1 Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
3 Copyright(C) 1999-2001 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
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
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19 For more details see the file COPYING.
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. You'll figure out the usage if you have ever
37 used some e-mail clients for Windows, or Mew or Wanderlust.
39 The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
40 with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
41 fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
44 Currently implemented features are:
48 o integrated NetNews client
49 o unlimited multiple account handling
55 o multiple MH folder support
56 o mbox importing / exporting
57 o external editor support
59 o automatic mail checking
60 o draft message function
64 o XML-based address book
65 o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
66 o newly arrived and unread message management
67 o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind
69 o APOP authentication support
71 o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
73 o drag & drop (partially implemented)
74 o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
75 o automake + autoconf support
76 o internationalization of messages by gettext
77 o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode) (when using
85 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
90 Preparation before running
91 --------------------------
93 If you want to use characters other than English (aka US-ASCII),
94 you must specify some environmental variables related to locale.
97 % export LANG=de_DE (sh, bash etc.)
101 % setenv LANG de_DE (csh, tcsh etc.)
103 (replace de_DE to appropriate locale name)
105 If you don't want translated messages, set LC_MESSAGES to "C"
106 (and unset LC_ALL if specified).
111 Input `sylpheed' on a command line, or double-click the icon on a file
117 When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
118 configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
119 mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
120 already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
125 Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
126 messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
127 accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
128 "Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
129 the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
131 Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
136 You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
138 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
140 There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
141 Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
143 http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
148 Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
154 You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
156 First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
158 :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
164 and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
166 Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
168 cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
170 a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
172 To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
176 on the top directory of the source tree.
179 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>