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<section id="ch_plugins">
-<title>Extending Sylpheed-Claws</title>
+<title>Extending Claws Mail</title>
<section id="plugins_default">
- <title>Provided plugins</title>
+ <title>Plugins</title>
<para>
+ Claws Mail's capabilities are extended by plugins, which are
+ listed below.
+ </para><para>
+ Plugins are installed in <filename class="directory"
+ >$PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins/</filename> and have a suffix of
+ <quote>.so</quote>. To load a plugin go to
+ <quote>Configuration/Plugins</quote> and click the
+ <quote>Load Plugin</quote> button. Select the plugin that you want and
+ click <quote>Open</quote> button.
+ </para><para>
+ If you don't find the plugin you're looking for, it is possible that
+ your Operating System distribution provides it in a separate package.
+ In this case, search for the plugin in your package manager.
+ </para><para>
+ Some plugins provide the same functionality as others, (for example, the
+ 3 anti-Spam plugins). In this case you will have to choose which
+ one to load, as Claws Mail will refuse to load more than one of
+ the same type.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There is a list of all plugins available at <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php"
+ >http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ACPI Notifier</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enables new mail notification via the LEDs found on some laptops like
+ Acer, Asus, Fujitsu and IBM laptops.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=acpinotifier"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=acpinotifier</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>AddressKeeper</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Saves all unknown recipient addresses (<quote>To</quote>,
+ <quote>Cc</quote> and/or <quote>Bcc</quote>) to a designated
+ addressbook folder.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>AttachWarner</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Reminds you about possibly forgotten attachments. Checks for common
+ expressions found when attaching a file and warns you if no attachment
+ was added to the mail you're sending.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=attachwarner"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=attachwarner</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>AttRemover</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows you to remove attachments from emails.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Bogofilter</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The Bogofilter plugin comes with two major features:
+ </para><para>
+ The ability to scan incoming mail received from a POP, IMAP or LOCAL
+ account using Bogofilter. It can optionally delete mail identified
+ as spam or save it to a designated folder. Mail scanning can be turned
+ off.
+ </para><para>
+ The ability for users to teach Bogofilter to recognise spam or ham.
+ You can train Bogofilter by marking messages as spam or ham from the
+ Message List contextual menu, or using the relevant toolbar button in
+ the main window or the message window (see
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars</quote>). Messages
+ marked as spam are optionally saved to a designated folder.
+ </para><para>
+ Plugin preferences can be found in
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/Bogofilter</quote>.
+ </para><para>
+ Bogofilter's advantage over Spamassassin is its speed.
+ </para><para>
+ Bogofilter must be trained before it can filter messages. To train
+ it you will need to mark some spam as Spam, and some legitimate
+ emails as Ham.
+ </para><para>
+ Bogofilter is available from <ulink
+ url="http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/"
+ >http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>BSFilter</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ BSFilter is a plugin that is very similar to the Bogofilter plugin
+ but uses the bsfilter (<ulink url="http://bsfilter.org/index-e.html"
+ >bsfilter.org/index-e.html</ulink>) bayesian spam filter as a backend.
+ </para><para>
+ Like Bogofilter, you have to train it with spam and ham
+ messages in order for bsfilter to start recognising spam.
+ </para><para>
+ Plugin preferences can be found in
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/BSFilter</quote>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Clamd</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows scanning all messages received from IMAP, POP or local accounts
+ using the clam daemon part of the ClamAV (AntiVirus) software (<ulink
+ url="http://www.clamav.net/">http://www.clamav.net/</ulink>).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Fancy</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enables the rendering of HTML messages using the GTK+ port of the
+ WebKit library. By default, no remote content is loaded.
+ </para><para>
+ Plugin preferences can be found in
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/Fancy</quote>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Fetchinfo</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Inserts headers containing some download information, like UIDL,
+ Claws Mail' account name, POP server, user ID and retrieval time.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>GData</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Provides an interface to Google services using the gdata library.
