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title: Email clients: Claws Mail
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|```Meta information```|
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|```This howto was last updated on``` June, 2019 ```and it reffers to:```<br>**Claws Mail: version - 3.17.3 on Arch Linux**|
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**NOTE:**```If the howto reffers to an older software version than the provided by``` **Disroot**,```or the one you're using in your device, there could be missing features or small parts of the information that may have changed.```<br> **Disroot's** ```how-to documentation is a community driven procces. We try to keep it as updated as we can.```
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|**Claws Mail** is a free and open-source, GTK+-based email and news client. It's user-friendly, lightweight, and fast.|
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If you're setting this up for the first time then follow from `Installation`, otherwise skip to `Existing users`.
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# Installation
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Goto **Claws Mail** [download page](https://claws-mail.org/downloads.php) and download the latest setup for your operating system. If you use a **GNU/Linux** system then you should install it with your package manager.
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# Configuration
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1. You will be greeted with this wizard on startup...
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![](en/setup-wizard.png)
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2. Click *Forward* and fill the details **Claws Mail** asks for in the next window...
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![](en/about-section.png)
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3. Then configure Receiving server:
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![](en/configuration-receiving.png)
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You can chose **POP** or **IMAP** (if you want to know more about the difference between IMAP and POP, you can check this [article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP#Advantages_over_POP))
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4. Now configure the Sending server
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![](en/configuration-sending.png)
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|For both, **IMAP** and **POP**|
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|**Receiving server**: disroot.org|
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|**Sending server**: disroot.org|
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|![](en/note.png) Note|
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|Don't forget to enable **SSL/TLS** for both, receiving and sending server.|
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Done! \o/
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# Existing Users
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If you're already using **Claws Mail** with other email accounts then follow this steps.
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1. Click on `create new account` under configuration
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![](en/existing-user.png)
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2. Fill in the details
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![](en/existing-user-config.png)
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3. Go to Send section and tick `SMTP authentication`
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|For both **IMAP** and **POP**)
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|**Receiving server**: disroot.org|
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|**Sending server**: disroot.org|
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|![](en/note.png) Note|
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|Don't forget to enable **SSL/TLS** for both, receiving and sending server.|
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Done! \o/
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**Claws Mail** is light but a powerful client, you can play with options and if you are stuck join this [mailing list](https://lists.claws-mail.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users).
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## Multiplatform clients
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- [Thunderbird: multiplatform email client](thunderbird)
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- [Thunderbird](thunderbird)
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- [Claws Mail](claws-mail)
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