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balsa

Balsa(1)							       2.0.6								  Balsa(1)

NAME

       Balsa - the GNOME email client.

SYNOPSIS

       balsa  [--help]	[--version] [-c] [--checkmail] [-m USER@HOST.TLD] [--compose=USER@HOST.TLD] [-a FILENAME] [--attach=FILENAME] [-o MAILBOX]
       [--open-mailbox=MAILBOX] [-u] [--open-unread-mailbox] [-d] [--debug-pop]

DESCRIPTION

       Balsa is an e-mail reader.  This client is part of the GNOME desktop environment.  It supports local mailboxes, POP3 and IMAP.  For help on
       using Balsa, see the program documentation in the help menu.

OPTIONS

       -c, --checkmail
	      Balsa will immediately check for new mail when the program is launched

       -i, --open-inbox
	      Balsa will open the Inbox on startup.

       -m USER@HOST.TLD, --compose=USER@HOST.TLD
	      When invoked with this option, balsa will open a new message with the specified address in the To: field. The parameter can be spec-
	      ified also in URL format - it makes it possible to use balsa as mailto protocol handler by setting the mailto  protocol  command	to
	      balsa -m "%s" in URL handlers section of GNOME control center.

       -a FILENAME, --attach=FILENAME
	      When invoked with this option, balsa will open a new message with the specified file already attached to the message.

       -o MAILBOX, --open-mailbox=MAILBOX
	      Balsa  will  open  automatically at startup the mailbox or mailboxes specified on the command line with this option.  Multiple mail-
	      boxes are delimited by semicolons.

       -u, --open-unread-mailbox
	      Open the first unread mailbox when balsa is launched.

       -d, --debug-pop
	      Dumps the POP3 communication to stderr. Useful for debugging POP3 connections.

WEBSITE

       http://balsa.gnome.org/

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS

       Any bugs found should be reported to the Balsa Developer mailing list at balsa-list@gnome.org or you may want to make  use  of  the  online
       bug-tracking  system  available	on  the  web  at  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. See http://balsa.gnome.org/bugs.html for more information on
       reporting bugs.

       Before reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug is mentioned in the FAQ's or the mailing list archive. See the section on Other  Info
       for locations of these.

       When  reporting	Balsa  bugs,  it  is important to include a reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of Balsa (as well as GTK and
       GNOME), OS name and version, and any relevant hardware specs.

       If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace can be provided. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.

AUTHORS

       See the AUTHORS file included with Balsa, probably at /usr/share/doc/balsa-2.0.6/AUTHORS

FILES

       ~/.gnome2/balsa Balsa's preferences file.

       ~/.gnome2_private/balsa Balsa's POP and IMAP passwords file.

SEE ALSO

       mailcap(5) metamail(1) sendmail(8)

COPYRIGHT

       (c) 1997-2003 Stuart Parmenter and others, see AUTHORS for a list of people.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
       vided  that  the  above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup-
       porting documentation.

Version 							  03 January 2003							  Balsa(1)