1 .TH "Claws Mail" "1" "December 18, 2007" "Hiroyuki Yamamoto & the Claws Mail team"
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 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 \-\-subscribe\fR [uri]
100 \fB \-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
104 \fB \-\-receive\-all\fR
110 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
112 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
114 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
128 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
130 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
132 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
138 Default directory for mail storage
140 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
141 Global program directory
143 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
144 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
146 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
147 Global themes directory
149 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
150 Directory for plugins
152 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
153 Directory for header files
156 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
158 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
161 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
162 User\-defined templates directory
164 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
165 User's themes directory
167 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
168 Configuration for account(s)
170 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
171 User\-defined custom actions
173 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
174 User\-defined address book custom attributes
176 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
179 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws-win32.log
180 Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
182 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
183 Main configuration file
185 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
186 User\-specified commands
188 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
189 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
191 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
192 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
194 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
195 All folders' attributes
197 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
198 Folder hierarchy listing
200 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
201 Filtering and Processing function configuration
203 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
204 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
206 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
207 User\-specified searches in message bodies
209 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
210 User\-specified quick-search list
212 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
213 User\-specified searches in message bodies
215 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
216 User\-specified searches in message list
218 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
219 User\-specified tag list
221 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
222 User\-defined custom toolbars
226 To run this program the standard way type:
230 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
232 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
233 to open a Compose window
235 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
236 subscribe to the given URI if possible
238 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
239 open composition window with specified files attached
241 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
242 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window
247 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
248 receive new messages from all accounts
252 send all queued messages
255 show the total number of messages
257 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
259 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
260 show the total number of messages in specified folder
262 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
264 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
265 show the total number of messages per folder
267 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
269 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
270 On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
273 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
276 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
279 display the help message and exit
288 display version number and exit
290 \fB\-\-version-full\fR
291 display version number and compiled-in features then exit
293 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
294 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
296 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
297 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
301 This program requires GTK+ 2.6.x or higher to be compiled.
303 Please make sure that gtk\-devel and glib\-devel (or similar) packages are
304 installed before the compilation (you may also require flex (lex) and bison
307 To compile and install, just type:
315 Password: [Enter password]
319 Refer to ./configure \-\-help for further information.
325 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
327 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
329 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
331 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
333 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
335 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
337 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
339 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
341 Martin Schaaf <mascha1@users.sf.net>
344 Previous team members
359 Leandro A. F. Pereira
373 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>