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48 <div class="qandaset">
49 <dl>
50 <dt>2.1. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e730">What does it take to compile Sylpheed?</a></dt>
51 <dt>2.2. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e780">How do I set up Sylpheed?</a></dt>
52 <dt>2.3. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e813">Why did the creation of the mailbox fail?</a></dt>
53 <dt>2.4. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e826">How do I set up an account?</a></dt>
54 <dt>2.5. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e853">How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?</a></dt>
55 <dt>2.6. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e860">Can I set up an account for sending mail only?</a></dt>
56 <dt>2.7. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e875">Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press "Delete"? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail
57 to a different mailbox and it did not move.</a></dt>
58 <dt>2.8. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e896">Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver/newsserver?</a></dt>
59 <dt>2.9. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e911">Does Sylpheed have options for threading messages?</a></dt>
60 <dt>2.10. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e930">Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?</a></dt>
61 <dt>2.11. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e937">Why isn't Sylpheed sending my mail out?</a></dt>
62 <dt>2.12. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e944">How do I apply a patch after downloading it?</a></dt>
63 <dt>2.13. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e978">How do I compile in support for compface pictures?</a></dt>
64 <dt>2.14. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e988">How do I make my own compface image?</a></dt>
65 <dt>2.15. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e998">How can I tell my browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as email program?</a></dt>
66 <dt>2.16. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1020">How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed?</a></dt>
67 <dt>2.17. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1039">Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed's MH structure</a></dt>
68 <dt>2.18. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1055">Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed causes a segmentation fault.</a></dt>
69 <dt>2.19. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1067">How Sylpheed checks for new mail?</a></dt>
70 <dt>2.20. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1150">How can I make Sylpheed notify me when new mail arrives?</a></dt>
71 <dt>2.21. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1160">Can I use a spell checker with Sylpheed?</a></dt>
72 <dt>2.22. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1178">How can I make Sylpheed send my compface image in the mails?</a></dt>
73 <dt>2.23. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1199">How can I get the newest source code from the Sylpheed Subversion (SVN) repository?</a></dt>
74 <dt>2.24. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1238">I checked out the sources using SVN and can't find any configure script.</a></dt>
75 <dt>2.25. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1253">Running "autogen.sh" gives error messages that "AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF" or
76 "AM_PATH_(whatever)" is not found.</a></dt>
77 <dt>2.26. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1300">I don't want to compile in support for (...) any longer, but after running
78 "configure", those libraries are still used.</a></dt>
79 <dt>2.27. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1316">How can I select different applications to open with specific MIME types?</a></dt>
80 <dt>2.28. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1326">How can I change the suggested mimetype for attachments?</a></dt>
81 <dt>2.29. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1335">The folder list is not updated after I manually moved/copied folders.</a></dt>
82 <dt>2.30. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1345">How can I revert original settings, e.g. for fonts, key bindings, etc.?</a></dt>
83 <dt>2.31. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1367">What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?</a></dt>
84 <dt>2.32. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1408">Special characters (e.g. umlauts) are not displayed correctly.</a></dt>
85 <dt>2.33. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1432">How can I convert my old mailbox/address book from (some mail client).</a></dt>
86 <dt>2.34. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1448">What config files are there, and what are they used for?</a></dt>
87 <dt>2.35. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1507">How do I change the location of user profile directory under Windows?</a></dt>
88 <dt>2.36. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1581">Can I run multiple instances of Sylpheed?</a></dt>
89 <dt>2.37. <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1616">What to do when printing an email prints off the paper?</a></dt>
90 </dl>
91 <table border="0" summary="Q and A Set" cellspacing="13px">
92 <col align="left" width="1%">
93 <tbody>
94 <tr class="question">
95 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e730"></a><a name="d0e731"></a><b>2.1.</b></td>
96 <td align="left" valign="top">
97 <p>What does it take to compile Sylpheed?</p>
98 </td>
99 </tr>
100 <tr class="answer">
101 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
102 <td align="left" valign="top">
103 <p>Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS, e.g. Linux,
104 FreeBSD, Solaris.
105 GTK+ 2.4.0 or later (GTK+ 2.6.0 or later
106 is recommended).
107 A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.7.2.3 should also
108 work).
109 </p>
110 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
111 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
112 <p>It is reported that Sun C will not compile
113 Sylpheed.
114 </p>
115 </div>
116 <p>Optionally:</p>
117 <div class="itemizedlist">
118 <ul type="disc">
119 <li>
120 <p>compface (for X-Face)</p>
121 </li>
122 <li>
123 <p>GPGME (for GnuPG)</p>
124 </li>
125 <li>
126 <p>OpenSSL for SSL support</p>
127 </li>
128 <li>
129 <p>GtkSpell for a spell checking feature</p>
130 </li>
131 <li>
132 <p>cURL for allowing Sylpheed to check for updates</p>
133 </li>
134 <li>
135 <p>JPilot</p>
136 </li>
137 <li>
138 <p>LDAP</p>
139 </li>
140 <li>
141 <p>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel</p>
142 </li>
143 <li>
144 <p>you may also require flex (lex) and bison
145 (yacc).
