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  1. Claws Mail - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
  2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  3. Copyright(C) 1999-2007 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> and the
  4. Claws Mail Team
  5. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  6. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  7. the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  8. any later version.
  9. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  12. GNU General Public License for more details.
  13. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  14. along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  15. Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  16. For more details see the file COPYING.
  17. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  18. Summary:
  19. 1. What is Claws Mail?
  20. 2. Plugins
  21. 3. Actions
  22. 4. Icon Themes
  23. 5. Spell Checking
  24. 6. Quick Search
  25. 7. Custom toolbar
  26. 8. Partial downloading of POP3 mails
  27. 9. Hidden Options
  28. 10. Tools
  29. 11. How to contribute
  30. 12. How to request features
  31. 13. Installing Claws from CVS
  32. 14. Release History
  33. 15. Useful Links
  34. 1. What is Claws Mail?
  35. --------------------------
  36. Claws Mail (previously known as Sylpheed-Claws) is a lightweight and
  37. highly configurable email client and news reader based on the GTK+
  38. GUI toolkit, it runs on the X Window System.
  39. Claws Mail is free software distributed under the GNU GPL.
  40. To run Claws Mail use 'claws-mail' on the command line.
  41. When claws-mail is executed for the first time a configuration
  42. 'Wizard' will appear prompting you for the minimum information
  43. necessary to create a new account.
  44. 2. Plugins
  45. ----------
  46. Claws Mail' capabilities are extended by plugins. It comes with
  47. the following plugins included, all of which are built automatically
  48. if the required libraries are present.
  49. Plugins are installed in $PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins/
  50. and have a suffix of '.so'
  51. To load a plugin go to '/Configuration/Plugins' and click
  52. the 'Load Plugin' button.
  53. Select the plugin that you want and click 'OK'
  54. o Clam AntiVirus
  55. Enables the scanning of message attachments in mail
  56. received from a POP, IMAP or LOCAL account using Clam
  57. AntiVirus. It can optionally delete the mail or save it
  58. to a designated folder. Preferences can be found in
  59. '/Configuration/PreferencesPlugins/Clam AntiVirus'.
  60. Clam AntiVirus is available from http://clamav.sourceforge.net/
  61. o Dillo HTML Viewer
  62. Enables the viewing of html messages using the Dillo web
  63. browser, version 0.7.0 or newer. It uses Dillo's --local
  64. option by default for safe browsing. Preferences can be
  65. found in '/Configuration/Preferences/Plugins/Dillo Browser'.
  66. Dillo is available from http://www.dillo.org/
  67. o PGP/Core
  68. Handles core PGP functions and is required by the PGP/Inline
  69. and PGP/MIME plugins.
  70. Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>
  71. o PGP/inline
  72. Handles inline PGP signed and/or encrypted mails. You can
  73. decrypt mails, verify signatures or sign and encrypt your
  74. own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>
  75. o PGP/MIME
  76. Handles PGP/MIME signed and/or encrypted mails. You can
  77. decrypt mails, verify signatures or sign and encrypt your
  78. own mails. Uses GnuPG/GPGME, <ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/>
  79. o SpamAssassin
  80. Enables the scanning of incoming mail received from a POP,
  81. IMAP or LOCAL account using SpamAssassin. It can optionally
  82. delete mail identified as spam or save it to a designated
  83. folder. Preferences can be found in '/Configuration/
  84. Preferences/Plugins/SpamAssassin'.
  85. SpamAssassin is available from http://spamassassin.apache.org/.
  86. o Trayicon
  87. Places an icon in the system tray that indicates whether
  88. you have any new mail. A tooltip also shows the current
  89. new, unread and total number of messages
  90. Additonal plugins can be found here:
  91. http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
  92. 3. Actions
  93. ----------
  94. The "actions" feature is a convenient way for the user to launch external
  95. commands to process a complete message file including headers and body or
  96. just one of its parts. It allows also the use of an external command to
  97. filter the whole text or just a selected part in the message window or in
  98. the compose window. This is a generic tool that allows to do any uncommon
  99. actions on the messages, and thus extends the possibilities of Claws Mail.
  100. For example, Claws Mail does not include the rot13 cyphering algorithm
  101. popular in some newsgroups. It does not support uuencoded messages. As
  102. all these features can be handled by external programs, the actions
  103. provide a convenient way to use them from the menu bar.
