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NAME

       modest - The Modest Mail User Agent

SYNOPSIS

       modest [showui]

DESCRIPTION

       Modest  is  a graphical e-mail program, targetting resource-constrained
       environments, such as older PCs and internet tablets.  It  aims  to  be
       easy to use and provide a complete e-mail experience, while keeping the
       resource usage at a modest level (by 2007 standards).

OPTIONS

       showui To actually start with the UI, you have to provide the  ’showui’
              parameter to modest. Reason for this not being the default is to
              allow for DBUS-activation of various  services  without  showing
              the UI.

ENVIRONMENT

       MODEST_DEBUG  The  MODEST_DEBUG  environment  may contain any number of
       ’:’-separated strings to trigger certain debugging features:

       abort-on-warning
              Abort the program when any Gtk/Glib  warning  or  error  occurs.
              This can be useful when running inside a debugger.

       debug-code
              Run various pieces of debug-only code in modest

       log-actions
              Log actions to the log file (not available yet)

       debug-objects
              Debug GObject usage (G_TYPE_DEBUG_OBJECTS)

       debug-signals
              Debug GSignal usage (G_TYPE_DEBUG_SIGNALS)

       factory-settings
              Return all the user-settings to the ’factory defaults’

EXIT CODES

       Normally,  modest  will  exit  with  0 as its exit code. In case of any
       error, the exit code will be non-zero.

FILES

       ~/.modest/cache
              Modest e-mail cache.

       ~/.modest/local_folders
              Root of the local folders hierarchy (in Maildir format)

BUGS

       Some...  If you find one, please let us know!

NO WARRANTIES

       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
       IS"  AND  ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
       TO, THE  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND  FITNESS  FOR  A
       PARTICULAR  PURPOSE  ARE  DISCLAIMED.  IN  NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
       OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,  INDIRECT,  INCIDENTAL,
       SPECIAL,  EXEMPLARY,  OR  CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES  (INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
       LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS  OF  USE,
       DATA,  OR  PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
       THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,  STRICT  LIABILITY,  OR  TORT
       (INCLUDING  NEGLIGENCE  OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
       OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

SEE ALSO

       mutt(3), maildir(5),

       Modest Home Page: http://modest.garage.maemo.org/

COPYRIGHTS

       Copyright (c) 2006,2007 Nokia Corporation All rights reserved.

AUTHORS

       Dirk-Jan  C.  Binnema  and  many  others.  Modest  uses  the   Tinymail
       framework, written by Philip Van Hoof.