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| author | hiro <hiro@ee746299-78ed-0310-b773-934348b2243d> | 2005-01-12 11:22:08 +0000 |
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| committer | hiro <hiro@ee746299-78ed-0310-b773-934348b2243d> | 2005-01-12 11:22:08 +0000 |
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Initial import of Sylpheed (GTK2 version).
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diff --git a/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-1.html b/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-1.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e22eb0bd --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-1.html @@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> + <TITLE>Sylpheed FAQ: Sylpheed FAQ - General information</TITLE> + <LINK HREF="sylpheed-faq-2.html" REL=next> + + <LINK HREF="sylpheed-faq.html#toc1" REL=contents> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="sylpheed-faq-2.html">Next</A> +Previous +<A HREF="sylpheed-faq.html#toc1">Contents</A> +<HR> +<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Sylpheed FAQ - General information</A></H2> + +<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Q01 Are there FAQ's in other languages?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. Here are links to several translations: +<UL> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.enseirb.fr/~dinh/sylpheed/sylpheed-sylpheed-faq-fr.html">SYLPHEED FAQ in French courtesy of DINH V. Hoa</A></LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://silver.lacmhacarh.gr.jp/sylpheed/sylpheedsylpheed-faq-ja.htm">SYLPHEED FAQ in Japanese</A> courtesy of WAKAI "SilverRain" Kazunao</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://beatles.cselt.it/~mau/sylpheed/sylpheedsylpheed-faq.html">SYLPHEED FAQ in Italian</A> courtesy of Maurizio Codogno</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.synconet.de/privhome/rs/sylpheed_sylpheed-faq.html">SYLPHEED FAQ</A> in German (HTML-Version)</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.synconet.de/privhome/rs/sylpheed_faq.txt">the german text-only version</A>, both courtesy of Ralf Schiffers.</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~csst9910/el_sylsylpheed-faq.html">SYLPHEED FAQ in Greek</A> courtesy of Theofilos Intzoglou.</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://sylpheed.republika.pl">SYLPHEED FAQ in Polish</A> courtesy of Przemyslaw Sulek.</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/hackpando/sylpheedsylpheed-faq.html">HTML version</A> by Marcelo Ramos, also:</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/hackpando/sylpheedfaq.txt">Text version</A></LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://www.aic.uniovi.es/mones/sylpheed/sylpheed-faq-es/">Linked HTML</A>, by Ricardo Mones Lastra, as well as</LI> +<LI> +<A HREF="http://hem.passagen.se/webplats/sylpheed-sylpheed-faq-se.html">Swedish FAQ</A>, courtesy of Mattias Stergren</LI> +</UL> + +You can download this FAQ from +<A HREF="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</A><H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Q02 What is Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Sylpheed is an e-mail client (& news reader) based on +GTK+, running on the X Window System, and aiming for +<UL> +<LI>Quick response</LI> +<LI>Graceful, and sophisticated interface</LI> +<LI>Easy configuration, intuitive operation</LI> +<LI>Abundant features</LI> +</UL> +<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Q03 Where can I get Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. You can download it from <CODE> +<A HREF="http://sylpheed.good-day.net">sylpheed.good-day.net</A></CODE> +There are links to download the tarball sources, and +also links to sites where you can download RPM's (for +Redhat and Mandrake), DEB packages for Debian, and +installations for Solaris and FreeBSD. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Q04 Who writes Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Hiroyuki Yamamoto (<CODE>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</CODE>) +<H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Q05 What does the name Sylpheed mean?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. It means 'light weight', like air. This comes from the +name of the wind spirits, the Sylphs. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 Q06 How does Sylpheed store mails?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Mails are stored in the MH mailfile format as used by MH +and EMH. Maildir and mbox format are not (yet) +supported, although it is possible to import an mbox +file into a Sylpheed mailbox. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.7">1.7 Q07 Why does the auto collection of mail not work?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Autocollection works since version 0.5.1. If you need it +or want it, you should upgrade. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.8">1.8 Q08 Does Sylpheed have mail filtering?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. You can find it in Configuration > filtering tab. +<P>Please note that filtering is not yet implemented for IMAP accounts. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.9">1.9 Q09 Can Sylpheed handle IMAP mail?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. As of version 0.4.99 IMAP is supported. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.10">1.10 Q10 Can Sylpheed handle local unix mailboxes?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.11">1.11 Q11 Can Sylpheed handle IPv6?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes, IPv6 is fully supported in Sylpheed. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.12">1.12 Q12 Does Sylpheed support encryption like GPG?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. GPG is implemented and works fine. For activating it in Sylpheed, see Q14 in the Installation section. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.13">1.13 Q13 How does Sylpheed check for MIME types?