  104. a. Usage
  105. --------
  106. To create a new action, go to Configuration -> Actions.... The "Action
  107. Creation" dialog offers to enter the Menu name that will trigger the
  108. command. The created menu will be found in the Tools -> Actions submenu.
  109. By inserting a slash / in the menu name, you create a submenu.
  110. The command is entered in the Command line entry. Note that Claws Mail
  111. stores every single email in a separate file. This allows to use the
  112. following syntax for the command:
  113. * %f denotes the file name of the selected message. If you selected more
  114. than one, then the command will be launched for each message with
  115. the appropriate file name
  116. * %F denotes the list of the file names of the selected message. If only
  117. one message is selected, this amounts to %f, but if more messages
  118. are selected, then the command will be launched only once with the
  119. list of the file names. (You can use both %f and %F in one command:
  120. then the command will be launched for each selected message with
  121. the name of this message and with the list of all selected
  122. messages. I did not find a practical example for this.)
  123. * %p denotes the current selected message part of a multipart message.
  124. The part is decoded accordingly. If the message is not a multipart
  125. message, it denotes the message body.
  126. * Prepending >: this will allow you to send to the command's standard
  127. input a text that you will enter in a dialog window.
  128. * Prepending *: this will allow you to send to the command's standard
  129. input a text that you will enter in a dialog window. But in
  130. contrast to prepending >, the entered text is hidden (useful when
  131. entering passwords).
  132. * Appending an ampersand &: this will run the command asynchronously.
  133. That means "fire and forget". Claws Mail won't wait for the
  134. command to finish, nor will it catch its output or its error
  135. messages.
  136. * Prepending the vertical bar | (pipe-in): this will send the current
  137. displayed text or the current selected text from the message view
  138. or the compose window to the command standard input. The command
  139. will silently fail if more than one message is selected.
  140. * Appending the vertical bar | (pipe-out): this will replace the current
  141. displayed text or the current selected text from the message window
  142. or the compose window by the command standard output. The command
  143. will silently fail if more than one message is selected.
  144. Note: It is not possible to use actions containing %f, %F or %p from the
  145. compose window.
  146. When a command is run, and unless it is run asynchronously, Claws Mail
  147. will be insensitive to any interaction and it will wait for the command to
  148. finish. If the command takes too long (5 seconds), it will popup a dialog
  149. window allowing to stop it. This dialog will also be displayed as soon as
  150. the command has some output: error messages or even its standard output
  151. when the command is not a "pipe-out" command. When multiple commands are
  152. being run, they are run in parallel and each command output is separated
  153. from the outputs of the others.
  154. a. Examples
  155. -----------
  156. Here are some examples that are listed in the same syntax as used for
  157. storing the actions list. You can copy and past the definition in your
  158. ~/.claws-mail/actionsrc file (exit Claws Mail before). The syntax
  159. is very simple: one line per action, each action contains the menu name
  160. and the command line separated by a colon and a space ": "
  161. Purpose: rot13 cyphering
  162. Definition: Rot13: |tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M|
  163. Details: This will apply the rot13 cyphering algorithm to the
  164. (selected) text in the message/compose view.
  165. Purpose: Decoding uuencoded messages
  166. Definition: UUdeview: xdeview %F&
  167. Details: xdeview comes with uudeview. If an encoded file is split in
  168. multiple messages, just select them all and run the command.
  169. Purpose: Display uuencoded image
  170. Definition: Display uuencoded: uudec %f&
  171. Details: Displays uuencoded files. The uudec[1] script can be found in
  172. the 'tools' directory of the distribution package.
  173. Purpose: Alter messages
  174. Definition: Edit message: gvim -f %F
  175. Details: Allows editing of any received message. Can be used to remove
  176. unneeded message parts, etc.
  177. Purpose: Pretty format
  178. Definition: Par: |par 72Tbgjqw74bEe B=._A_a 72bg|
  179. Details: par is a utility that can pretty format any text. It does a
  180. very good job in indenting quoted messages, and justifying
  181. text. Used when composing a message
  182. Purpose: Browse
  183. Definition: Part/Dillo: dillo %p&
  184. Details: Browse the selected message part in Dillo.
  185. [1] The uudec script can be found in the 'tools' directory of the
  186. distribution package. It needs uudecode and ImageMagick's display. The
  187. latter can be replaced by any image viewer that can get input from
  188. standard input. The script could also be modified to use temporary files
  189. instead of standard input.
