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3 <title>The Sylpheed-Claws FAQ</title>
5 <title>What are the differences between Sylpheed-Claws and Sylpheed?</title>
7 Sylpheed-Claws is the <emphasis>extended</emphasis> version of
8 Sylpheed, therefore you will find that it has all the features that
9 Sylpheed has and a lot more besides. It also includes some modified
10 dialogues to enhance usability. Further information can be found at
11 <ulink url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/features.php">
12 http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/features.php</ulink>.
15 <title>What does the word <quote>Sylpheed</quote> mean?</title>
17 <quote>Sylpheed</quote> is a corruption of the word
18 <emphasis>Sylph</emphasis>. Sylphs are invisible beings (spirits) of
22 <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws allow me to write HTML styled messages?</title>
24 No. A discussion has gone on around this topic, and the outcome was that
25 HTML mail is not wanted. If you really need to send HTML, you can of
26 course attach a webpage to an email.
29 <title>How can I submit patches, report bugs, and talk about Sylpheed-Claws
32 Patches should be submitted via the SourceForge project Patch Tracker at
33 <ulink url='http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384600'>
34 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384600</ulink>,
35 but please follow the patch guidelines at
36 <ulink url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/devel.php">
37 http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/devel.php</ulink>.
40 Bug reports should be submitted at our Bugzilla,
41 <ulink url="http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/">
42 http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/</ulink>.
45 To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed-Claws users' mailing
46 list. Details can be found at
47 <ulink url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/MLs.php">
48 http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/MLs.php</ulink>.
52 <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws have an anti-spam feature?</title>
54 Yes. It has a SpamAssassin and a Bogofilter plugin. You can find
56 <link linkend="ch_plugins">Extending Sylpheed-Claws</link> chapter.
59 You can also use other spam filters via the <quote>Filtering</quote> and
60 <quote>Actions</quote> features. Instructions on how to use other antispam
61 filters with Sylpheed-Claws can be found as a Bogofilter-based example
62 on the <ulink url="http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/faq.shtml#with-sc">
63 Bogofilter FAQ</ulink>.
66 <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws support Return Receipts?</title>
69 To request a Return Receipt use <quote>Options/Request Return
70 Receipt</quote> in the Compose window. When you receive a message that
71 requests a Return Receipt a notification area is shown just above the
72 message view. You can either use the <quote>Send receipt</quote> button,
73 or ignore the request - no receipts are sent automatically.
76 If you do not ever want to send Return Receipts then you can use the
77 option <quote>Never send Return Receipts</quote> in the
78 <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Other</quote> page.
81 <title>How can I make Sylpheed-Claws notify me when new mail
84 Go to <quote>Configuration/Preferences</quote>, in the <quote>Mail
85 Handling/Receiving</quote> section, use the settings for <quote>Run
86 command</quote> in the <quote>After receiving new mail</quote>
87 frame. Alternatively, use the Trayicon plugin.
90 <title>Why are special characters (e.g. umlauts) not displayed
93 In most cases, this is caused by emails with broken encodings. You can
94 try to force it using the <quote>View/Character Encoding</quote>
98 <title>Can I quote just a section of the original message when
101 Yes, select the section of the message that you want to quote and use
102 <quote>Reply</quote>.
105 <title>Where can I find the answers to more FAQs about
106 Sylpheed-Claws?</title>
108 An enlarged, user-contributed FAQ can be found on the Sylpheed-Claws
109 website, <ulink url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/">
110 http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/</ulink>