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
110 \fB \-\-cancel\-sending\fR
116 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
118 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
120 \fB \-\-statistics\fR
122 \fB \-\-reset-statistics\fR
124 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
138 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
140 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
142 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
148 Default directory for mail storage
150 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
151 Global program directory
153 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
154 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
156 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
157 Global themes directory
159 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
160 Directory for plugins
162 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
163 Directory for header files
166 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
168 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
171 $HOME/.claws\-mail/autofaces/*
172 Automatic Faces and X\-Faces files for accounts
174 $HOME/.claws\-mail/certs/*
175 SSL certificates received from mail servers
177 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
178 User\-defined templates directory
180 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
181 User's themes directory
183 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
184 Configuration for account(s)
186 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
187 User\-defined custom actions
189 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
190 User\-defined address book custom attributes
192 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
195 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws-win32.log
196 Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
198 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
199 Main configuration file
201 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
202 User\-specified commands
204 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
205 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
207 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
208 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
210 $HOME/.claws\-mail/extraheaderrc
211 Editable extra headers to be added to compose window combobox
213 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
214 All folders' attributes
216 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
217 Folder hierarchy listing
219 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
220 Filtering and Processing function configuration
222 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
223 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
225 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
226 User\-specified searches in message bodies
228 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
229 User\-specified quick\-search list
231 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
232 User\-specified searches in message bodies
234 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
235 User\-specified searches in message list
237 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
238 User\-specified tag list
240 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
241 User\-defined custom toolbars
245 To run this program the standard way type:
249 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
251 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
252 to open a Compose window
254 \fB\-\-compose\-from\-file file
255 open composition window with data from given file. Use \- as file name
256 for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first (To:
257 header required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until
260 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
261 subscribe to the given URI if possible
263 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
264 open composition window with specified files attached
266 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
267 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window.
268 Possible fields after the destination recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in\-reply\-to,
269 body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute path), attach (attach a file,
270 needs an absolute path, see also: \-\-attach)
275 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
276 receive new messages from all accounts
278 \fB\-\-cancel\-receiving\fR
279 cancel receiving of messages
281 \fB\-\-cancel\-sending\fR
282 cancel sending of messages
286 send all queued messages
289 show the total number of messages
291 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
293 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
294 show the total number of messages in specified folder
296 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
298 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
299 show the total number of messages per folder
301 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
305 show session statistics
307 \fB\-\-reset-statistics\fR
309 reset session statistics
311 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
312 on startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
315 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
318 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
321 display the help message and exit
330 display version number and exit
332 \fB\-\-version\-full\fR
333 display version number and compiled\-in features then exit
335 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
336 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
338 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
339 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
349 locale to use for non-win32 systems (the first one not empty is used)
352 use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files
355 use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories
357 \fBPOSIXLY_CORRECT\fR
358 if defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards
361 full path of the user's home directory
364 if defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with
365 crash dialog feature enabled)
367 \fBG_BROKEN_FILENAMES\fR
368 assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF-8
371 if defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252)
373 \fBSESSION_MANAGER\fR
374 if defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been
375 built with libSM feature enabled)
378 default host and display number to use
381 the information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in
382 GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent when launched,
383 otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running)
386 if defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to
387 launch spamc wrappers
392 You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
394 <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>
399 1999-2012 Hiroyuki Yamamoto and the Claws Mail team
405 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
407 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
409 Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
411 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
413 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
415 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
417 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
419 Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws\-mail.org>
422 Previous team members
441 Leandro A. F. Pereira
459 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>
461 Claws Mail online manual
462 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/manual>
465 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/plugins.php>