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- Copyright(C) 1999-2013 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> and the
- Claws Mail Team
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2019 The Claws Mail Team and Hiroyuki Yamamoto
+ <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+
+ 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
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
- any later version.
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
- MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
For more details see the file COPYING.
9. Tools
10. How to contribute
11. How to request features
-12. Installing Claws from CVS
+12. Installing Claws from Git
13. Release History
14. Useful Links
daemon, so it has to be previously configured to allow this.
Clam AntiVirus is available from http://www.clamav.net/.
+ o Dillo
+ Uses the Dillo browser (http://www.dillo.org) to render HTML mails
+ and HTML parts of multipart messages. Dillo is started with
+ special options to embed its window inside Claws Mail's message
+ view and to render the HTML safely. If required, remote content
+ can be also retrieved.
+
+ o Fancy
+ Renders HTML mails and HTML parts of multipart messages using the
+ GTK+ port of the WebKit library. External content is blocked by
+ default (including images) to avoid remote tracking, but can be
+ enabled either globally or just on the displayed message. The GTK+
+ WebKit is available from http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitGTK/.
+
o Fetchinfo
Modifies downloaded messages and inserts special headers containing
some download information: UIDL, Claws Mail account name, POP server,
user ID and retrieval time. These headers can be used later for more
elaborate filtering or processing rules.
- o Fancy
- Renders HTML mails and HTML parts of multipart messages using the GTK+
- port of the WebKit library. External content is blocked by default
- (including images) to avoid remote tracking, but can be enabled either
- globally or just on the displayed message.
- GTK+ WebKit is available from http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitGTK/.
-
o GData
Includes your Gmail account contacts in the list generated for
Tab-address completion on compose window, using the GData library.
Gdata library is available from https://live.gnome.org/libgdata/.
+ o Libravatar
+ Displays sender avatars from https://www.libravatar.org/, from own
+ sender's domain if enabled or even an automatically generated one.
+
o MailMbox
Handles mailboxes in Mbox format using the libEtPan! library. Mbox
files can be added to the folder tree and used like regular mailboxes.
LibEtPan! is available from http://www.etpan.org/.
+ o Managesieve
+ Manage sieve filters on a server using the ManageSieve protocol.
+
o Newmail
Writes a header summary to a log file for each mail received after
sorting. The file for the summary is ~/Mail/NewLog.
Additonal plugins can be found here:
-http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
+https://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
3. Actions
4. Icon Themes
--------------
Claws has support for different icon sets. Several icon sets can be
- downloaded from http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
+ downloaded from https://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
E S true if execute "S" succeeds
f S messages originating from user S
F forwarded messages
- h S messages which contain header S
+ h S messages which contain S in any header name or value
+ H S messages which contain S in the value of any header
i S messages which contain S in Message-Id header
I S messages which contain S in inreplyto header
k # messages which are marked with color #
8. Hidden options
-----------------
- It is recommended that you use Clawsker to edit these options,
- http://www.claws-mail.org/clawsker.php
-
- addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog (default: 1)
- Use a separate dialogue to edit a person's details. '0'
- will use a form embedded in the addressbook's main window.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- bold_unread (default: 1)
- show unread messages using bold font in summary view
- 0: off 1: on
-
- cache_max_mem_usage (default: 4096)
- the maximum kB of memory Claws Mail should use. It will try
- to keep the memory usage below this value, but it will always
- use the assigned amount of memory for speed gain.
-
- cache_min_keep_time (default: 15)
- the minimum time in minutes Claws Mail will keep the folder
- cache in memory. If a cache is more recent than this time it
- will not be freed even if the memory usage is above the
- maximum. You should probably set this value higher than your
- mail check interval. Otherwise the cache will always be freed
- between checks even if the folder is accessed on every check,
- which will cause much disk IO.
-
- compose_no_markup (default: 0)
- prevent italic and bold text in the Compose dialog account
- selector
- 0: normal (markup) 1: no markup
-
- diff_added_color (default: #008b8b)
- diff_deleted_color (default: #6a5acd)
- diff_hunk_color (default: #a52a2a)
- Colors to use when displaying attachments in unified diff
- format.
-
- emphasis_color (default: #0000CF)
- The colour used for the X-Mailer line when its value is
- Claws Mail.
-
- enable_dotted_lines (default: 0)
- Use the old dotted line look in the main window GtkTreeView
- components, (Folder List and Message List), instead of the
- modern lineless look.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- enable_hscrollbar (default: 1)
- enable horizontal scroll bar in summary view
- 0: off 1: on
-
- enable_swap_from (default: 0)
- display sender's email address in To column in Sent folder
- instead of recipient's
- 0: off 1: on
-
- folderview_vscrollbar_policy (default: 0)
- specify the policy of vertical scroll bar of folder view
- 0: always 1: automatic 2: never
-
- hover_timeout (default: 500)
- time in milliseconds that will cause a folder tree to expand
- during drag n drop when the mouse cover is held over it
-
- live_dangerously (default: 0)
- Don't ask for confirmation before definitive deletion of
- emails.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- log_error_color (default: #af0000)
- log_in_color (default: #000000)
- log_msg_color (default: #00af00)
- log_out_color (default: #0000ef)
- log_warn_color (default: #af0000)
- log_status_ok_color (default: #00af00)
- log_status_nok_color (default: #0000af)
- log_status_skip_color (default: #aa00aa)
- The colours used in the Network Log window.
