-Sylpheed-Claws - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
+Claws Mail - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
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Copyright(C) 1999-2006 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> and the
- Sylpheed-Claws Team
+ Claws Mail Team
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
Summary:
- 1. What is Sylpheed-Claws?
+ 1. What is Claws Mail?
2. Plugins
3. Actions
4. Icon Themes
15. Useful Links
-1. What is Sylpheed-Claws?
+1. What is Claws Mail?
--------------------------
-Sylpheed-Claws is the extended version of Sylpheed, a lightweight and
+Claws Mail is the extended version of Sylpheed, a lightweight and
highly configurable email client and news reader based on the GTK+ GUI
toolkit, it runs on the X Window System.
-Sylpheed-Claws is free software distributed under the GNU GPL.
+Claws Mail is free software distributed under the GNU GPL.
-To run Sylpheed-Claws use 'sylpheed-claws' on the command line.
+To run Claws Mail use 'claws-mail' on the command line.
-When sylpheed-claws is executed for the first time a configuration
+When claws-mail is executed for the first time a configuration
'Wizard' will appear prompting you for the minimum information necesary
to create a new account.
2. Plugins
----------
-Sylpheed-Claws' capabilities are extended by plugins. It comes with
+Claws Mail' capabilities are extended by plugins. It comes with
the following plugins included, all of which, except SpamAssassin, are
built automatically if the required libraries are present.
-Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/sylpheed-claws/plugins/
+Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins/
and have a suffix of '.so'
To load a plugin go to '/Configuration/Plugins' and click
the 'Load Plugin' button.
new, unread and total number of messages
Additonal plugins can be found here:
-http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/plugins.php
+http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
3. Actions
just one of its parts. It allows also the use of an external command to
filter the whole text or just a selected part in the message window or in
the compose window. This is a generic tool that allows to do any uncommon
- actions on the messages, and thus extends the possibilities of Sylpheed-Claws.
- For example, Sylpheed-Claws does not include the rot13 cyphering algorithm
+ actions on the messages, and thus extends the possibilities of Claws Mail.
+ For example, Claws Mail does not include the rot13 cyphering algorithm
popular in some newsgroups. It does not support uuencoded messages. As
all these features can be handled by external programs, the actions
provide a convenient way to use them from the menu bar.
command. The created menu will be found in the Tools -> Actions submenu.
By inserting a slash / in the menu name, you create a submenu.
- The command is entered in the Command line entry. Note that Sylpheed-Claws
+ The command is entered in the Command line entry. Note that Claws Mail
stores every single email in a separate file. This allows to use the
following syntax for the command:
contrast to prepending >, the entered text is hidden (useful when
entering passwords).
* Appending an ampersand &: this will run the command asynchronously.
- That means "fire and forget". Sylpheed-Claws won't wait for the
+ That means "fire and forget". Claws Mail won't wait for the
command to finish, nor will it catch its output or its error
messages.
* Prepending the vertical bar | (pipe-in): this will send the current
Here are some examples that are listed in the same syntax as used for
storing the actions list. You can copy and past the definition in your
- ~/.sylpheed-claws/actionsrc file (exit Sylpheed-Claws before). The syntax
+ ~/.claws-mail/actionsrc file (exit Claws Mail before). The syntax
is very simple: one line per action, each action contains the menu name
and the command line separated by a colon and a space ": "
4. Icon Themes
--------------
Claws has support for different icon sets. Several icon sets can be
- downloaded from http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/themes.php
+ downloaded from http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
You will need to create a directory called 'themes' in your config
directory, unpack them into this directory, and then use the interface
to select them, /Configuration/Preferences/Display/Themes
a. Requirements
---------------
- The spell checker in Sylpheed-Claws requires the GNU/aspell library
+ The spell checker in Claws Mail requires the GNU/aspell library
(http://www.gnu.org/software/aspell), version 0.50 or newer.
You also need the dictionaries. Check GNU/aspell home page for how
c. Usage
--------
- After successful compiling, you need to tell Sylpheed-Claws where your
+ After successful compiling, you need to tell Claws Mail where your
dictionaries reside. The configure script should have found it, but in
case it did not, run 'aspell config dict-dir' on the shell to get the
path to the dictionaries.
Search type extended allows one to use Sylpheed's powerful
filtering engine to select messages. Examples:
from regexpcase "foo"
- subject regexp "Bug" & to regexp "sylpheed-claws"
+ subject regexp "Bug" & to regexp "claws-mail"
Additionally, it is possible to use simpler yet equally
powerfull patterns for message selections. Mutt users will
/Configuration/Preferences/Customize Toolbars lets you define the
toolbar you want. The configuration dialog enables you to set an icon,
an appropriate text, and map an action to it. Actions to choose
- from are predefined. You can also have your "Sylpheed-Claws Actions"
+ from are predefined. You can also have your "Claws Mail Actions"
(refer to "Actions" above) on your toolbar.
Example:
11. How to contribute
---------------------
-You are encourged to send patches via the Sylpheed-Claws sourceforge
+You are encourged to send patches via the Claws Mail sourceforge
project's Patch Tracker.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=384600&group_id=25528&func=browse
If that's too troublesome, either contact Paul Mangan
<claws@thewildbeast.co.uk> or consider posting to the
-Sylpheed-Claws-users mailing list.
-http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/MLs.php
+Claws Mail-users mailing list.
+http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
Bugs can be reported with Claws' bugzilla at:
http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed-claws/bugzilla/index.cgi
-Of course, you can also post to the Sylpheed-Claws-users mailing list.
+Of course, you can also post to the Claws Mail-users mailing list.
Also, we really try to incorporate good contributions, but sometimes we
don't have enough time. If the contribution is really big, or requires
a long time to stabilise, send a mail to Paul Mangan
<claws@thewildbeast.co.uk>. We can probably arrange access to the
-Sylpheed-Claws CVS tree.
+Claws Mail CVS tree.
12. How to request features
---------------------------
-Ask around in Sylpheed-Claws-users ML. Note that some developers may
+Ask around in Claws Mail-users ML. Note that some developers may
have already thought about your feature, may,perhaps, be implementing it,
or the feature was already discussed and rejected for whatever reason.
You might want to go ahead and hack a patch for it. (That would be very
-13. Installing Sylpheed-Claws from CVS
+13. Installing Claws Mail from CVS
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a. Downloading
After logging in:
- cvs -z3 -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs co -r gtk2 sylpheedclaws/sylpheed-claws
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs co -r gtk2 sylpheedclaws/claws-mail
b. Installing
15. Useful links
----------------
Homepage
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/
User Contributed FAQ
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/
Project page
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/sylpheed-claws/
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/claws-mail/
Downloads
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25528&package_id=147457
Extra Plugins
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/plugins.php
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
Icon Themes
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/themes.php
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
CVS webview
- http://cvs.sunsite.dk/viewcvs.cgi/sylpheedclaws/sylpheed-claws/?only_with_tag=gtk2
+ http://cvs.sunsite.dk/viewcvs.cgi/sylpheedclaws/claws-mail/?only_with_tag=gtk2
Mailing Lists
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/MLs.php
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
Users Mailing List archive
http://lists.sunsite.dk/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/28
Commits Announcement List archive
Patch Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384600
Internationalisation Status
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/i18n.php
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/i18n.php
Donations
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/sponsors.php
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/sponsors.php
Planet Sylpheed
- http://planet.sylpheed-claws.net/
-Sylpheed-Claws for Windows homepage
- http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/win32/
+ http://planet.claws-mail.org/
+Claws Mail for Windows homepage
+ http://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
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