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@@ -13,119 +13,118 @@ This FAQ consists of the following sections:
Sylpheed FAQ - General information
<sect1>
-Q01 Are there FAQ's in other languages?<p>
-A. Yes, at the bottom of this page there are links to
- several translations already, including french, italian
- and japanese.
+Q01 Are there FAQ's in other languages?<p>
+A. Yes, at the bottom of this page there are links to
+several translations already, including french, italian
+and japanese.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q02 What is Sylpheed?<p>
-A. Sylpheed is an e-mail client (& news reader) based on
- GTK+, running on the X Window System, and aiming for
- <itemize>
- <item>Quick response
- <item>Graceful, and sophisticated interface
- <item>Easy configuration, intuitive operation
- <item>Abundant features
- </itemize>
+Q02 What is Sylpheed?<p>
+A. Sylpheed is an e-mail client (& news reader) based on
+GTK+, running on the X Window System, and aiming for
+ <itemize>
+ <item>Quick response
+ <item>Graceful, and sophisticated interface
+ <item>Easy configuration, intuitive operation
+ <item>Abundant features
+ </itemize>
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q03 Where can I get Sylpheed?<p>
-A. You can download it from <tt>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</tt>
- 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.
+Q03 Where can I get Sylpheed?<p>
+A. You can download it from <tt>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</tt>
+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.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q04 Who writes Sylpheed?<p>
-A. Hiroyuki Yamamoto (<tt>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</tt>)
+Q04 Who writes Sylpheed?<p>
+A. Hiroyuki Yamamoto (<tt>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</tt>)
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q05 What does the name Sylpheed mean?<p>
-A. It means "light weight", like air. This comes from the
- name of the wind spirits, the Sylphs.
+Q05 What does the name Sylpheed mean?<p>
+A. It means "light weight", like air. This comes from the
+name of the wind spirits, the Sylphs.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q06 How does Sylpheed store mails?<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.
+Q06 How does Sylpheed store mails?<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.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q07 Why does the auto collection of mail not work?<p>
-A. Autocollection works since this version. If you need it
- or want it, you should upgrade.
+Q07 Why does the auto collection of mail not work?<p>
+A. Autocollection works since this version. If you need it
+or want it, you should upgrade.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q08 Does Sylpheed have mail filtering?<p>
-A. Yes. You can find it in Configuration -> common
- preferences -> filtering tab.<p>
- Please note that filtering is not yet implemented for IMAP accounts.
+Q08 Does Sylpheed have mail filtering?<p>
+A. Yes. You can find it in Configuration -> filtering tab.<p>
+ Please note that filtering is not yet implemented for IMAP accounts.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q09 Can Sylpheed handle IMAP mail?<p>
-A. Yes. As of version 0.4.99 IMAP is supported.
+Q09 Can Sylpheed handle IMAP mail?<p>
+A. Yes. As of version 0.4.99 IMAP is supported.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q10 Can Sylpheed handle local unix mailboxes?<p>
-A. Yes.
+Q10 Can Sylpheed handle local unix mailboxes?<p>
+A. Yes.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q11 Can Sylpheed handle IPv6?<p>
-A. Yes, IPv6 is fully supported in Sylpheed.
+Q11 Can Sylpheed handle IPv6?<p>
+A. Yes, IPv6 is fully supported in Sylpheed.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q12 Does Sylpheed support encryption like GPG?<p>
-A. Yes. GPG is implemented and works fine.
+Q12 Does Sylpheed support encryption like GPG?<p>
+A. Yes. GPG is implemented and works fine.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q13 How does Sylpheed check for MIME types?<p>
-A. Sylpheed uses the Mutt type of mime checking.
+Q13 How does Sylpheed check for MIME types?<p>
+A. Sylpheed uses the Mutt type of mime checking.
</sect1>
<sect1>
-Q14 Does Sylpheed allow me to write HTML styled messages?<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).
+Q14 Does Sylpheed allow me to write HTML styled messages?<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).
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q15 Does Sylpheed have name completion in the address fields?<p>
A. Yes. When you search for a name that starts with "<tt>don</tt>",
- type "<tt>don</tt>" (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 "<tt>don</tt>" will appear in the list (like
- "<tt>don.giovanni@maffia.org</tt>").
+type "<tt>don</tt>" (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 "<tt>don</tt>" will appear in the list (like
+"<tt>don.giovanni@maffia.org</tt>").
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q16 Fine, but when I hit the TAB key I get an error message.<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.
+there are names in your address book. If there are no
+names, even Sylpheed has a hard time completing
+something.
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -136,69 +135,69 @@ A. That's what it is designed for!
<sect1>
Q18 Where can I get the current patches for Sylpheed?<p>
A. The Sylpheed Patch homepage:
- <tt>http://www.teledix.net/sylpheed/</tt>
- (Also see section on Installation on how to install a
- patch)
+<tt>http://www.teledix.net/sylpheed/</tt>
+(Also see section on Installation on how to install a
+patch)
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q19 How can I send in patches, report bugs, talk about Sylpheed with others?<p>
A. To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed mailing
- list at <tt>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</tt>. 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 <tt>sylpheed@thewildbeast.co.uk</tt>
+list at <tt>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</tt>. 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 <tt>sylpheed@thewildbeast.co.uk</tt>
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q20 When I send mail, the Content-Type header says the mail is in US-ASCII, even when I specified ISO-8859-1?<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.
