imagination. You can configure Actions via the <quote>Tools</quote>
menu.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The <quote>Tools/Actions/</quote> menu will contain one submenu
+ item for each action that you have created. When you have selected
+ one or more messages in the Message List, or are viewing a message
+ in the Message View, selecting one of these menu items will invoke
+ the action, and, depending on how it was defined, will pass the
+ message(s) to it.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additionally, it is possible to add toolbar entries for your
+ actions. To do so, open the <quote>Configuration/Preferences</quote>
+ menu and select <quote>Customize Toolbars/Main Window</quote>.
+ In the list of available icons, select the one you want, then
+ in <quote>Event executed on click</quote> select
+ <quote>Claws Mail Actions Feature</quote> and the action to execute
+ in the <quote>Claws Mail Action</quote> dropdown menu.
+ </para>
<blockquote>
<example>
<title>Simple <quote>Open With...</quote></title>
<para>
Searches Google for the currently selected text
(<emphasis>|</emphasis>) using the external script <emphasis><ulink
- url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/tools.php"
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/tools.php"
>google_search.pl</ulink></emphasis>.
</para>
</listitem>
Bcc and Subject fields follow.
</para><para>
Further information and examples of usage can be found in the
- user-contributed FAQ on the
Sylpheed-Claws website <ulink
- url="http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/"
- >http://www.sylpheed-claws.net/faq/</ulink>.
+ user-contributed FAQ on the
Claws Mail website <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/"
+ >http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="adv_processing">
<title>Processing</title>
<para>
Processing rules are the same as Filtering rules, except that they are
- applied when entering a folder and apply only to this folder. You can
- use them to automatically move old mails into an archive folder, or for
- further dispatching of emails, and more. You can set each folder's
- Processing rules by right-clicking on it.
+ applied when entering a folder or when manually applied from a folder's
+ context menu and apply only to this folder. You can use them to automatically
+ move old mails into an archive folder, or for further dispatching of
+ emails, and more. You can set each folder's Processing rules by
+ right-clicking on it.
</para><para>
Processing rules are accompanied by Pre-processing and Post-processing
- rules. Like Processing rules, they apply only when opening a folder,
- but like Filtering rules, they are shared accross all folders. You can
- configure them from the <quote>Tools</quote> menu. Pre-processing rules
- are executed before the folder's specific Processing rules, while
- Post-processing rules are executed afterwards.
+ rules. Like Processing rules, they apply when opening a folder or manually
+ applying them from a folder's context menu, but like Filtering rules,
+ they are shared across all folders. You can configure them from the
+ <quote>Tools</quote> menu. Pre-processing rules are executed before the
+ folder's specific Processing rules, while Post-processing rules are executed
+ afterwards.
</para>
</section>
<section id="adv_colour_labels">
<section id="adv_ml_support">
<title>Mailing-List support</title>
<para>
- Sylpheed-Claws offers mailing-list support from the
+ Claws Mail offers mailing-list support from the
<quote>Message/Mailing-List/</quote> submenu. When you have a
mailing-list message selected, the submenu allows you to quickly
initiate subscribing, unsubscribing, posting, getting help, contacting
<section id="adv_plugins">
<title>Plugins</title>
<para>
- Plugins are the mechanism for extending Sylpheed-Claws' capabilities.
+ Plugins are the mechanism for extending Claws Mail' capabilities.
For example, imagine that you want to store your mails in a remote
<acronym>SQL</acronym> database. In most mailers out there this is
simply impossible without reworking the internals of the mailer. With
- Sylpheed-Claws you can simply write a plugin to achieve the task.
+ Claws Mail you can simply write a plugin to achieve the task.
</para><para>
This is just an example of the possibilities. A good number of plugins
- developed for Sylpheed-Claws already exist, and more are to come. The
- <link linkend="ch_plugins">Extending Sylpheed-Claws section</link>
+ developed for Claws Mail already exist, and more are to come. The
+ <link linkend="ch_plugins">Extending Claws Mail section</link>
gives details of them.