  190. 4. Icon Themes
  191. --------------
  192. Claws has support for different icon sets. Several icon sets can be
  193. downloaded from http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
  194. You will need to create a directory called 'themes' in your config
  195. directory, unpack them into this directory, and then use the interface
  196. to select them, /Configuration/Preferences/Display/Themes
  197. This interface can also be used to install new themes.
  198. 5. Spell Checking
  199. -----------------
  200. a. Requirements
  201. b. Configuration and installation
  202. c. Usage
  203. d. Known problems
  204. a. Requirements
  205. ---------------
  206. The spell checker in Claws Mail requires the GNU/aspell library
  207. (http://www.gnu.org/software/aspell), version 0.50 or newer.
  208. You also need the dictionaries. Check GNU/aspell home page for how
  209. to download and install them.
  210. NB: The old dictionaries used by the old aspell will not work.
  211. b. Configuring Claws
  212. --------------------
  213. Spell checking is enabled automatically if the aspell executable is
  214. found. If it is in unusual places, use '--with-aspell-prefix' to state
  215. the path to the aspell executable. E.g., if aspell's full path is
  216. /foo/bar/bin/aspell, then use:
  217. ./configure --with-aspell-prefix=/foo/bar
  218. The '--with-aspell-prefix=PREFIX' option will let the configure
  219. script search for includes and libraries in PREFIX/include and PREFIX/lib.
  220. You can also manually specify the includes and libraries path by using
  221. either following options:
  222. --with-aspell-includes=/foo/bar/include
  223. and/or
  224. --with-aspell-libs=/rab/oof/lib
  225. as appropriate.
  226. The configure script summarizes the options compiled in. Check that
  227. it lists 'GNU/aspell = yes'.
  228. Then proceed as usual, with 'make' and 'make install'.
  229. c. Usage
  230. --------
  231. After successful compiling, you need to tell Claws Mail where your
  232. dictionaries reside. The configure script should have found it, but in
  233. case it did not, run 'aspell config dict-dir' on the shell to get the
  234. path to the dictionaries.
  235. Then run claws-mail and go to /Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Spell Checking.
  236. Check the box 'Enable spell checker' and use the directory selector to select
  237. the path where the dictionaries reside. Within the file selector, go to that
  238. directory and select *any* file in the file lists. Click OK. Then, you should
  239. be able to select your default dictionary.
  240. When composing, misspelled words are highlighted. Click on any
  241. highlighted word with the right mouse button to get a list of
  242. suggestions. The first entry of the menu just displays the unknown
  243. word. Selecting 'Accept in this session' (or hitting MOD1-Space,
  244. where MOD1 is usually the ALT key) will ignore this word and accept
  245. it in this message. Selecting the next entry, "Add to dictionary", which
  246. is bound to MOD1-Enter combination, will add the unknown word to your
  247. personal dictionary to learn it. The next entries are the suggested words.
  248. The first 15 suggestions can be accessed by typing one of the first letters
  249. of Latin alphabet (if this does not suit your language, please send
  250. a mail to melvin.hadasht@free.fr). Aspell has a 'learn from mistake'
  251. function that can be used by pressing the MOD1 key and selecting the
  252. suggestion (with the keyboard or with the mouse). See GNU/aspell manual
  253. §6.3 for an explanation of this feature (also called 'replacement storing').
  254. If you click with the right mouse button everywhere else, or if you
  255. shift-right-click even on a misspelled word, you get the
  256. configuration menu. 'Check all' highlights all misspelled words.
  257. With this menu, you can also change the dictionary while editing.
  258. Finally, you can change the suggestion mode, and the learn from
  259. misktakes feature.
  260. Spell checking can also be done using keyboard shortcuts. In the
  261. 'Edit' menu of the compose window, there are two menus 'Check backwards
  262. misspelled word' and 'Forward to next misspelled word'. Add to them
  263. appropriate keyboard shortcuts. 'Check backwards misspelled word'
  264. checks backwards from cursor position for the first misspelled word.
  265. If it finds one, it displays the suggestions lists which can be handled
  266. with the keyboard as described before. When the suggestion menu is
  267. closed, the cursor returns to its original position to be able to
  268. continue editing. The 'Forward to next misspelled word' do the same
  269. thing in the other direction but moves the cursor at the end of the
  270. misspelled word. This way, you can spell check easily a whole message
  271. starting from its beginning and using the 'Forward to next misspelled
  272. word' keyboard short cut.
