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 \-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
130 \fB \-\-version\-full\fR
132 \fB \-\-config\-dir\fR
134 \fB \-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
140 Default directory for mail storage
142 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail
143 Global program directory
145 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/manual
146 Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
148 $PREFIX/share/claws\-mail/themes
149 Global themes directory
151 $PREFIX/lib/claws\-mail/plugins
152 Directory for plugins
154 $PREFIX/include/claws\-mail
155 Directory for header files
158 Default directory for user's configuration files directory
160 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addrbook/*
163 $HOME/.claws\-mail/autofaces/*
164 Automatic Faces and X\-Faces files for accounts
166 $HOME/.claws\-mail/certs/*
167 SSL certificates received from mail servers
169 $HOME/.claws\-mail/templates
170 User\-defined templates directory
172 $HOME/.claws\-mail/themes
173 User's themes directory
175 $HOME/.claws\-mail/accountrc
176 Configuration for account(s)
178 $HOME/.claws\-mail/actionsrc
179 User\-defined custom actions
181 $HOME/.claws\-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
182 User\-defined address book custom attributes
184 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws.log
187 $HOME/.claws\-mail/claws-win32.log
188 Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
190 $HOME/.claws\-mail/clawsrc
191 Main configuration file
193 $HOME/.claws\-mail/command_history
194 User\-specified commands
196 $HOME/.claws\-mail/customheaderrc
197 Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
199 $HOME/.claws\-mail/dispheaderrc
200 Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
202 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderitemrc
203 All folders' attributes
205 $HOME/.claws\-mail/folderlist.xml
206 Folder hierarchy listing
208 $HOME/.claws\-mail/matcherrc
209 Filtering and Processing function configuration
211 $HOME/.claws\-mail/menurc
212 Menu shortcut\-key configuration
214 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
215 User\-specified searches in message bodies
217 $HOME/.claws\-mail/quicksearch_history
218 User\-specified quick\-search list
220 $HOME/.claws\-mail/messagesearch_history
221 User\-specified searches in message bodies
223 $HOME/.claws\-mail/summary*_history
224 User\-specified searches in message list
226 $HOME/.claws\-mail/tagsrc
227 User\-specified tag list
229 $HOME/.claws\-mail/toolbar*.xml
230 User\-defined custom toolbars
234 To run this program the standard way type:
238 Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
240 \fB\-\-compose [address]\fR
241 to open a Compose window
243 \fB\-\-compose\-from\-file file
244 open composition window with data from given file. Use \- as file name
245 for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first (To:
246 header required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until
249 \fB\-\-subscribe [uri]\fR
250 subscribe to the given URI if possible
252 \fB\-\-attach file1 [file2]...\fR
253 open composition window with specified files attached
255 \fB\-\-compose\fR "mailto:\fI%t\fR?subject=\fI%s\fR&cc=\fI%c\fR&body=\fI%b\fR"
256 this syntax can be used in web\-browsers and CLI to open a pre\-populated Compose window.
257 Possible fields after the destination recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in\-reply\-to,
258 body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute path), attach (attach a file,
259 needs an absolute path, see also: \-\-attach)
264 \fB\-\-receive\-all\fR
265 receive new messages from all accounts
269 send all queued messages
272 show the total number of messages
274 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
276 \fB\-\-status folder[/subfolder]\fR
277 show the total number of messages in specified folder
279 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
281 \fB\-\-status\-full\fR
282 show the total number of messages per folder
284 [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
286 \fB\-\-select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]\fR
287 on startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
290 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online mode
293 start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline mode
296 display the help message and exit
305 display version number and exit
307 \fB\-\-version\-full\fR
308 display version number and compiled\-in features then exit
310 \fB\-\-config\-dir\fR
311 display the CONFIG\-DIR and exit
313 \fB\-\-alternate\-config\-dir [dir]\fR
314 start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir] directory
324 locale to use for non-win32 systems (the first one not empty is used)
327 use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files
330 use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories
332 \fBPOSIXLY_CORRECT\fR
333 if defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards
336 full path of the user's home directory
339 if defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with
340 crash dialog feature enabled)
342 \fBG_BROKEN_FILENAMES\fR
343 assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF-8
346 if defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252)
348 \fBSESSION_MANAGER\fR
349 if defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been
350 built with libSM feature enabled)
353 default host and display number to use
356 the information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in
357 GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent when launched,
358 otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running)
361 if defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to
362 launch spamc wrappers
367 You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
369 <http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>
374 1999-2011 Hiroyuki Yamamoto and the Claws Mail team
380 Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
382 Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws\-mail.org>
384 Ho\(`a Vi\(^et Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
386 Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
388 Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
390 Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
392 Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
394 Paul Mangan <paul@claws\-mail.org>
396 Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws\-mail.org>
399 Previous team members
416 Leandro A. F. Pereira
434 <http://www.claws\-mail.org>
436 Claws Mail online manual
437 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/manual>
440 <http://www.claws\-mail.org/plugins.php>