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   2 <appendix id="ap_faq">
   3 <title>The Sylpheed-Claws FAQ</title>
   4     <section>
   5     <title>What are the differences between Sylpheed-Claws and Sylpheed?</title>
   6     <para>
   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>.
  13     </para></section>
  14     <section>
  15     <title>What does the word <quote>Sylpheed</quote> mean?</title>
  16     <para>
  17         <quote>Sylpheed</quote> is a corruption of the word
  18         <emphasis>Sylph</emphasis>. Sylphs are invisible beings (spirits) of
  19         the air.
  20     </para></section>
  21     <section>
  22     <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws allow me to write HTML styled messages?</title>
  23     <para>
  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.
  27     </para></section>
  28     <section>
  29     <title>How can I submit patches, report bugs, and talk about Sylpheed-Claws
  30         with others?</title>
  31     <para>
  32         Patches should be submitted via the SourceForge project Patch Tracker at
  33         <ulink url='http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&amp;atid=384600'>
  34         http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&amp;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>.
  38     </para>
  39     <para>
  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>.
  43     </para>
  44     <para>
  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>.
  49     </para>
  50     </section>
  51     <section>
  52     <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws have an anti-spam feature?</title>
  53     <para>
  54         Yes. It has a SpamAssassin plugin. You can find details of it on the
  55         <link linkend="ch_plugins">Extending Sylpheed-Claws</link> chapter.
  56     </para>
  57     <para>
  58         You can also use other spam filters via the <quote>Filtering</quote> and
  59         <quote>Actions</quote> features, such as Bogofilter. Instructions on how
  60         use Bogofilter with Sylpheed-Claws can be found on the
  61         <ulink url="http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/faq.shtml#with-sc">
  62         Bogofilter FAQ</ulink>.
  63     </para></section>
  64     <section>
  65     <title>Does Sylpheed-Claws support Return Receipts?</title>
  66     <para>
  67         Yes.
  68         To request a Return Receipt use <quote>Options/Request Return
  69         Receipt</quote> in the Compose window. When you receive a message that
  70         requests a Return Receipt a notification area is shown just above the
  71         message view. You can either use the <quote>Send receipt</quote> button,
  72         or ignore the request - no receipts are sent automatically.
  73     </para>
  74     <para>
  75         If you do not ever want to send Return Receipts then you can use the
  76         option <quote>Never send Return Receipts</quote> in the
  77         <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Other</quote> page.
  78     </para></section>
  79     <section>
  80     <title>How can I make Sylpheed-Claws notify me when new mail
  81     arrives?</title>
  82     <para>
  83         Go to <quote>Configuration/Preferences</quote>, in the <quote>Mail
  84         Handling/Receiving</quote> section, use the settings for <quote>Run
  85         command</quote> in the <quote>After receiving new mail</quote>
  86         frame. Alternatively, use the Trayicon plugin.
  87     </para></section>
  88     <section>
  89     <title>Why are special characters (e.g. umlauts) not displayed
  90     correctly?</title>
  91     <para>
  92         In most cases, this is caused by emails with broken encodings. You can
  93         try to force it using the <quote>View/Character Encoding</quote>
  94         submenu.
  95     </para></section>
  96     <section>
  97     <title>Can I quote just a section of the original message when
  98     replying?</title>
  99     <para>
 100         Yes, select the section of the message that you want to quote and use
 101         <quote>Reply</quote>.
 102     </para></section>
 103     <section>
 104     <title>Where can I find the answers to more FAQs about
 105     Sylpheed-Claws?</title>
 106     <para>
 107         An enlarged, user-contributed FAQ can be found on the Sylpheed-Claws
 108         website, <ulink url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/">
 109         http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/</ulink>
 110     </para>
 111     </section>
 112 </appendix>