  273. 6. Quick Search with extended search
  274. ------------------------------------
  275. Quick Search, with its powerful Extended search function,
  276. enables searching through folder's messages.
  277. Extended Search allows one to define criteria that messages must
  278. have in order to match and be displayed in the summary view pane.
  279. Search types titled From, Subject and To are self explanatory.
  280. Search type extended allows one to use Claws Mail's powerful
  281. filtering engine to select messages. Examples:
  282. from regexpcase "foo"
  283. subject regexp "Bug" & to regexp "claws-mail"
  284. Additionally, it is possible to use simpler yet equally
  285. powerfull patterns for message selections. Mutt users will
  286. immediately recognise most of the available patterns:
  287. Pattern Parameter Selects
  288. ----------------------------------------------------
  289. a all messages
  290. ag # messages whose age is greater than #
  291. al # messages whose age is lower than #
  292. b S messages which contain S in the message body
  293. B S messages which contain S in the whole message
  294. c S messages carbon-copied to S
  295. C S message is either to: or cc: to S
  296. D deleted messages
  297. e S messages which contain S in the Sender field
  298. E S true if execute "S" succeeds
  299. f S messages originating from user S
  300. F forwarded messages
  301. h S messages which contain header S
  302. i S messages which contain S in Message-Id header
  303. I S messages which contain S in inreplyto header
  304. L locked messages
  305. n S messages which are in newsgroup S
  306. N new messages
  307. O old messages
  308. r messages which have been replied to
  309. R read messages
  310. s S messages which contain S in subject
  311. se # messages whose score is equal to #
  312. sg # messages whose score is greater than #
  313. sl # messages whose score is lower than #
  314. Se # messages whose size is equal to #
  315. Sg # messages whose size is greater than #
  316. Ss # messages whose size is smaller than #
  317. t S messages which have been sent to S
  318. T marked messages
  319. U unread messages
  320. x S messages which contain S in References header
  321. y S messages which contain S in X-Label header
  322. # means number
  323. S means regexp string
  324. It is possible to use logical operators AND (&), OR (|) and
  325. NOT (! or ~). Case sensitive search is achieved with %.
  326. Examples:
  327. T marked messages
  328. U unread messages
  329. f "john beavis" messages from john beavis
  330. %f "John Beavis" messages from John Beavis (case sensitive)
  331. ~s foo messages which do not have foo in the subject
  332. f foo & ~s bar messages from foo that do not have bar in thesubject
  333. 7. Custom toolbar
  334. -----------------
  335. /Configuration/Preferences/Customize Toolbars lets you define the
  336. toolbar you want. The configuration dialog enables you to set an icon,
  337. an appropriate text, and map an action to it. Actions to choose
  338. from are predefined. You can also have your "Claws Mail Actions"
  339. (refer to "Actions" above) on your toolbar.
  340. Example:
  341. * Configuration->Actions
  342. - add an entry "Dillo: dillo %p&"
  343. * Configuration->Custom toolbar
  344. - select Claws Mail Actions Feature
  345. - select "Dillo: dillo %p&" from drop down list
  346. - choose an icon and click ok
  347. 8. Partial downloading of POP3 mails
  348. ------------------------------------
  349. Messages over the configured size limit, (/[Account preferences]/
  350. Receive/Message size limit), will be partially retrieved. These
  351. messages will have a Notice View displayed (above the Message View),
  352. informing of the partially retrieved state and the total size of the
  353. message. The Notice View will also contain two buttons, 'Mark for
  354. download' and 'Mark for deletion'. If the user clicks 'Mark for
  355. download', the message will be downloaded in full at the next message
  356. retrieval, (and the partial one deleted); if the user checks 'Mark for
  357. deletion' it will be removed from the server after the normal delay
  358. as specified in the POP3 account's 'Receive' preferences.
  359. If a user moves a partially retrieved message to the Trash folder
  360. it will be deleted on the server at the next retrieval after the
  361. Trash folder has been emptied.
  362. 9. Hidden options
  363. -----------------
  364. bold_unread (default: 1)
  365. show unread messages using bold font in summary view
  366. 0: off 1: on
  367. cache_max_mem_usage (default: 4096)
  368. the maximum kB of memory Claws Mail should use.
  369. It will try to keep the memory usage below this
  370. value, but it will always use the assigned
  371. amount of memory for speed gain.
