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Sylpheed-Claws' capabilities are extended by plugins. It comes with the plugins listed below included, all of which are built automatically if the required libraries are present.
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- Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/sylpheed-claws/plugins/ 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 OK.
+ Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/sylpheed-claws/plugins/ 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 OK.
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If you don't find the plugin you're looking for, it is possible that your GNU/Linux distribution provides it in a separate package. In this case, search for the plugin in your package manager.
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<varlistentry><term>SpamAssassin</term>
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<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, this can be turned off. It can optionally delete mail identified as spam or save it to a designated folder.</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 "Configuration/Preferences/Customize toolbars"). Messages marked as spam are optionally saved to a designated folder.</para>
<para>Plugin preferences can be found in "Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/SpamAssassin".</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>
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<varlistentry><term>Acpi Notifier</term>
- <listitem><para>Enables new mail notification via the LEDs found on some laptops like Acer, Asus and IBM laptops.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Enables new mail notification via the LEDs found on some laptops like Acer, Asus, Fujitsu and IBM laptops.</para></listitem>
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<varlistentry><term>AttRemover</term>
<listitem><para> This plugin lets you remove attachments from emails.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Saves the caches every 60 seconds (or user-defined period). It helps avoiding the loss of metadata if your computer (<emphasis>or Sylpheed-Claws!</emphasis>) crashes.</para></listitem>
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<varlistentry><term>etpan! Privacy</term>
- <listitem><para>Handles signature verification and decryption of encrypted messages in S/MIME, OpenPGP, and ascii-armored PGP formats.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Handles signature verification and decryption of encrypted messages in S/MIME, OpenPGP and ascii-armored PGP formats. Doesn't handle passphrases.</para></listitem>
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<varlistentry><term>Fetchinfo</term>
- <listitem><para>Inserts headers containing some download information, like UIDL, Sylpheeds account name, POP server, user ID and retrieval time.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Inserts headers containing some download information, like UIDL, Sylpheed-Claws' account name, POP server, user ID and retrieval time.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>GtkHtml Viewer</term>
+ <listitem><para>Like Dillo, enables the viewing of html messages, but in a nicer way (antialiased fonts).</para></listitem>
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<varlistentry><term>Maildir</term>
<listitem><para>Provides direct support for Maildir++ mailboxes. With this plugin you can share your Maildir++ mailbox with other mailers or IMAP servers.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term>Perl</term>
<listitem><para>Intended to extend the filtering possibilities of Sylpheed-Claws. It provides a Perl interface to Sylpheed-Claws' filtering mechanism, allowing the use of full Perl power in email filters.</para></listitem>
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+ <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>SynCE</term>
<listitem><para>Assists in keeping the address book of a Windows CE device (Pocket PC/ iPAQ, Smartphone etc) in sync with Sylpheed-Claws' address book, with respect to email addresses.</para></listitem>
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The first time that you start Sylpheed-Claws, you will be asked a few questions in order to set up an account. These questions are easy to answer and grouped in several short pages.
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First you will be asked to fill in your name, (<emphasis>usually guessed from the operating system</emphasis>), your email address, and the name of your organisation, (<emphasis>optional</emphasis>).
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- On the next page you will enter the address of your SMTP server, (<emphasis>sometimes referred to as <quote>Outgoing server</quote></emphasis>).
</para><para>The following page will allow you to enter details of how to retrieve your mail. The format of the page will be determined by the <quote>Server type</quote>:
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-<para>If you chose either POP3 or Local mbox file, the next page will ask you where you want to save your mail on disk. The default, <quote>Mail</quote>, is usually ok and will save your mails in a directory called <quote>Mail</quote> in your home directory.
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+ On the next page you will enter the address of your SMTP server, (<emphasis>sometimes referred to as <quote>Outgoing server</quote></emphasis>). You will also be asked whether to authenticate when sending mail; this is often not the case if you're using an ISP to connect to internet, and often the case if you are configuring a professional account.
+ </para><para>If you chose either POP3 or Local mbox file, the next page will ask you where you want to save your mail on disk. The default, <quote>Mail</quote>, is usually ok and will save your mails in a directory called <quote>Mail</quote> in your home directory.
</para><para>If Sylpheed-Claws is built with support for OpenSSL, you will next see the <quote>Security</quote> page, here you will be able to choose to use SSL encryption to send and receive your emails. Most ISPs do not enable this, but many companies do; if you're unsure about it, you can leave them unselected.
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You can now click on the Save button, and start enjoying Sylpheed-Claws.
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<title>Writing your first mail</title>
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- When clicking on the <quote>Compose</quote> button of the toolbar, a composition window will open. This window contains different fields which you should be able to recognise easily: if you have mulitple accounts, the From field can be used to select which account you want to use for this email; the To field is for recipient of the email. When you fill it in, a second To field will appear, so that you can send the email to multiple recipients. You can also change the To field to a Cc field or other types of fields, by using its dropdown menu, or by typing in the field that you require. After that, you will be able to set the subject of your email, then type its body.
+ When clicking on the <quote>Compose</quote> button of the toolbar, a composition window will open. This window contains different fields which you should be able to recognise easily: if you have multiple accounts, the From field can be used to select which account you want to use for this email; the To field is for recipient of the email. When you fill it in, a second To field will appear, so that you can send the email to multiple recipients. You can also change the To field to a Cc field or other types of fields, by using its dropdown menu, or by typing in the field that you require. After that, you will be able to set the subject of your email, then type its body.
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A little note about an email's subject: Sylpheed-Claws will ask you for confirmation if you attempt to send an email with an empty subject. This is because it can be annoying for the recipient to receive emails without a subject, as it doesn't help in handling email.
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