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Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
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Copyright(C) 1999,2000 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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For more details see the file COPYING.
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What's Sylpheed
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===============
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Sylpheed is an e-mail client (and news reader) based on GTK+, running on
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X Window System, and aiming for
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* Quick response
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* Graceful, and sophisticated interface
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* Easy configuration, intuitive operation
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* Abundant features
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The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for
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Windows, such as Outlook Express, Becky!, and Datula. The interface is also
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designed to emulate the mailers on Emacsen, and almost all commands are
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accessible with the keyboard.
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The messages are managed by MH format, and you'll be able to use it together
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with another mailer based on MH format (like Mew). You can also utilize
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fetchmail or/and procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or
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imget).
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Currently implemented features are:
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o user-friendly and intuitive interface
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o 3-paned view like many Windoze-based mail client
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o ability of keyboard-only operation
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o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind (most of normally used keys have been
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implemented)
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o multipart MIME
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o built-in image view
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o X-Face support
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o external editor support
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o unlimited multiple account handling
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o message queueing
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o filtering
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o draft message function
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o line-wrapping
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o XML-based address book
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o APOP support
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o unread message management
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o multiple MH folder support
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o integrated NetNews client
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o IPv6 support
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o GnuPG support (currently implementing)
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o multithread support (experimental)
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o mbox importing
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o drag & drop (partially implemented)
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o fast thread display
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o high-speed message processing
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o lightweight resource usage
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o easily customizable configuration
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o supports automake + autoconf, and internationalization of message
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by gettext
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o IMAP4 support (currently implementing)
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You'll figure out the usage if you have used a mailer on Windows, or
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Mew or Wanderlust.
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Installation
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============
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See INSTALL for installation instructions.
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Usage
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=====
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Initial startup
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---------------
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When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
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configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
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mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
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already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
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Required settings
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-----------------
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Initially, you have to create at least one account to send or receive
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messages (you can read messages that already exist without creating
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accounts). The configuration dialog will be shown by clicking
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"Configuration -> Create new account..." on the menu, or "Account" on
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the toolbar. Then, fill the required settings.
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Refer to the manual supplied with this program for the general usage.
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Information
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===========
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You can check the newest version and information about Sylpheed at:
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http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
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There's also the manual of Sylpheed written by
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Yoichi Imai <yoichi@silver-forest.com> on:
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http://y-imai.good-day.net/sylpheed/
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Feedback
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========
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Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
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very welcome.
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Anonymous cvs
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=============
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You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
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First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
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:pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
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Next, login with:
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cvs login
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and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
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Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
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cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
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a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
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To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
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cvs -z3 update
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on the top directory of the source tree.
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--
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Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
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