  372. cache_min_keep_time (default: 15)
  373. the minimum time in minutes Claws Mail will keep
  374. the folder cache in memory. If a cache is more
  375. recent than this time it will not be freed even
  376. if the memory usage is above the maximum. You
  377. should probably set this value higher than your
  378. mail check interval. Otherwise the cache will
  379. always be freed between checks even if the folder
  380. is accessed on every check, which will cause much
  381. disk IO.
  382. compose_no_markup (default: 0)
  383. prevent italic and bold text in the Compose dialog
  384. account selector
  385. 0: normal (markup) 1: no markup
  386. enable_dotted_lines (default: 0)
  387. Use the old dotted line look in the main window
  388. GtkTreeView components, (Folder List and Message List),
  389. instead of the modern lineless look.
  390. enable_hscrollbar (default: 1)
  391. enable horizontal scroll bar in summary view
  392. 0: off 1: on
  393. enable_swap_from (default: 0)
  394. display sender's email address in To column in Sent
  395. folder instead of recipient's
  396. 0: off 1: on
  397. folderview_vscrollbar_policy (default: 0)
  398. specify the policy of vertical scroll bar of folder view
  399. 0: always 1: automatic 2: never
  400. hover_timeout (default: 500)
  401. time in milliseconds that will cause a folder tree to
  402. expand during drag n drop when the mouse cover is held
  403. over it
  404. live_dangerously (default: 0)
  405. Don't ask for confirmation before definitive deletion of
  406. emails.
  407. log_error_color, log_in_color, log_msg_color, log_out_color,
  408. log_warn_color
  409. The colours used in the log window.
  410. mark_as_read_delay (default: 0)
  411. Number of seconds to wait before marking an opened mail
  412. as read.
  413. respect_flowed_format (default: 0)
  414. Respect format=flowed on text/plain message parts. This will
  415. cause some mails to have long lines, but will fix some URLs
  416. that would otherwise be wrapped.
  417. skip_ssl_cert_check (default: 0)
  418. Disables the verification of SSL certificates.
  419. statusbar_update_step (default: 10)
  420. update stepping in progress bars
  421. stripes_color_offset (default: 4000)
  422. Specify the value to use when creating alternately coloured
  423. lines in GtkTreeView components. The smaller the value, the
  424. less visible the difference in the alternating colours of the
  425. lines.
  426. textview_cursor_visible (default: 0)
  427. display the cursor in the message view
  428. 0: off 1: on
  429. thread_by_subject_max_age (default: 10)
  430. number of days to include a message in a thread when using
  431. 'Thread using subject in addition to standard headers'
  432. toolbar_detachable (default: 0)
  433. hide handles in the toolbar
  434. 0: off 1: on
  435. use_stripes_everywhere (default: 1)
  436. Enable alternately coloured lines in GtkTreeView components.
  437. use_stripes_in_summaries (default: 1)
  438. Enable alternately coloured lines in the main window
  439. GtkTreeView components, (Folder List and Message List). The
  440. only useful way to use this option is to set it to 0 when
  441. use_stripes_everywhere is set to 1.
  442. utf8_instead_of_locale_for_broken_mail (default: 0)
  443. use UTF-8 encoding for broken mails instead of current
  444. locale
  445. 0: off 1: on
  446. warn_dnd (default: 1)
  447. display a confirmation dialog on drag n drop of folders
  448. 0: off 1: on
  449. 10. Tools
  450. ---------
  451. You will find all of these tools in the 'tools' directory:
  452. acroread2claws-mail.pl
  453. send PDFs from Adobe Reader 7
  454. calypso_convert.pl
  455. import mbox files exported by calypso
  456. convert_mbox.pl
  457. convert mbox format to MH format
  458. eud2gc.py
  459. convert a Eudora (v.3?) addressbook to vCard
  460. (GnomeCard) format
  461. filter_conv.pl
  462. convert sylpheed main's filter rules, (< 0.9.99),
  463. into Claws' filtering format
  464. filter_conv_new.pl
  465. convert sylpheed main's filter rules, (>= 0.9.99),
  466. into Claws' filtering format
  467. fix-date.sh
  468. Replace/Add a message's Date field
  469. freshmeat_search.pl
  470. Actions script to lookup the selected text on
  471. Freshmeat www.freshmeat.net using the configured
  472. browser
  473. gif2xface.pl
  474. convert a gif file to an xface
  475. google_msgid.pl
  476. Actions script to lookup selected message-id on
  477. google using mozilla.
