Sylpheed(1)Sylpheed(1)NAMESylpheed - a GTK+ based fast e-mail and news client
DESCRIPTIONSylpheed is an e-mail 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 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 (currently implementing)
o automake + autoconf support
o internationalization of messages by gettext
o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Uni-
code) (when using libjconv)
This list is not complete.
OPTIONS--compose [address]
--attach file1 [file2]...
--receive
--receive-all
--send
--status
--status folder[/subfolder]
--status-full
--online
--offline
--debug
--help
--version
FILES
$HOME/Mail
Default directory for mail storage
$PREFIX/share/sylpheed
Global program directory
$PREFIX/share/sylpheed/manual
Manual files in HTML format
$PREFIX/share/sylpheed/faq
FAQ files in HTML format
$HOME/.sylpheed
User's configuration files directory
$HOME/.sylpheed/accountrc
Configuration for account(s)
$HOME/.sylpheed/addrbook*
Addressbook files
$HOME/.sylpheed/command_history
User-specified commands
$HOME/.sylpheed/customheaderrc
Configuration for custom headers for sending mail
$HOME/.sylpheed/dispheaderrc
Configuration for custom display of headers in mes-
sage view
$HOME/.sylpheed/filterrc
Filter function configuration
$HOME/.sylpheed/folderlist.xml
Folder hierachy listing
$HOME/.sylpheed/menurc
Menu shortcut-key configuration
$HOME/.sylpheed/sylpheed.log
Sylpheed logfile
$HOME/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc
Main configuration file
EXAMPLES
To run this program the standard way type:
sylpheed
Alternatively you can run it with the following options:
--debug
for debug mode
--compose [address]
to open a Compose window
--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]
--online
Start sylpheed in (or switch to, if already run-
ning) online mode
--offline
Start sylpheed in (or switch to, if already run-
ning) offline mode
--help
display the help message and exit
--version
display version number and exit
INSTALLATION
This program requires GTK+ 1.2.6 or higher to be compiled.
Please make sure that gtk-devel and glib-devel (or simi-
lar) 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
See INSTALL from the source distribution package for full
installation instructions.
AUTHORS
main-branch (http://sylpheed.good-day.net)
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
<yamamoto@good-day.co.jp>
claws-branch (http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net)
Hoa viet Dinh <dinh.viet.hoa@free.fr>
Match Grun <match@dimensional.com>
Melvin Hadasht <melvin.hadasht@free.fr>
Christoph Hohmann <reboot@gmx.ch>
Alfons Hoogervorst <alfons@proteus.demon.nl>
Darko Koruga <darko.koruga@hermes.si>
Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>
Thorsten Maerz <torte@netztorte.de>
Paul Mangan <claws@thewildbeast.co.uk>
Martin Schaaf <mascha@ma-scha.de>
Carsten Schurig <Carsten.Schurig@web.de>
Sergey Vlasov <vsu@users.sourceforge.net>
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
sylpheed-w32 (http://www.gnupg.org/cvs-access.html)
Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
sylpheed-claws-w32 (http://claws-w32.sourceforge.net)
Thorsten Maerz <torte@netztorte.de>
SEE ALSOSylpheed Homepage
<http://sylpheed.good-day.net>
Sylpheed-Claws Homepage
<http://www.sf.net/sylpheed-claws>
Sylpheed Win32
<http://www.gnupg.org/cvs-access.html>
Sylpheed-Claws Win32 Homepage
<http://www.sf.net/claws-w32>
Hiroyuki YamamotoSylpheed(1)