+ Currently, the only implemented functionality is to include Google
+ Contacts in the Tab-address completion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Libravatar</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enables the display of avatar images associated with user profiles at
+ libravatar.org or the user's avatar enabled domains.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=libravatar"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=libravatar</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Mail Archiver</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enables folders and subfolders to be archived in several different
+ formats.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>mailMBOX</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Handles mailboxes in MBox format.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>NewMail</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Writes a message header summary to a log file, (Default:
+ <filename>~/Mail/NewLog</filename>), on arrival of new mail
+ <emphasis>after</emphasis> sorting.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Notification</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Provides various ways to notify the user of new and unread email.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=notification"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=notification</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PDF Viewer</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows rendering of PDF and PostScript attachments using the Poppler
+ library and GhostScript external program.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=pdf_viewer"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=pdf_viewer</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Perl</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Intended to extend the filtering possibilities of Claws Mail. It
+ provides a Perl interface to Claws Mail' filtering mechanism,
+ allowing the use of full Perl power in email filters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PGP/Core, PGP/Inline and PGP/MIME</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Handles PGP signed and/or encrypted mails. You can decrypt mails,
+ verify signatures or sign and encrypt your own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME,
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/"
+ >ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/</ulink>.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=gpg"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=gpg</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Python</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This plugin provides Python integration features.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=python"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=python</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>RSSyl</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows you to read your favorite newsfeeds in Claws. RSS 1.0, 2.0 and
+ Atom feeds are currently supported.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=rssyl"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=rssyl</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>S/MIME</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Handles S/MIME signed and/or encrypted mails. You can decrypt mails,
+ verify signatures or sign and encrypt your own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME
+ and GpgSM, <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/"
+ >ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SpamAssassin</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The SpamAssassin plugin comes with two major features:
+ </para><para>
+ The ability to scan 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. Mail scanning can be turned
+ off, which is useful if your email is scanned on your server.
+ </para><para>
+ The ability for users to teach SpamAssassin to recognise spam or ham.
+ You can train SpamAssassin by marking messages as spam or ham from the
+ Message List contextual menu, or using the relevant toolbar button in
+ the main window or the message window (see
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars</quote>). Messages
+ marked as spam are optionally saved to a designated folder.
+ </para><para>
+ Plugin preferences can be found in
+ <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/SpamAssassin</quote>.
+ </para><para>
+ SpamAssassin's advantage over Bogofilter is that it's not only a
+ bayesian filter, but it also performs various local and network tests
+ to determine spaminess.
+ </para><para>
+ SpamAssassin is available from <ulink
+ url="http://spamassassin.apache.org/"
+ >http://spamassassin.apache.org/</ulink>. Version 3.1.x or higher is
+ required to use the learning feature in TCP mode.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SpamReport</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This plugin reports spam to various places.
+ Currently the sites <ulink url="http://spam-signal.fr"
+ >spam-signal.fr</ulink> and <ulink url="http://spamcop.net"
+ >spamcop.net</ulink> are supported, and the <ulink
+ url="http://lists.debian.org">Debian lists (lists.debian.org)</ulink>
+ spam nomination system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>TNEF parse</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This plugin enables reading <literal>application/ms-tnef</literal> attachments.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=tnef_parser"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=tnef_parser</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>vCalendar</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enables vCalendar message handling like that produced by Evolution or
+ Outlook, and Webcal subscriptions.
+ More information: <ulink
+ url="http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=vcalendar"
+ >www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=vcalendar</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ <para>
+ If you're a developer, writing a plugin to extend Claws Mail's
+ capabilities is probably the best and easiest solution. We will
+ provide hosting to your code, and will be glad to answer your questions
+ in the mailing-list or on the IRC channel,
+ <literal>#claws</literal> on Freenode.
</para>
</section>
- <section id="plugins_external">
- <title>More plugins</title>
+ <section id="plugins_network">
+ <title>Network access from the plugins</title>
<para>
+ Some of the external plugins, for example RSSyl, vCalendar, Libravatar
+ or Fancy, need Internet access for their operations (retrieving feeds in
+ the case of RSSyl or vCalendar, and fetching images in the case of
+ Libravatar or Fancy). These plugins use the Curl library. Hence, if your
+ Internet access is restricted by a proxy, you will need to tell libCurl
+ to use this proxy. This is done by setting an environment variable,
+ <literal>http_proxy</literal>. For example,
+ <literal>http_proxy=http://user:passwd@myproxy.example.com:8080</literal>
+ will tell libCurl to connect to port 8080 of the machine
+ myproxy.example.com, with the user <quote>user</quote> and password
+ <quote>passwd</quote> to connect to the Internet.
+ </para><para>
+ You can either set this variable before starting Claws Mail by
+ using, for example,
+ <command>http_proxy=http://user:passwd@myproxy.example.com:8080
+ claws-mail</command>, or you can set it in your
+ <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> file (or your shell equivalent), by
+ adding the following line<footnote><para>Other shells may have
+ diferent syntaxes, check your shell's manual page.</para></footnote>:
+ <command
+ >export http_proxy=http://user:passwd@myproxy.example.com:8080</command>
+ (you'll have to reconnect to have it taken into account).
</para>
</section>
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