  478. google_search.pl
  479. Actions script to lookup up the selected text on
  480. google using the configured browser
  481. kdeservicemenu/*
  482. Service Menus for Konqueror to allow sending
  483. files to Claws Mail
  484. kmail2claws-mail.pl
  485. convert a Kmail addressbook to a Claws Mail
  486. addressbook
  487. kmail2claws-mail_v2.pl
  488. new version of the address book conversion script
  489. for newer versions of Kmail/Kaddressbook
  490. kmail-mailbox2claws-mail.pl
  491. convert a Kmail mailbox into a Claws mail mailbox
  492. multiwebsearch.pl
  493. search any searchable website for the selected text
  494. nautilus2claws-mail.sh
  495. enables sending files from the Nautilus file manager
  496. to Claws Mail
  497. OOo2claws-mail.pl
  498. enable OpenOffice to send documents through
  499. Claws Mail
  500. outlook2claws-mail.pl
  501. convert an Outlook contacts list to a Claws Mail
  502. addressbook
  503. sylprint.pl
  504. process a Claws Mail message and print it using enscript
  505. if available or lpr if not
  506. tb2claws-mail
  507. convert an addressbook exported from The Bat! into
  508. a Claws Mail addressbook
  509. tbird2claws.py
  510. integrate a Thunderbird folder tree into Claws Mail
  511. textviewer.pl
  512. Display various attachments as text
  513. textviewer.sh
  514. attempt to view an attachment as plain text
  515. thunderbird-filters-convertor.pl
  516. convert Thunderbird filtering rules
  517. update-po
  518. translators' tool that eases the creation of
  519. *.po files
  520. uudec
  521. decode UUencoded mails, for use with Actions
  522. uuooffice
  523. Decode uuencoded attachments and open them with OpenOffice
  524. vcard2xml.py
  525. import an Evolution vCard
  526. 11. How to contribute
  527. ---------------------
  528. You are encourged to send patches via the Claws Mail sourceforge
  529. project's Patch Tracker.
  530. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=384600&group_id=25528&func=browse
  531. If that's too troublesome, either contact Paul Mangan
  532. <paul@claws-mail.org> or consider posting to the
  533. Claws Mail-users mailing list.
  534. http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
  535. Bugs can be reported with Claws' bugzilla at:
  536. http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
  537. Of course, you can also post to the Claws Mail-users mailing list.
  538. Also, we really try to incorporate good contributions, but sometimes we
  539. don't have enough time. If the contribution is really big, or requires
  540. a long time to stabilise, send a mail to Paul Mangan
  541. <paul@claws-mail.org>. We can probably arrange access to the
  542. Claws Mail CVS tree.
  543. 12. How to request features
  544. ---------------------------
  545. Ask around in Claws Mail-users ML. Note that some developers may
  546. have already thought about your feature, may,perhaps, be implementing it,
  547. or the feature was already discussed and rejected for whatever reason.
  548. You might want to go ahead and hack a patch for it. (That would be very
  549. cool!) Another possibility is to use the Feature Request Tracker at the
  550. sourceforge project.
  551. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384601
  552. 13. Installing Claws Mail from CVS
  553. --------------------------------------
  554. a. Downloading
  555. --------------
  556. To download the latest cvs cd to the directory where you wish to download
  557. to and type the following information:
  558. cvs -z3 -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs login
  559. The password is cvs
  560. After logging in:
  561. cvs -z3 -d:pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs co -r gtk2 sylpheedclaws/sylpheed-claws
  562. b. Installing
  563. -------------
  564. To compile and install use the following commands:
  565. ./autogen.sh [add configure options as required]
  566. make
  567. make install [as root]
  568. You will need a full set of development tools installed to be able to run
  569. autogen.sh. See also ac/README.