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Sylpheed uses the Mutt type of mime checking. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.14">1.14 Q14 Does Sylpheed allow me to write HTML styled messages?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. No. A discussion has gone around over this topic, and +the outcome was that HTML mail is not wanted. If you +really need to send HTML, you can of course attach a +webpage to an e-mail. Several patches have been made to +facilitate better HTML handling in Sylpheed. You can +find these patches at the Sylpheed Patch Page (see +further down in the document). +<H2><A NAME="ss1.15">1.15 Q15 Does Sylpheed have name completion in the address fields?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. When you search for a name that starts with "<CODE>don</CODE>", +type "<CODE>don</CODE>" (without the quotes) and press the TAB key. +This will show you the correct name (when only one "don" +exists in your addressbook. Otherwise a dropdown list +appears, which allows you to select the name you want. +E.g. Donald Duck, Don Johnson. But also e-mail addresses +starting with "<CODE>don</CODE>" will appear in the list (like +"<CODE>don.giovanni@maffia.org</CODE>"). +<H2><A NAME="ss1.16">1.16 Q16 Fine, but when I hit the TAB key I get an error message.</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. When you want to use name completion, make sure that +there are names in your address book. If there are no +names, even Sylpheed has a hard time completing +something. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.17">1.17 Q17 Why is Sylpheed so fast?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. That's what it is designed for! +<H2><A NAME="ss1.18">1.18 Q18 Where can I get the current patches for Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. The Sylpheed Patch homepage: +<CODE> +<A HREF="http://www.teledix.net/sylpheed/">The sylpheed patch homepage</A></CODE> +(Also see section on Installation on how to install a +patch) +<H2><A NAME="ss1.19">1.19 Q19 How can I send in patches, report bugs, talk about Sylpheed with others?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed mailing +list at <CODE>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</CODE>. Note that there is +a japanese and an english list, so pick the right one! +If you have made a patch that you want the world to know +of, please get in touch with the manager of the Sylpheed +Patch homepage, at <CODE>sylpheed@thewildbeast.co.uk</CODE> +<H2><A NAME="ss1.20">1.20 Q20 When I send mail, the Content-Type header says the mail is in US-ASCII, even when I specified ISO-8859-1?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. If ISO-8859-1 characters (>= 0x80) are not used in the +message body, Sylpheed will automatically set the +charset value in the Content-Type header as US-ASCII. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.21">1.21 Q21 Why does it look like word wrap is not working?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Word wrapping is a bit peculiar perhaps. You can type +lines as long as you like. By the time you send or queue +a mail with long lines, Sylpheed will first wrap the +lines to the line length you set up, and then the mail +is queued. This is more convenient than you think. Once +a line is wrapped (hard line breaks are inserted in the +text) and you add something in a line there, the next +line will move to a separate new line, leaving one or +two words from the previous line "hanging there" alone. +E.g. +<PRE> + This is a long line + is wrapped. +</PRE> +<P>Now you add one word in the first line: +<PRE> + This is a very long line + that + is wrapped +</PRE> +<P>This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get +a presentable mail again. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.22">1.22 Q22 Where can I find the latest FAQ on Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Go to +<A HREF="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</A> and check out the FAQ and manual from the sylpheeddoc project. Both documents are available in multiple languages there and usually contain the latest updates. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.23">1.23 Q23 Can I import a mbox into Sylpheed's MH mailfolders?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes, just create/select the folder you want your +mails in, and select "Import mbox file" in the File +menu. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.24">1.24 Q24 Can I use procmail to sort my mails with the MH mail handling?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes. Just make sure that you add /. to the end of a rule so procmail knows you are filtering into an MH mail folder. Example: +<P><CODE>0:</CODE> +<P><CODE>* ^Subject:.*sylpheed</CODE> +<P><CODE> sylpheedmail/.</CODE> +<P>Check man procmail for details. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.25">1.25 Q25 When I upgrade Sylpheed, are there things I should be aware of?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Yes! +<P>Upgrade to 0.4.50: you should reconfigure your newsgroup settings +<P>Upgrade to 0.4.63: you should set the URL string colors from the Configuration menu. +<P>Upgrade to 0.4.65: some menu items have been moved +<P>Upgrade to 0.7.3: many keybindings have changed +<H2><A NAME="ss1.26">1.26 Q26 How can I quickly update the views in Sylpheed?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. Just press Alt-U or select "update" from the summary menu. +<H2><A NAME="ss1.27">1.27 Q27 Why can't I use gvim as external editor?</A> +</H2> + +<P>A. If one wishes to use gvim as an external editor it's necessary to start it with the no-fork option -f, i.e. in the configuration dialog box you need to enter "gvim -f %s". If not the editor forks and open up a separate file and when one quits the editor the changes are lost and don't show up in the composer window. +<P>(Thanks, Ed Collins!) +<HR> +<A HREF="sylpheed-faq-2.html">Next</A> +Previous +<A HREF="sylpheed-faq.html#toc1">Contents</A> +</BODY> +</HTML> |