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-<h2><a name="s1">1.</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1">What is Sylpheed?</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="s1">1.</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1">What is Sylpheed-Claws?</a></h2>
<h2><a name="ss1.1">1.1</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.1">Introduction
to Sylpheed-Claws.</a>
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<li>Clickable URI </li>
<li>XML-based addressbook </li>
<li>LDAP addressbook </li>
- <li>Jpilot addressbook (for Palm types handhelds)</li>
+ <li>Jpilot addressbook (for Palm type handhelds)</li>
<li>Newly arrived and unread message management </li>
<li>Multiple MH folder support </li>
<li>Mew/Wanderlust compatible key bindings </li>
This list is not complete, but this will at least show you the most
common features in Sylpheed-Claws.
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-<h2><a name="ss1.4">1.4</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.4">Methods for
+<h2><a name="ss1.4">1.4</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.4">Plugins</a></h2>
+<ul>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Clam AntiVirus</dt>
+ <dd>Enables the scanning of message attachments in mail
+ received from a POP, IMAP or LOCAL account using Clam
+ AntiVirus. It can optionally delete the mail or save it
+ to a designated folder. Preferences can be found in
+ '/Configuration/Preferences/Filtering/Clam AntiVirus'.
+ Clam AntiVirus is available from
+ <a href=http://clamav.sourceforge.net/>http://clamav.sourceforge.net/</a></dd>
+
+ <dt>Dillo HTML Viewer</dt>
+ <dd>Enables the viewing of html messages using the Dillo web
+ browser, version 0.7.0 or newer. It uses Dillo's --local
+ option by default for safe browsing. Preferences can be
+ found in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/Dillo Browser'.
+ Dillo is available from
+ <a href=http://www.dillo.org/>http://www.dillo.org/<a/></dd>
+
+ <dt>MathML Viewer</dt>
+ <dd>Enables the viewing of attachments that have the
+ Content-Type 'text/mathml' using the GtkMathView widget
+ which is available from
+ <a href=http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/>http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/</a></dd>
+
+ <dt>PGP/Core</dt>
+ <dd>Handles core PGP functions and is required by the PGP/Inline
+ and PGP/MIME plugins.
+ Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <a href=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/</a></dd>
+
+ <dt>PGP/inline</dt>
+ <dd>Handles inline PGP signed and/or encrypted mails. You can
+ decrypt mails, verify signatures or sign and encrypt your
+ own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <a href=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/</a></dd>
+
+ <dt>PGP/MIME</dt>
+ <dd>Handles PGP/MIME signed and/or encrypted mails. You can
+ decrypt mails, verify signatures or sign and encrypt your
+ own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <a href=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/</a></dd>
+
+ <dt>SpamAssassin</dt>
+ <dd>Enables the scanning of incoming mail received from a POP,
+ IMAP or LOCAL account using SpamAssassin. It can optionally
+ delete mail identified as spam or save it to a designated
+ folder. Preferences can be found in '/Configuration/
+ Preferences/Filtering/SpamAssassin'.
+ SpamAssassin is available from <a href=http://spamassassin.org>http://spamassassin.org</a><br>
+ Configure option:
+ --enable-spamassassin-plugin</dd>
+
+ <dt>Trayicon</dt>
+ <dd>Places an icon in the system tray that indicates whether
+ you have any new mail. A tooltip also shows the current
+ new, unread and total number of messages</dd>
+</dl>
+</ul>
+
+<p>All plugins, except SpamAssassin, are built automatically
+if the required libraries are present.</p>
+
+<p>Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/sylpheed-claws/plugins/
+and have a suffix of '.so'<br>
+To load a plugin go to '/Configuration/Plugins' and click
+the 'Load Plugin' button.<br>
+Select the plugin that you want and click 'OK'
+</p>
+<p>More plugins can be found here:
+<a href=http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php>http://claws.sylpheed.org/plugins.php</a></p>
+
+<p></p>
+<h2><a name="ss1.5">1.5</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.5">Methods for
managing messages</a>
</h2>
<p>There are several ways to manage messages. The best known is <code>not
<p>Of course, you should observe some common sense when you start
creating mailboxes. To keep all mail in one place is not a good idea,
but to create a maze of mailboxes is not a good idea either!</p>
-<h2><a name="ss1.5">1.5</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.5">Features
+<h2><a name="ss1.6">1.6</a> <a href="sylpheed.html#toc1.6">Features
for the future</a>
</h2>
<p>This is a special chapter. As with all open source programs, many