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
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)
81 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
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 \-\-config\-dir\fR
130 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
136 Default directory for mail storage
138 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
139 Global program directory
141 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
142 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
144 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
145 Global themes directory
147 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
148 Directory for plugins
150 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
151 Directory for header files
154 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
156 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
157 User's themes directory
159 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
160 Configuration for account(s)
162 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook*
165 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
166 User\-specified commands
168 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
169 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
171 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
172 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
174 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
175 Filtering and Processing function configuration
177 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
178 Folder hierarchy listing
180 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
181 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
183 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
186 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
187 Main configuration file
191 To run this program the standard way type:
195 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
197 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
198 to open a Compose window
200 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
201 subscribe to the given URI if possible
203 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
204 open composition window with specified files attached
206 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
207 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window
212 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
213 receive new messages from all accounts
217 send all queued messages
220 show the total number of messages
222 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
224 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
225 show the total number of messages in specified folder
227 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
229 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
230 show the total number of messages per folder
232 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
234 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
235 On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
238 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
241 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
244 display the help message and exit
253 display version number and exit
255 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
256 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
258 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
259 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
263 This program requires GTK+ 2.6.x or higher to be compiled.
265 Please make sure that gtk\-devel and glib\-devel (or similar) packages are
266 installed before the compilation (you may also require flex (lex) and bison
269 To compile and install, just type:
277 Password: [Enter password]
281 Refer to ./configure \-\-help for further information.
287 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
289 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
291 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
293 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
295 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
297 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
299 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
301 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
303 Martin Schaaf <mascha1@users.sf.net>
306 Previous team members
321 Leandro A. F. Pereira
335 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>