1 Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
3 Copyright(C) 1999,2000 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
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
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10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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25 Sylpheed is an e-mail client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on
26 X Window System, and aiming for
29 * Graceful, and sophisticated interface
30 * Easy configuration, intuitive operation
33 The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for
34 Windows, such as Outlook Express, Becky!, and Datula. The interface is also
35 designed to emulate the mailers on Emacsen, and almost all commands are
36 accessible with the keyboard.
38 The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
39 with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
40 fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
43 Currently implemented features are:
45 o user-friendly and intuitive interface
46 o 3-paned view like many Windoze-based mail client
47 o ability of keyboard-only operation
48 o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind (most of normally used keys have been
53 o external editor support
54 o unlimited multiple account handling
57 o draft message function
59 o XML-based address book
61 o unread message management
62 o multiple MH folder support
63 o integrated NetNews client
65 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
66 o multithread support (experimental)
68 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
70 o high-speed message processing
71 o lightweight resource usage
72 o easily customizable configuration
73 o supports automake + autoconf, and internationalization of message
75 o IMAP4 support (currently implementing)
77 You'll figure out the usage if you have used a mailer on Windows, or
83 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
91 When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
92 configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
93 mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
94 already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
99 Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
100 messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
101 accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
102 "Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
103 the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
105 Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
110 You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
112 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
114 There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
115 Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
117 http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
122 Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
128 You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
130 First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
132 :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
138 and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
140 Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
142 cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
144 a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
146 To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
150 on the top directory of the source tree.
153 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>