CLAWS MAIL(1)                    User Manuals                    CLAWS MAIL(1)



NAME
       Claws Mail - a GTK based fast email and news client


SYNOPSIS
       claws-mail [options]...


DESCRIPTION
       Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK, running
       on the X Window System, and aiming for:
              o Quick response
              o Graceful, and sophisticated interface
              o Easy configuration, intuitive operation
              o Abundant features

       Currently implemented features include:
              o POP3 support
              o IMAP4rev1 support
              o integrated NetNews client
              o unlimited multiple account handling
              o thread display
              o filtering
              o MIME (attachments)
              o built-in image view
              o X-Face and (colour) Face support
              o multiple MH folder support
              o mbox importing / exporting
              o external editor support
              o message queueing
              o automatic mail checking
              o draft message function
              o template function
              o line-wrapping
              o clickable URI
              o XML-based address book
              o LDAP, vCard, and JPilot support
              o newly arrived and unread message management
              o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind
              o printing
              o APOP authentication support
              o SMTP AUTH support
              o SSL support (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1)
              o IPv6 support
              o drag & drop (partially implemented)
              o GnuPG support
              o automake + autoconf support
              o internationalization of UI messages by gettext
              o support of many code sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode)
              o support for plugins

       This list is not complete.


OPTIONS
        --compose [address]
        --compose-from-file file
        --subscribe uri
        --attach file1 [file2]...
        --insert file1 [file2]...
        --import-mbox file
        --receive
        --receive-all
        --cancel-receiving
        --cancel-sending
        --search folder type request [recursive]
        --send
        --status
        --status folder[/subfolder]
        --status-full
        --status-full folder[/subfolder]
        --statistics
        --reset-statistics
        --select [#mh/mailbox/]folder[/msg|/msgid], a file:// uri or an
       absolute path
        --online
        --offline
        --exit
        --debug
        --toggle-debug
        --help
        --version
        --version-full
        --config-dir
        --alternate-config-dir directory
        --geometry [WxH][+X+Y]


FILES
       $HOME/Mail
              Default directory for mail storage.

       $PREFIX/share/claws-mail
              Global program directory.

       $PREFIX/share/claws-mail/manual
              Manual files in HTML, PDF, PostScript and plain text format.

       $PREFIX/share/claws-mail/themes
              Global themes directory.

       $PREFIX/lib/claws-mail/plugins
              Directory for plugins.

       $PREFIX/include/claws-mail
              Directory for header files.

       $HOME/.claws-mail
              Default directory for user's configuration files directory.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/addrbook/*
              Addressbook files.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/autofaces/*
              Automatic Faces and X-Faces files for accounts.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/certs/*
              SSL certificates received from mail servers.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/tagsdb
              Tags directory.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/templates
              User-defined templates directory.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/themes
              User's themes directory.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/accountrc
              Configuration for account(s).

       $HOME/.claws-mail/actionsrc
              User-defined custom actions.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/addrbook/attributesrc
              User-defined address book custom attributes.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/claws.log
              Claws Mail logfile.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/clawsrc
              Main configuration file.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/command_history
              User-specified commands.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/customheaderrc
              Configuration for custom headers for sending mail.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/dispheaderrc
              Configuration for custom display of headers in message view.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/extraheaderrc
              Editable extra headers to be added to compose window combobox.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/folderitemrc
              All folders' attributes.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/folderlist.xml
              Folder hierarchy listing.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/gtkrc-2.0
              Optional GTK settings to be load on startup.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/matcherrc
              Filtering and Processing function configuration.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/menurc
              Menu shortcut-key configuration.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history
              User-specified searches in message bodies.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/quicksearch_history
              User-specified quick-search list.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/messagesearch_history
              User-specified searches in message bodies.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/summary*_history
              User-specified searches in message list.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/passwordstorerc
              User saved passwords.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/tagsrc
              User-specified tag list.

       $HOME/.claws-mail/toolbar*.xml
              User-defined custom toolbars.