-
- msgview_date_format (default: 0)
- Use the same user-defined date format in the Message View as
- is used in the Message List.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- outgoing_fallback_to_ascii (default: 1)
- The outgoing encoding of a message will use 7bit US-ASCII
- whenever it is suitable for the message content, ignoring
- the "Outgoing encoding" option unless it is necessary.
- Turning this option off forces the user-defined encoding to
- be used, regardless of message content.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- primary_paste_unselects (default: 0)
- Causes the primary buffer to be cleared and the insertion
- point to be repositioned when the middle mouse button is used
- for pasting text.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- respect_flowed_format (default: 0)
- Respect format=flowed on text/plain message parts. This will
- cause some mails to have long lines, but will fix some URLs
- that would otherwise be wrapped.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- save_parts_readwrite (default: 0)
- Saves temporary files when opening attachment with write bit
- set.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- show_compose_margin (default: 0)
- Adds margins to the message text area in the Compose window.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- show_inline_attachments (default: 1)
- Show inline attachments in MimeView.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- skip_ssl_cert_check (default: 0)
- Disables the verification of SSL certificates.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- statusbar_update_step (default: 10)
- Update stepping in progress bars.
-
- stripes_color_offset (default: 4000)
- Specify the value to use when creating alternately coloured
- lines in GtkTreeView components. The smaller the value, the
- less visible the difference in the alternating colours of the
- lines.
-
- textview_cursor_visible (default: 0)
- display the cursor in the message view.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- thread_by_subject_max_age (default: 10)
- number of days to include a message in a thread when using
- 'Thread using subject in addition to standard headers'.
-
- toolbar_detachable (default: 0)
- hide handles in the toolbar.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- two_line_vertical (default: 1)
- Spread message list information over two lines when using the
- three column layout.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- unsafe_ssl_certs (default: 0)
- Allows Claws to remember multiple SSL certificates for a
- given server/port.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- use_networkmanager (default: 1)
- Use NetworkManager to switch offline automatically.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- use_stripes_everywhere (default: 1)
- Enable alternately coloured lines in GtkTreeView components.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- use_stripes_in_summaries (default: 1)
- Enable alternately coloured lines in the main window
- GtkTreeView components, (Folder List and Message List). The
- only useful way to use this option is to set it to 0 when
- use_stripes_everywhere is set to 1.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail (default: 0)
- Use UTF-8 encoding for broken mails instead of current
- locale.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- warn_dnd (default: 1)
- Display a confirmation dialog on drag'n'drop of folders.
- 0: off 1: on
-
- zero_replacement_char (default: 0)
- Character to show in Folder List counter columns when a
- folder doesn't contain messages.
+ There's several options which are not widely used and were not
+ added to the configuration interface to avoid excesive bloat.
+
+ The complete and up to date list of hidden options can be found
+ on Hidden preferences section of Claws Mail Manual:
+
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/manual/claws-mail-manual.html#adv_hidden
9. Tools
----------
- You will find all of these tools in the 'tools' directory:
-
- acroread2claws-mail.pl
- send PDFs from Adobe Reader 7
- calypso_convert.pl
- import mbox files exported by calypso
- claws-mail-compose-insert-files.pl
- insert files into a new Compose window
- convert_mbox.pl
- convert mbox format to MH format
- csv2addressbook.pl
- import Becky, Thunderbird, Kmail, Gmail and Fox Mail
- address books
- eud2gc.py
- convert a Eudora (v.3?) addressbook to vCard
- (GnomeCard) format
- filter_conv.pl
- convert sylpheed main's filter rules, (< 0.9.99),
- into Claws' filtering format
- filter_conv_new.pl
- convert sylpheed main's filter rules, (>= 0.9.99),
- into Claws' filtering format
- fix-date.sh
- Replace/Add a message's Date field
- freshmeat_search.pl
- Actions script to lookup the selected text on
- Freshmeat www.freshmeat.net using the configured
- browser
- gif2xface.pl
- convert a gif file to an xface
- google_msgid.pl
- Actions script to lookup selected message-id on
- google using mozilla.
