X-Git-Url: http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=29c8b8fdbcdb12add51489700434e841d00dfa0f;hp=ab5e2402eece32d150165496d00353a43580e32d;hb=4ca879bd7611ed40e343faf1bee385efaeae73ec;hpb=07a296b475fa0012a0573c201cbe25680b829c31;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index ab5e2402e..29c8b8fdb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client - Copyright(C) 1999-2002 Hiroyuki Yamamoto + Copyright(C) 1999-2004 Hiroyuki Yamamoto 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 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. For more details see the file COPYING. @@ -22,60 +22,86 @@ What's Sylpheed =============== -Sylpheed is an e-mail client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on -X Window System, and aiming for +Sylpheed is an e-mail client and news reader based on GTK+ GUI toolkit, +and runs on X Window System. - * Quick response - * Graceful, and sophisticated interface - * Easy configuration, intuitive operation - * Abundant features +Sylpheed is a free software distributed under the GNU GPL. + +The development of Sylpheed sets the following things as its goal: + + * Quick response by keeping CPU and memory usage to a minimum + * Fast processing even though a folder contains large number of messages + (more than 10 thousand) + * Enables intuitive operation by simple, graceful, and well-polished + interface + * Similar operation methods to other mailers. + * Readily available with simple configuration + * Fully equipped with features required as a mailer + * Full support of Japanese, and support of i18n + * Enables flexible interaction with external commands + * Stable, and don't lose any data (to the utmost) in case of crash The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for Windows, such as Outlook Express, Becky!, and Datula. The interface is also -designed to emulate the mailers on Emacsen, and almost all commands are -accessible with the keyboard. You'll figure out the usage if you have ever -used some e-mail clients for Windows, or Mew or Wanderlust. +designed to emulate the Emacs-based mailers, and almost all commands are +accessible with the keyboard. So you will able to migrate to Sylpheed +without much discomfort in the case where you are accustomed to other +mailers. The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together -with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize -fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or -imget). +with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). It has less possibility +of losing mails on failures since one file corresponds to one mail. You can +import or export mbox format messages. You can also utilize fetchmail or/and +procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or imget). + +Currently implemented major features +==================================== + +Supported protocols + + o POP3 + o IMAP4rev1 + o SMTP + o NNTP + o SSL/TLSv1 (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1, NNTP) + o IPv6 -Currently implemented features are: +Features - o POP3 support - o IMAP4rev1 support - o integrated NetNews client - o unlimited multiple account handling + o multiple accounts o thread display - o filtering + o powerful filtering o MIME (attachments) + o integrated News reader + o SMTP AUTH support + o CRAM-MD5 authentication (SMTP AUTH / IMAP4rev1) + o APOP authentication (POP3) + o PGP signature / encryption (requires GPGME) o built-in image view - o X-Face support + o X-Face display + o user-defined headers + o color label + o Mew/Wanderlust compatible key bind o multiple MH folder support o mbox importing / exporting - o external editor support + o external editor o message queueing o automatic mail checking - o draft message function - o template function + o draft message + o template o line-wrapping o clickable URI o XML-based address book - o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support o newly arrived and unread message management - o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind o printing - o APOP authentication support - o SMTP AUTH support - o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1) - o IPv6 support - o drag & drop (partially implemented) - o GnuPG support (currently implementing) - o automake + autoconf support + o offline mode + o remote operation by command line + o per-folder configuration + o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support + o Drag & Drop + o autoconf, automake support o internationalization of messages by gettext - o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when using - libjconv) + o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) and more. @@ -138,6 +164,9 @@ dialog, but there are a few parameters which don't have user interface (you don't have to modify them in normal use). You must edit ~/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc by an editor when Sylpheed is not running. +allow_jisx0201_kana allow JIS X 0201 Kana (half-width kana) on + sending. + 0: off 1: on [default: 0] bold_font bold font used in folder, summary and text view small_font small font used in summary view etc. enable_hscrollbar enable horizontal scroll bar in summary view