       %TEMP%\claws-win32.log (Windows only)
              Claws Mail output file when --debug is enabled. If %TEMP% is not
              set it defaults to windows directory (usually C:\Windows) or C:\
              if windows directory is not available.

       %APPDATA%\Claws-mail\claws.log (Windows only)
              Claws Mail log file.


EXAMPLES
       To run this program the standard way type:

       claws-mail

       Alternatively you can run it with the following options:

       --compose [address]
              To open a Compose window.

       --compose "mailto:%t?subject=%s&cc=%c&body=%b"
              This syntax can be used in web-browsers and CLI to open a
              pre-populated Compose window. Possible fields after the
              destination recipient are: subject, from, cc, bcc, in-reply-to,
              body, insert (insert a file in body part, needs an absolute
              path), attach (attach a file, needs an absolute path, see also:
              --attach).

       --compose-from-file file
              Open composition window with data from the given file. Use - as
              file name for reading from standard input. Content format:
              headers first (To: header required) until an empty line is
              found, then mail body until end of file.

       --subscribe uri
              Subscribe to the given URI if possible.

       --attach file1 [file2]...
              Open composition window with specified files attached.

       --insert file1 [file2]...
              Open composition window with specified files inserted.

       --receive
              Receive new messages.

       --receive-all
              Receive new messages from all accounts.

       --cancel-receiving
              Cancel receiving of messages.

       --cancel-sending
              Cancel sending of messages.

       --search folder type request [recursive]
              Searches mail:
              folder ex.: "#mh/Mailbox/inbox" or "Mail"
              type: s[ubject],f[rom],t[o],e[xtended],m[ixed] or g: tag
              request: search string
              recursive: false if arg. starts with 0, n, N, f or F

       --send
              Send all queued messages.

       --status
              Show the total number of messages:
              [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

       --status folder[/subfolder]
              Show the total number of messages in the specified folder:
              [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

       --status-full
              Show the total number of messages per folder:
              [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

       --status-full folder[/subfolder]
              Show the total number of messages int the specified folder:
              [new][unread][unread answers to marked][total]

       --statistics
              Show session statistics.

       --reset-statistics
              Reset session statistics.

       --select #mh/Mailbox/inbox/123
       --select file://home/johndoe/Mail/inbox/123
       --select /home/johndoe/Mail/inbox/123
              On startup, jump to the specified folder/message.

       --online
              Start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) online
              mode.

       --offline
              Start Claws Mail in (or switch to, if already running) offline
              mode.

       --exit Exit Claws Mail.

       --debug
              For debug mode (on Windows systems output is written to a file
              instead of standard error output, see Windows only on FILES
              section).

       --toggle-debug
              Toggle debug mode of the running Claws Mail instance.

       --help Display the help message.

       --version
              Display version number.

       --version-full
              Display version number and compiled-in features.

       --config-dir
              Display the CONFIG-DIR.

       --alternate-config-dir dir
              Start Claws Mail with the configuration stored in the [dir]
              directory.

       --geometry [WxH][+X+Y]
              Set initial X geometry of main window.


ENVIRONMENT
       CLAWS_NO_CRASH
              If defined disables crash dialog (only if Claws Mail has been
              built with crash dialog feature enabled).

       DISPLAY
              Default host and display number to use.

       ETPANSERVER, ETPANPORT
              When using a tunnel command to open server connections these
              temporary variables are set to the server name and server port
              respectively in the environment of the running command.

       GPG_AGENT_INFO
              The information to access the GPG agent if using GPG agent is
              enabled in GPG plugin preferences (this is usually set by the
              agent when launched, otherwise it likely means the GPG agent is
              not running).

       G_BROKEN_FILENAMES
              Assumes that filenames are in the locale encoding rather than in
              UTF-8.

       HOME   Full path of the user's home directory.

       LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG
              Locale to use for non-windows systems (the first one not empty
              is used).

       PILOT_CHARSET
              If defined overrides default J-Pilot charset (CP1252).

       POSIXLY_CORRECT
              If defined regular expressions matching follows POSIX standards.

