140 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
146 Default directory for mail storage
148 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
149 Global program directory
151 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
152 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
154 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
155 Global themes directory
157 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
158 Directory for plugins
160 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
161 Directory for header files
164 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
166 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
169 $HOME/.claws\-mail/autofaces/*
170 Automatic Faces and X\-Faces files for accounts
172 $HOME/.claws\-mail/certs/*
173 SSL certificates received from mail servers
175 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
176 User\-defined templates directory
178 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
179 User's themes directory
181 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
182 Configuration for account(s)
184 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
185 User\-defined custom actions
187 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
188 User\-defined address book custom attributes
190 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
193 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws-win32.log
194 Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
196 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
197 Main configuration file
199 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
200 User\-specified commands
202 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
203 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
205 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
206 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
208 $HOME/.claws\-mail/extraheaderrc
209 Editable extra headers to be added to compose window combobox
211 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
212 All folders' attributes
214 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
215 Folder hierarchy listing
217 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
218 Filtering and Processing function configuration
220 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
221 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
223 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
224 User\-specified searches in message bodies
226 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
227 User\-specified quick\-search list
229 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
230 User\-specified searches in message bodies
232 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
233 User\-specified searches in message list
235 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
236 User\-specified tag list
238 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
239 User\-defined custom toolbars
243 To run this program the standard way type:
247 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
249 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
250 to open a Compose window
252 \fB\-\-compose\-from\-file file
253 open composition window with data from given file. Use \- as file name
254 for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first (To:
255 header required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until
258 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
259 subscribe to the given URI if possible
261 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
262 open composition window with specified files attached
264 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
265 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window.
266 Possible fields after the destination recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in\-reply\-to,
267 body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute path), attach (attach a file,
268 needs an absolute path, see also: \-\-attach)
273 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
274 receive new messages from all accounts
276 \fB\-\-cancel\-receiving\fR
277 cancel receiving of messages
281 send all queued messages
284 show the total number of messages
286 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
288 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
289 show the total number of messages in specified folder
291 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
293 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
294 show the total number of messages per folder
296 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
300 show session statistics
302 \fB\-\-reset-statistics\fR
304 reset session statistics
306 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
307 on startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
310 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
313 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
316 display the help message and exit
325 display version number and exit
327 \fB\-\-version\-full\fR
328 display version number and compiled\-in features then exit
330 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
331 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
333 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
334 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
344 locale to use for non-win32 systems (the first one not empty is used)
347 use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files
350 use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories
352 \fBPOSIXLY_CORRECT\fR
353 if defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards
356 full path of the user's home directory
359 if defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with
360 crash dialog feature enabled)
362 \fBG_BROKEN_FILENAMES\fR
363 assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF-8
366 if defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252)
368 \fBSESSION_MANAGER\fR
369 if defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been
370 built with libSM feature enabled)
373 default host and display number to use
376 the information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in
377 GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent when launched,
378 otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running)
381 if defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to
382 launch spamc wrappers
387 You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
389 <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>
394 1999-2012 Hiroyuki Yamamoto and the Claws Mail team
400 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
402 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
404 Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
406 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
408 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
410 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
412 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
414 Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws\-mail.org>
417 Previous team members
436 Leandro A. F. Pereira
454 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>
456 Claws Mail online manual
457 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/manual>
460 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/plugins.php>