+message body, Sylpheed will automatically set the
+charset value in the Content-Type header as US-ASCII.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q21 Why does it look like word wrap is not working?<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.
+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.
<verb>
This is a long line
is wrapped.
</verb>
<p>
- Now you add one word in the first line:
+Now you add one word in the first line:
<verb>
This is a very long line
that
is wrapped
</verb>
<p>
- This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get
- a presentable mail again.
+This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get
+a presentable mail again.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q22 Where can I find the latest FAQ on Sylpheed?<p>
A. Go to <tt>http://nlpagan.net/sylpheedfaq.htm</tt> where the
- english FAQ is available in english. There you can also find
- links to the FAQ in other languages.<p>
- You can also go to http://www.sourceforge.net 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.
+english FAQ is available in english. There you can also find
+links to the FAQ in other languages.<p>
+You can also go to http://www.sourceforge.net 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.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q23 Can I import a mbox into Sylpheed's MH mailfolders?<p>
A. Yes, just create/select the folder you want your
- mails in, and select "Import mbox file" in the File
- menu.
+mails in, and select "Import mbox file" in the File
+menu.
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -209,9 +208,9 @@ A. Yes. Check man procmail for details.
<sect1>
Q25 When I upgrade Sylpheed, are there things I should be aware of?<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
+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
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -226,59 +225,58 @@ Sylpheed FAQ - Installation and Configuration
<sect1>
Q01 What does it take to compile Sylpheed?<p>
A. Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS eg. Linux,
- FreeBSD, Solaris
- GTK+ 1.2.6 or later
- A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.7.2.3 should also
- work)
- Note: it is reported that Sun C will not compile
- Sylpheed.
- Optionally:
- <itemize>
- <item>Imlib or gdk-pixbuf (for built-in image view)
- <item>libcompface (for X-Face)
- <item>libjconv (for I18N)
- <item>GPGME (for GnuPG)
- <item>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel.
- </itemize>
- Otherwise ./configure will fail.
+FreeBSD, Solaris
+GTK+ 1.2.6 or later
+A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.7.2.3 should also
+work)
+Note: it is reported that Sun C will not compile
+Sylpheed.
+Optionally:
+<itemize>
+<item>Imlib or gdk-pixbuf (for built-in image view)
+<item>libcompface (for X-Face)
+<item>libjconv (for I18N)
+<item>GPGME (for GnuPG)
+<item>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel.
+</itemize>
+Otherwise ./configure will fail.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q02 How do I set up Sylpheed?<p>
A. When you run Sylpheed for the first time, it will
- ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
- default is &lt;homedir&gt;/Mail. You can change this to
- anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
- name.
+ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
+default is &lt;homedir&gt;/Mail. You can change this to
+anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
+name.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q03 How do I set up an account?<p>
A. After loading Sylpheed for the first time, you can
- add an e-mail account by clicking the
- "Configuration" menu. Select the option "Create new
- account" and fill in the appropriate fields.
+add an e-mail account by clicking the
+"Configuration" menu. Select the option "Create new
+account" and fill in the appropriate fields.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q04 How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?<p>
A. The number is unlimited. The limit is reached when
- your computer stops responding.
+your computer stops responding.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q05 Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press "delete"? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail to a different mailbox and it did not move.<p>
A. You have to click the "execute" button.
- The other solution: in the configuration settings
- (common preferences -> interface tab) you have to
- check the "execute commands immediately" box.
+The other solution: in the configuration settings
+(common preferences -> interface tab) you have to
+check the "execute commands immediately" box.
</sect1>
<sect1>
Q06 Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver / newsserver?<p>
A. Yes, you can. In the configuration per account you
- can specify the exact port addresses you want to
- use.
+can specify the exact port addresses you want to use.
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -320,7 +318,7 @@ A. Copy patch to sylpheed directory
<sect1>
Q11 How do I compile in support for compface pictures?<p>
-A. You have to have a package called ?libcompface?
+A. You have to have a package called <tt>libcompface</tt>
installed, so this is available for compiling into
Sylpheed.
</sect1>
@@ -328,8 +326,8 @@ A. You have to have a package called ?libcompface?
<sect1>
Q12 How do I make my own compface image?<p>
A. The faces package contains a program called xbm2ikon script,
- which converts a 48x48 xbm to the format suitable for
- compface.
+ which converts a 48x48 xbm to the format suitable for
+ compface. Thanks to Jeff Dairiki, you can have a complete online course in this. Visit http://www.dairiki.org/xface/ for the details.
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -443,7 +441,7 @@ A. You need to enable displaying of the header pane in the
<sect1>
Q11 I still can't see the pictures. Why not?<p>
-A. You may not have compiled in Compface support. See Qxx
+A. You may not have compiled in Compface support. See Q11
in the Installation/Configuration section.
</sect1>
</article>