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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 the 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]
--compose-from-file file
--subscribe [uri]
--attach file1 [file2]...
--receive
--receive-all
--send
--status
--status folder[/subfolder]
--status-full
--statistics
--reset-statistics
--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/autofaces/*
Automatic Faces and X-Faces files for accounts
$HOME/.claws-mail/certs/*
SSL certificates received from mail servers
$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
--compose-from-file file
open composition window with data from given file. Use - as file name for reading from standard input. Content format: headers first
(To: header required) until an empty line is found, then mail body until end of file.
--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. Possible fields after the destination
recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in-reply-to, body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute path), attach
(attach a file, needs an absolute path, see also: --attach)
--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]
--statistics
show session statistics
--reset-statistics
reset session statistics
--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
ENVIRONMENT
LC_ALL
LC_CTYPE
LANG locale to use for non-win32 systems (the first one not empty is used)
SSL_CERT_FILE
use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system files
SSL_CERT_DIR
use this CA certificates directory instead known system directories
POSIXLY_CORRECT
if defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards
HOME full path of the user's home directory
CLAWS_NO_CRASH
if defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been built with crash dialog feature enabled)
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES
assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in UTF-8
PILOT_CHARSET
if defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252)
SESSION_MANAGER
if defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail has been built with libSM feature enabled)
DISPLAY
default host and display number to use
GPG_AGENT_INFO
the information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is enabled in GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the agent
when launched, otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is not running)
SHELL if defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin plugin to launch spamc wrappers
BUGS
You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail bugzilla:
<http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>
COPYRIGHT
1999-2011 Hiroyuki Yamamoto and the Claws Mail team
AUTHORS
The Claws Mail Team
Holger Berndt <berndth@users.sf.net>
Tristan Chabredier <wwp@claws-mail.org>
Hoa Viet 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>
Claws Mail online manual
<http://www.claws-mail.org/manual>
Claws Mail plugins
<http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php>
The Claws Mail team November 1, 2011 CLAWS MAIL(1)