NAME
claws-mail - a GTK+ based fast email and news client
SYNOPSIS
claws-mail [options]
DESCRIPTION
Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running
on X Window System, and aiming for
* Quick response
* Graceful, and sophisticated interface
* Easy configuration, intuitive operation
* Abundant features
Currently implemented features include:
o POP3 support
o IMAP4rev1 support
o integrated NetNews client
o unlimited multiple account handling
o thread display
o filtering
o MIME (attachments)
o built-in image view
o X-Face and (colour) Face support
o multiple MH folder support
o mbox importing / exporting
o external editor support
o message queueing
o automatic mail checking
o draft message function
o template function
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
o automake + autoconf support
o internationalization of messages by gettext
o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when
using libjconv)
o support for plugins
This list is not complete.
OPTIONS
--compose [address]
--subscribe [uri]
--attach file1 [file2]...
--receive
--receive-all
--send
--status
--status folder[/subfolder]
--status-full
--select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]
--online
--offline
--exit
--debug
--help
--version
--version-full
--config-dir
--alternate-config-dir [dir]
FILES
$HOME/Mail
Default directory for mail storage
$PREFIX/share/claws-mail
Global program directory
$PREFIX/share/claws-mail/manual
Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format
$PREFIX/share/claws-mail/themes
Global themes directory
$PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins
Directory for plugins
$PREFIX/include/claws-mail
Directory for header files
$HOME/.claws-mail
Default directory for user’s configuration files directory
$HOME/.claws-mail/addrbook/*
Addressbook files
$HOME/.claws-mail/templates
User-defined templates directory
$HOME/.claws-mail/themes
User’s themes directory
$HOME/.claws-mail/accountrc
Configuration for account(s)
$HOME/.claws-mail/actionsrc
User-defined custom actions
$HOME/.claws-mail/addressbookcustomattributerc
User-defined address book custom attributes
$HOME/.claws-mail/claws.log
Claws Mail logfile
$HOME/.claws-mail/claws-win32.log
Claws Mail output file (Windows only)
$HOME/.claws-mail/clawsrc
Main configuration file
$HOME/.claws-mail/command_history
User-specified commands
$HOME/.claws-mail/customheaderrc
Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
$HOME/.claws-mail/dispheaderrc
Configuration for custom display of headers in message view
$HOME/.claws-mail/folderitemrc
All folders’ attributes
$HOME/.claws-mail/folderlist.xml
Folder hierarchy listing
$HOME/.claws-mail/matcherrc
Filtering and Processing function configuration
$HOME/.claws-mail/menurc
Menu shortcut-key configuration
$HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history
User-specified searches in message bodies
$HOME/.claws-mail/quicksearch_history
User-specified quick-search list
$HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history
User-specified searches in message bodies
$HOME/.claws-mail/summary*_history
User-specified searches in message list
$HOME/.claws-mail/tagsrc
User-specified tag list
$HOME/.claws-mail/toolbar*.xml
User-defined custom toolbars
EXAMPLES
To run this program the standard way type:
claws-mail
Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
--compose [address]
to open a Compose window
--subscribe [uri]
subscribe to the given URI if possible
--attach file1 [file2]...
open composition window with specified files attached
--compose "mailto:%t?subject=%s&cc=%c&body=%b"
this syntax can be used in web-browsers and CLI to open a
pre-populated Compose window
--receive
receive new messages
--receive-all
receive new messages from all accounts
--send
send all queued messages
--status
show the total number of messages
[new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
--status folder[/subfolder]
show the total number of messages in specified folder
[new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
--status-full
show the total number of messages per folder
[new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]
--select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid]
On startup, jumps to the specified folder/message
--online
Start claws-mail in (or switch to, if already running) online
mode
--offline
Start claws-mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline
mode
--help display the help message and exit
--exit exit Claws Mail
--debug
for debug mode
--version
display version number and exit
--version-full
display version number and compiled-in features then exit
--config-dir
display the CONFIG-DIR and exit
--alternate-config-dir [dir]
start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in [dir]
directory
INSTALLATION
This program requires GTK+ 2.6.x or higher to be compiled.
Please make sure that gtk-devel and glib-devel (or similar) packages
are installed before the compilation (you may also require flex (lex)
and bison (yacc)).
To compile and install, just type:
% ./configure
% make
% su
Password: [Enter password]
# make install
Refer to ./configure --help for further information.
AUTHORS
The Claws Mail Team
Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws-mail.org>
Hoà Viêt Dinh <hoa@users.sf.net>
Andrej Kacian <andrej@kacian.sk>
Darko Koruga <darko@users.sf.net>
Ricardo Mones Lastra <ricardo@mones.org>
Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
Paul Mangan <paul@claws-mail.org>
Salvatore De Paolis <iwkse@claws-mail.org>
Previous team members
Keith Edmunds
Match Grun
Melvin Hadasht
Oliver Haertel
Christoph Hohmann
Alfons Hoogervorst
Werner Koch
Thorsten Maerz
Leandro A. F. Pereira
Luke Plant
Martin Schaaf
Carsten Schurig
Fabien Vantard
Sergey Vlasov
Hiroyuki Yamamoto
SEE ALSO
Claws Mail Homepage
<http://www.claws-mail.org>
Hiroyuki Yamamoto & the Claws MJanuarym09, 2009 Claws Mail(1)