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
112 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
114 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
116 \fB \-\-statistics\fR
118 \fB \-\-reset-statistics\fR
120 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
134 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
136 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
138 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
144 Default directory for mail storage
146 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
147 Global program directory
149 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
150 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
152 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
153 Global themes directory
155 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
156 Directory for plugins
158 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
159 Directory for header files
162 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
164 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
167 $HOME/.claws\-mail/autofaces/*
168 Automatic Faces and X\-Faces files for accounts
170 $HOME/.claws\-mail/certs/*
171 SSL certificates received from mail servers
173 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
174 User\-defined templates directory
176 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
177 User's themes directory
179 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
180 Configuration for account(s)
182 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
183 User\-defined custom actions
185 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
186 User\-defined address book custom attributes
188 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
191 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws-win32.log
192 Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
194 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
195 Main configuration file
197 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
198 User\-specified commands
200 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
201 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
203 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
204 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
206 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
207 All folders' attributes
209 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
210 Folder hierarchy listing
212 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
213 Filtering and Processing function configuration
215 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
216 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
218 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
219 User\-specified searches in message bodies
221 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
222 User\-specified quick\-search list
224 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
225 User\-specified searches in message bodies
227 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
228 User\-specified searches in message list
230 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
231 User\-specified tag list
233 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
234 User\-defined custom toolbars
238 To run this program the standard way type:
242 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
244 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
245 to open a Compose window
247 \fB\-\-compose\-from\-file file
248 open composition window with data from given file. Use \- as file name
249 for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first (To:
250 header required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until
253 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
254 subscribe to the given URI if possible
256 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
257 open composition window with specified files attached
259 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
260 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window.
261 Possible fields after the destination recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in\-reply\-to,
262 body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute path), attach (attach a file,
263 needs an absolute path, see also: \-\-attach)
268 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
269 receive new messages from all accounts
273 send all queued messages
276 show the total number of messages
278 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
280 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
281 show the total number of messages in specified folder
283 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
285 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
286 show the total number of messages per folder
288 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
292 show session statistics
294 \fB\-\-reset-statistics\fR
296 reset session statistics
298 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
299 on startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
302 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
305 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
308 display the help message and exit
317 display version number and exit
319 \fB\-\-version\-full\fR
320 display version number and compiled\-in features then exit
322 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
323 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
325 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
326 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
336 locale to use for non-win32 systems (the first one not empty is used)
339 use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files
342 use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories
344 \fBPOSIXLY_CORRECT\fR
345 if defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards
348 full path of the user's home directory
351 if defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with
352 crash dialog feature enabled)
354 \fBG_BROKEN_FILENAMES\fR
355 assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF-8
358 if defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252)
360 \fBSESSION_MANAGER\fR
361 if defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been
362 built with libSM feature enabled)
365 default host and display number to use
368 the information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in
369 GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent when launched,
370 otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running)
373 if defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to
374 launch spamc wrappers
379 You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
381 <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>
386 1999-2011 Hiroyuki Yamamoto and the Claws Mail team
392 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
394 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
396 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
398 Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
400 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
402 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
404 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
406 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
408 Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws\-mail.org>
411 Previous team members
428 Leandro A. F. Pereira
446 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>
448 Claws Mail online manual
449 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/manual>
452 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/plugins.php>