</para>
</section>
<section id="deploying">
- <title>Deploying Sylpheed-Claws</title>
+ <title>Deploying Claws Mail</title>
<para>
The initial configuration wizard tries to guess various fields using
information gathered from the system, such as username, hostname, and
more. As it is oriented towards general use, the default values often
have to be fixed. However, this wizard is customisable, in a manner
- designed to allow system administrators to deploy Sylpheed-Claws easily
+ designed to allow system administrators to deploy Claws Mail easily
over various users of one machine, or even over multiple machines
installed via some replication tool.
</para><para>
The first part consists of creating a wizard configuration template
- and setting the various default parameters of a new Sylpheed-Claws
+ and setting the various default parameters of a new Claws Mail
installation.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Start with a user who does not have a <filename class="directory"
- >~/.sylpheed-claws</filename> directory, ideally a new user.
+ >~/.claws-mail</filename> directory, ideally a new user.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Start Sylpheed-Claws and go through the wizard. The values you fill in
+ Start Claws Mail and go through the wizard. The values you fill in
will be of no use for the future deployment, so you can click
next-next-next.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Once the wizard is finished and you have Sylpheed-Claws' main window
+ Once the wizard is finished and you have Claws Mail' main window
opened, configure the various defaults you want to have in the master.
You can load plugins, add people or LDAP servers in the addressbook,
create filtering rules, and so on.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- If needed, and if the deployed Sylpheed-Claws will use MH folders, you
+ If needed, and if the deployed Claws Mail will use MH folders, you
can create subdirectories in the mailbox.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Next, quit Sylpheed-Claws.
+ Next, quit Claws Mail.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Now, edit the newly created wizard template file,
- <filename>~/.sylpheed-claws/accountrc.tmpl</filename>. In this file,
+ <filename>~/.claws-mail/accountrc.tmpl</filename>. In this file,
you will see different variables, corresponding to the wizard's fields.
You can leave some commented, in which case the usual default will be
used, or specify values or variables. Not all fields can contain
<listitem>
<para>
Save this file, and delete both
- <filename>~/.sylpheed-claws/accountrc</filename>, (which contains your
+ <filename>~/.claws-mail/accountrc</filename>, (which contains your
dummy account) and
- <filename>~/.sylpheed-claws/folderlist.xml</filename>, (so that the
+ <filename>~/.claws-mail/folderlist.xml</filename>, (so that the
folder tree will be correctly parsed for new users). Recursively copy
- <filename class="directory">.sylpheed-claws</filename> to
+ <filename class="directory">.claws-mail</filename> to
<filename class="directory">/etc/skel/</filename>; if the deployed
- Sylpheed-Claws will use MH folders, also copy the created
+ Claws Mail will use MH folders, also copy the created
<filename class="directory">Mail</filename> directory. chown all of
- <filename class="directory">/etc/skel/.sylpheed-claws</filename>
+ <filename class="directory">/etc/skel/.claws-mail</filename>
and <filename class="directory">/etc/skel/Mail</filename> to
<literal>root:root</literal> for security reasons.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Test! Create a new user, login as that user, run Sylpheed-Claws. If you
+ Test! Create a new user, login as that user, run Claws Mail. If you
filled everything as you wanted, this user will just have to fill in
his passwords.
</para>
<section id="adv_hidden">
<title>Hidden preferences</title>
<para>
- There are a number of hidden preferences in Sylpheed-Claws, preferences
+ There are a number of hidden preferences in Claws Mail, preferences
that some users who we wanted to please couldn't live without, but
which did not have a place in the GUI in our opinion. You can find the
- following, and change them while Sylpheed-Claws is not running, in
- <filename>~/.sylpheed-claws/sylpheedrc</filename>.
+ following, and change them while Claws Mail is not running, in
+ <filename>~/.claws-mail/clawsrc</filename>.
</para>
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>addressbook_use_editaddress_dialog</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use a separate dialogue to edit a person's details.
+ '0' will use a form embedded in the addressbook's main window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>bold_unread</literal></term>
<listitem>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>emphasis_color</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The colour used for the X-Mailer line when its value is Claws Mail.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>enable_dotted_lines</literal></term>
<listitem>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>mark_as_read_delay</literal></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Number of seconds to wait before marking an opened mail as read.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>respect_flowed_format</literal></term>
<listitem>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>unsafe_ssl_certs</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows Claws to remember multiple SSL certificates for a given
+ server/port. This is disabled by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>use_stripes_everywhere</literal></term>
<listitem>
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