  570. 14. Release History
  571. -------------------
  572. GTK 2 Version
  573. -------------
  574. 2007-03-06 2.8.1
  575. 2007-02-26 2.8.0
  576. 2007-01-26 2.7.2
  577. 2007-01-15 2.7.1
  578. 2007-01-08 2.7.0
  579. 2006-12-04 2.6.1 [first release as Claws Mail]
  580. 2006-11-06 2.6.0
  581. 2006-10-19 2.5.6
  582. 2006-10-12 2.5.5
  583. 2006-10-11 2.5.4
  584. 2006-10-04 2.5.3
  585. 2006-09-26 2.5.2
  586. 2006-09-26 2.5.1
  587. 2006-09-25 2.5.0
  588. 2006-07-31 2.4.0
  589. 2006-06-20 2.3.1
  590. 2006-06-12 2.3.0
  591. 2006-06-08 2.2.3
  592. 2006-06-06 2.2.2
  593. 2006-06-05 2.2.1
  594. 2006-05-08 2.2.0
  595. 2006-04-17 2.1.1
  596. 2006-04-05 2.1.0
  597. 2006-01-30 2.0.0
  598. 2005-11-08 1.9.100
  599. 2005-10-31 1.9.99
  600. 2005-10-03 1.9.15
  601. 2005-09-05 1.9.14
  602. 2005-07-22 1.9.13
  603. 2005-06-27 1.9.12
  604. 2005-05-19 1.9.11
  605. 2005-05-09 1.9.9
  606. 2005-03-18 1.9.6
  607. GTK 1 Version
  608. -------------
  609. 2005-06-27 1.0.5
  610. 2005-05-09 1.0.4a
  611. 2005-03-24 1.0.4
  612. 2005-03-10 1.0.3
  613. 2005-02-08 1.0.1
  614. 2005-01-17 1.0.0
  615. 2004-12-06 0.9.13
  616. 2004-09-27 0.9.12b
  617. 2004-08-23 0.9.12a
  618. 2004-06-28 0.9.12
  619. 2004-05-31 0.9.11claws
  620. 2004-03-08 0.9.10claws
  621. 2004-02-06 0.9.9claws
  622. 2003-12-19 0.9.8claws
  623. 2003-11-26 0.9.7claws
  624. 2003-10-02 0.9.6claws
  625. 2003-09-10 0.9.5claws
  626. 2003-08-04 0.9.4claws
  627. 2003-07-12 0.9.3claws
  628. 2003-05-24 0.9.0claws
  629. 2003-03-12 0.8.11claws
  630. 2003-02-12 0.8.10claws
  631. 2003-01-24 0.8.9claws
  632. 2002-12-26 0.8.8claws
  633. 2002-12-23 0.8.7claws
  634. 2002-11-25 0.8.6claws
  635. 2002-10-07 0.8.5claws
  636. 2002-09-22 0.8.3claws
  637. 2002-08-28 0.8.2claws
  638. 2002-07-30 0.8.1claws
  639. 2002-07-23 0.8.0claws
  640. 2002-06-15 0.7.8claws
  641. 2002-05-18 0.7.6claws
  642. 2002-04-28 0.7.5claws
  643. 2002-03-11 0.7.4claws
  644. 2002-02-19 0.7.2claws
  645. 2002-02-14 0.7.1claws
  646. 2002-01-14 0.7.0claws
  647. 2001-12-16 0.6.6claws
  648. 2001-10-16 0.6.5claws8
  649. 2001-09-30 0.6.2claws
  650. 2001-08-14 0.6.1claws
  651. 2001-07-13 0.5.1claws
  652. 2001-07-01 0.5.0claws3
  653. 2001-06-16 0.4.99claws
  654. 2001-05-29 0.4.99claws3
  655. 2001-05-11 0.4.67claws1
  656. 15. Useful links
  657. ----------------
  658. Homepage
  659. http://www.claws-mail.org/
  660. User Contributed FAQ
  661. http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/
  662. Project page
  663. http://sourceforge.net/projects/sylpheed-claws/
  664. Downloads
  665. http://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php
  666. Extra Plugins
  667. http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php
  668. Icon Themes
  669. http://www.claws-mail.org/themes.php
  670. CVS webview
  671. http://cvs.sunsite.dk/viewcvs.cgi/sylpheedclaws/sylpheed-claws/?only_with_tag=gtk2
  672. Mailing Lists
  673. http://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php
  674. Users Mailing List archive
  675. http://lists.sunsite.dk/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/28
  676. Commits Announcement List archive
  677. http://lists.sunsite.dk/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/27
  678. Bug Tracker
  679. http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/index.cgi
  680. Feature Request Tracker
  681. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384601
  682. Patch Tracker
  683. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=25528&atid=384600
  684. Internationalisation Status
  685. http://www.claws-mail.org/i18n.php
  686. Donations
  687. http://www.claws-mail.org/sponsors.php
  688. Planet Claws Mail
  689. http://planet.claws-mail.org/
  690. Claws Mail for Windows homepage
  691. http://www.claws-mail.org/win32/