1 .TH "Claws Mail" "1" "" "Hiroyuki Yamamoto & the Claws Mail team" ""
4 Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on X Window System, and aiming for
8 * Graceful, and sophisticated interface
10 * Easy configuration, intuitive operation
15 Currently implemented features include:
20 o integrated NetNews client
22 o unlimited multiple account handling
30 o built\-in image view
34 o multiple MH folder support
36 o mbox importing / exporting
38 o external editor support
42 o automatic mail checking
44 o draft message function
52 o XML\-based address book
54 o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
56 o newly arrived and unread message management
58 o Mew/Wanderlust\-like key bind
62 o APOP authentication support
66 o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
70 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
72 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
74 o automake + autoconf support
76 o internationalization of messages by gettext
78 o support of many code sets, including UTF\-8 (Unicode) (when using libjconv)
83 This list is not complete.
86 Claws Mail \- a GTK+ based fast email and news client
89 \fB \-\-compose\fR [address]
91 \fB \-\-subscribe\fR [uri]
93 \fB \-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
97 \fB \-\-receive\-all\fR
103 \fB \-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
105 \fB \-\-status\-full\fR
107 \fB \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
121 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
126 Default directory for mail storage
128 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
129 Global program directory
131 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
132 Manual files in HTML format
134 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
135 Global themes directory
137 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
138 Directory for plugins
140 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
141 Directory for header files
144 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
146 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
147 User's themes directory
149 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
150 Configuration for account(s)
152 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook*
155 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
156 User\-specified commands
158 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
159 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
161 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
162 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
164 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
165 Filtering and Processing function configuration
167 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
168 Folder hierarchy listing
170 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
171 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
173 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
176 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
177 Main configuration file
182 To run this program the standard way type:
186 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
188 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
189 to open a Compose window
191 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
192 subscribe to the given URI if possible
194 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
195 open composition window with specified files attached
197 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
198 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window
203 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
204 receive new messages from all accounts
208 send all queued messages
211 show the total number of messages
213 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
215 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
216 show the total number of messages in specified folder
218 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
220 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
221 show the total number of messages per folder
223 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
225 \fB\-\-select [mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
226 On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
229 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
232 Start claws\-mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
235 display the help message and exit
244 display version number and exit
246 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
247 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
250 This program requires GTK+ 2.6.x or higher to be compiled.
252 Please make sure that gtk\-devel and glib\-devel (or similar) packages are
253 installed before the compilation (you may also require flex (lex) and bison
256 To compile and install, just type:
264 Password: [Enter password]
268 Refer to ./configure \-\-help for further information.
273 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
275 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
277 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
279 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
281 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
283 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
285 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
287 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
289 Martin Schaaf <mascha1@users.sf.net>
292 Previous team members
307 Leandro A. F. Pereira
322 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>