- google_search.pl
- Actions script to lookup up the selected text on
- google using the configured browser
- kdeservicemenu/*
- Service Menus for Konqueror to allow sending
- files to Claws Mail
- kmail2claws-mail.pl
- convert a Kmail addressbook to a Claws Mail
- addressbook
- kmail2claws-mail_v2.pl
- new version of the address book conversion script
- for newer versions of Kmail/Kaddressbook
- kmail-mailbox2claws-mail.pl
- convert a Kmail mailbox into a Claws mail mailbox
- mairix.sh
- a wrapper to mairix, to enable global searches in mail
- folders
- mew2claws-mail.pl
- import a Mew address book
- multiwebsearch.pl
- search any searchable website for the selected text
- nautilus2claws-mail.sh
- enables sending files from the Nautilus file manager
- to Claws Mail
- OOo2claws-mail.pl
- enable OpenOffice to send documents through
- Claws Mail
- outlook2claws-mail.pl
- convert an Outlook contacts list to a Claws Mail
- addressbook
- popfile-link.sh
- open messages in POPFile control center to edit their status
- sylprint.pl
- process a Claws Mail message and print it using enscript
- if available or lpr if not
- tb2claws-mail
- convert an addressbook exported from The Bat! into
- a Claws Mail addressbook
- tbird2claws.py
- integrate a Thunderbird folder tree into Claws Mail
- textviewer.pl
- Display various attachments as text
- textviewer.sh
- attempt to view an attachment as plain text
- thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl
- convert Thunderbird filtering rules
- update-po
- translators' tool that eases the creation of
- *.po files
- uudec
- decode UUencoded mails, for use with Actions
- uuooffice
- Decode uuencoded attachments and open them with OpenOffice
- vcard2xml.py
- import an Evolution vCard
+--------
+
+ Tools are small scripts which can help integrate Claws Mail with
+ other programs; perform format conversions between different kinds
+ of mailboxes, address books, etc.; be used in Claws Mail Actions for
+ a variety of purposes; or used in other programs to ease their
+ interoperability with Claws Mail.
+ You will find all the tools in the 'tools' directory and a detailed
+ description of the available scripts in 'tools/README.'
10. How to contribute
---------------------
You are encourged to send patches via the Claws Mail bugzilla at
-http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
+https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
But please first read the patch guidelines here:
-http://www.claws-mail.org/devel.php
+https://www.claws-mail.org/devel.php
If that's too troublesome, either contact Paul Mangan
<paul@claws-mail.org> or consider posting to the
Claws Mail-users mailing list.
-http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
+https://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
Bugs can be reported with Claws' bugzilla at:
-http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
+https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
Of course, you can also post to the Claws Mail-users mailing list.
don't have enough time. If the contribution is really big, or requires
a long time to stabilise, send a mail to Paul Mangan
<paul@claws-mail.org>. We can probably arrange access to the
-Claws Mail CVS tree.
+Claws Mail Git repository.
You might want to go ahead and hack a patch for it. (That would be very
cool!) Another possibility is to add a request to our bugzilla, (severity:
'enhancement'), at
-http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
+https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
-12. Installing Claws Mail from CVS
+12. Installing Claws Mail from Git
--------------------------------------
a. Downloading
--------------
- To download the latest cvs cd to the directory where you wish to download
+ To download the latest Git, cd to the directory where you wish to download
to and type the following information:
- export CVS_RSH=ssh
- cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@claws-mail.org:/ co -r gtk2 claws
+ git clone https://git.claws-mail.org/readonly/claws.git
Later, when you want to update your local repository, you'll just have to
go back to the 'claws' directory, and type:
- export CVS_RSH=ssh
- cvs -z3 update -dPR
+ git pull --all
b. Installing
-------------
GTK 2 Version
-------------
+2019-07-26 3.17.4
+2018-12-22 3.17.3
+2018-12-14 3.17.2
+2018-08-26 3.17.1
+2018-08-15 3.17.0
+2017-12-17 3.16.0
+2017-08-29 3.15.1
+2017-03-26 3.15.0
+2016-11-06 3.14.1
+2016-08-07 3.14.0
+2016-01-19 3.13.2
+2015-12-20 3.13.1
+2015-10-11 3.13.0
+2015-07-19 3.12.0
+2014-10-27 3.11.1
+2014-10-20 3.11.0
+2014-06-09 3.10.1
+2014-05-26 3.10.0
+2013-12-14 3.9.3
+2013-06-08 3.9.2
+2013-05-06 3.9.1
2012-11-14 3.9.0
2012-06-27 3.8.1
2011-12-16 3.8.0
14. Useful links
----------------
Homepage
- http://www.claws-mail.org/
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/
User Contributed FAQ
- http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/
-Project page
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/sylpheed-claws/
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/
Downloads
- http://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php
-Extra Plugins
- http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/releases.php
+Release Announcement Feed
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/releases.rss
+Latest Release Notes
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
+Other Downloads
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php
+List of Plugins
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
Icon Themes
- http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
Mailing Lists
- http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
Users Mailing List archive
- http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/index.html
+ https://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/index.html
Commits Announcement List archive
- http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/commits/index.html
+ https://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/commits/index.html
Bug/Patch/Feature Request Tracker
- http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
+ https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
Internationalisation Status
- http://www.claws-mail.org/i18n.php
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/i18n.php
Donations
- http://www.claws-mail.org/sponsors.php
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/sponsors.php
Planet Claws Mail
- http://planet.claws-mail.org/
+ https://planet.claws-mail.org/
Claws Mail for Windows homepage
- http://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
+ https://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
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