<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.
+ click the <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.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>GeoLocation</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Provides geolocation functionality based on the IP addresses contained
- in the messages.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Libravatar</term>
<listitem>
</para>
</section>
+ <section id="plugin_path_config">
+ <title>Plugin path configuration</title>
+ <para>
+ By default, when loading a plugin, its full path is saved in
+ <filename>~/.claws-mail/clawsrc</filename>.
+ </para><para>
+ As most users have only one copy of Claws Mail installed and always
+ use the same installation method, this is not a problem.
+ </para><para>
+ However, if you have multiple copies of Claws Mail installed
+ and want to share the same configuration among them, this may not
+ work, particularly when using different versions of Claws Mail.
+ </para><para>
+ A second installed copy will try to load the plugins installed by
+ the first and, if the versions differ, the plugins will be rejected.
+ </para><para>
+ In order to avoid this problem you can manually edit the plugins
+ section in the <filename>clawsrc</filename> file, replacing the full
+ path with just the plugin file name of those you want to load
+ relative to the copy of Claws Mail being run.
+ </para><para>
+ In so doing, each copy of Claws Mail will try to load those plugins
+ from its own plugin directory, rather than a fixed location.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
</section>