       SESSION_MANAGER
              If defined tries to use the Session Manager (only if Claws Mail
              has been built with libSM feature enabled).

       SHELL  If defined overrides default shell "sh" used by Spamassassin
              plugin to launch spamc wrappers.

       SSL_CERT_DIR
              Use this CA certificates directory instead known system
              directories.

       SSL_CERT_FILE
              Use this CA certificates file instead of searching known system
              files.

       USER   Used to initialize default "user_id" preference in newly created
              accounts.


BUGS
       You can search for existing bugs and report new ones on Claws Mail
       bugzilla:
              <https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/>


COPYRIGHT
       1999-2022 The Claws Mail team and Hiroyuki Yamamoto

       Portions are also Copyright:
       (C) 2007-2009 g10 Code GmbH
       (C) 1999-2005 Nullsoft, Inc.
       (C) 1991-1993, 1996-2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       (C) 2001 Thomas Link, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
       (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball
       (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball, Josh MacDonald
       (C) 1997-1998 Jay Painter <jpaint@serv.net><jpaint@gimp.org>
       (C) 1999-2003 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
       (C) 2000 Evan Martin
       (C) 1998 Lars Hamann and Stefan Jeske
       (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 GNOME Foundation
       (C) 2004-2006 Christian Hammond
       (C) 2003-2004 Pawel Salek
       (C) 2001, 2002 - DINH Viet Hoa
       (C) 1999-2000, Gael Roualland <gael.roualland@iname.com>
       (C) 1998-2002 Sendmail, Inc.
       (C) 2007-2008 Juha Kautto (juha at xfce.org)
       (C) 1994-2002 World Wide Web Consortium
       (C) 1999 Graham Davison
       (C) 1999 Eric Busboom
       (C) 2000, Eric Busboom, http://www.softwarestudio.org
       (C) 2002-2007 Randall Hand <yerase@yerot.com>
       (C) 2001 by Werner Koch <dd9jn@gnu.org>
       (C) 2004 Apache Software Foundation
       (C) 2008 Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
       (C) 2002  Red Hat, Inc.; Copyright 1998, 2001 Tim Janik
       (C) 2008-2009  Christian Hammond, David Trowbridge
       (C) 2003-2005  Lars Lindner <lars.lindner@gmx.net>
       (C) 2004,2005  Nathan J. Conrad <t98502@users.sourceforge.net>
       (C) 2004 Karl Soderstrom <ks@xanadunet.net>
       (C) 2000 Helix Code, Inc. (www.helixcode.com)


LICENSE
       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       See COPYING file on toplevel distribution directory for more license
       details.


AUTHORS
       The Claws Mail Team

           Holger Berndt            <berndth@users.sf.net>
           Tristan Chabredier       <wwp@claws-mail.org>
           Darko Koruga             <darko@users.sf.net>
           Ricardo Mones Lastra     <ricardo@mones.org>
           Paul Mangan              <paul@claws-mail.org>
           Salvatore De Paolis      <iwkse@claws-mail.org>
           Michael Rasmussen        <mir@datanom.net>


       Previous team members

           Hoa Viet Dinh, Keith Edmunds, Match Grun, Melvin Hadasht, Oliver
           Haertel, Christoph Hohmann, Alfons Hoogervorst, Andrej Kacian,
           Werner Koch, Charles Lehner, Colin Leroy, Thorsten Maerz, Pawel
           Pekala, Leandro A. F. Pereira, Luke Plant, Martin Schaaf, Carsten
           Schurig, Fabien Vantard, Sergey Vlasov and Hiroyuki Yamamoto.


SEE ALSO
       Claws Mail Homepage
              <https://www.claws-mail.org>

       Claws Mail frequently asked questions
              <https://www.claws-mail.org/faq>

       Claws Mail online manual
              <https://www.claws-mail.org/manual>

       Claws Mail plugins
              <https://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php>

       X(7), xwininfo(1).


The Claws Mail team            February 17, 2024                 CLAWS MAIL(1)