146 </p>
147 </li>
148 </ul>
149 </div>
150 <p>Otherwise ./configure will fail.
151 See also the <code class="filename">INSTALL</code> file that is being distributed with the Sylpheed tarball.
152 </p>
153 <p>Note that as Sylpheed now supports the Windows platform, you can also compile it using <a href="http://www.mingw.org/" target="_top">MinGW</a>.
154 </p>
155 </td>
156 </tr>
157 <tr class="question">
158 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e780"></a><a name="d0e781"></a><b>2.2.</b></td>
159 <td align="left" valign="top">
160 <p>How do I set up Sylpheed?</p>
161 </td>
162 </tr>
163 <tr class="answer">
164 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
165 <td align="left" valign="top">
166 <p>When you run Sylpheed for the first time, it will
167 ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
168 default is <code class="filename">$HOME/Mail</code> (or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\Mailboxes\Mail</code> under Windows). You can change this to
169 anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
170 name.
171 </p>
172 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
173 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
174 <p>When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the configuration files under <code class="filename">$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0/</code> (or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\</code> under Windows), and asks you the location of mailbox. As stated above, the default is <code class="filename">$HOME/Mail</code>, or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\Mailboxes\Mail</code> under Windows. If some files, which are non-MH format, already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
175 </p>
176 </div>
177 <p>Furthermore, you need to <a href="sylpheed-faq-2.html#faq-account-setup">create at least one account</a> to be able to receive or send messages.
178 </p>
179 </td>
180 </tr>
181 <tr class="question">
182 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e813"></a><a name="d0e814"></a><b>2.3.</b></td>
183 <td align="left" valign="top">
184 <p>Why did the creation of the mailbox fail?</p>
185 </td>
186 </tr>
187 <tr class="answer">
188 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
189 <td align="left" valign="top">
190 <p>Sylpheed reports such an error if it can't create the default
191 mailboxes (inbox, outbox, etc.). This can be because <code class="filename">$HOME/Mail</code>
192 (or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\Mailboxes\Mail</code> under Windows) already contains files with the same names. This occurs when switching from
193 Kmail to Sylpheed, in this case backup and remove the existing Mail
194 directory or use another name for the Sylpheed mail directory.
195 </p>
196 </td>
197 </tr>
198 <tr class="question">
199 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e826"></a><a name="faq-account-setup"></a><b>2.4.</b></td>
200 <td align="left" valign="top">
201 <p>How do I set up an account?</p>
202 </td>
203 </tr>
204 <tr class="answer">
205 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
206 <td align="left" valign="top">
207 <p>After loading Sylpheed for the first time, you can
208 add an email account by clicking the <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span> menu. Select the option <span class="guimenuitem">Create new account</span> and let the configuration assistant help you with the initial setup.
209 In a few easy steps, the assistant allows you to conveniently configure your POP3, IMAP4, or Gmail account.
210 </p>
211 <div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
212 <h3 class="title">Tip</h3>
213 <p>If you want later to change your account configuration, just select <span class="guimenuitem">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Preferences for current account...</span>, or <span class="guimenuitem">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Edit accounts...</span></p>
214 </div>
215 </td>
216 </tr>
217 <tr class="question">
218 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e853"></a><a name="d0e854"></a><b>2.5.</b></td>
219 <td align="left" valign="top">
220 <p>How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?</p>
221 </td>
222 </tr>
223 <tr class="answer">
224 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
225 <td align="left" valign="top">
226 <p>The number is unlimited. The limit is reached when
227 your computer stops responding.
228 </p>
229 </td>
230 </tr>
231 <tr class="question">
232 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e860"></a><a name="d0e861"></a><b>2.6.</b></td>
233 <td align="left" valign="top">
234 <p>Can I set up an account for sending mail only?</p>
235 </td>
236 </tr>
237 <tr class="answer">
238 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
239 <td align="left" valign="top">
240 <p>Yes, add a new account using <span class="guimenuitem">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Edit accounts...</span>+<span class="guibutton">Add</span> and set the Protocol to None (local).
241 </p>
242 </td>
243 </tr>
244 <tr class="question">
245 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e875"></a><a name="d0e876"></a><b>2.7.</b></td>
246 <td align="left" valign="top">
247 <p>Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press "Delete"? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail
248 to a different mailbox and it did not move.
249 </p>
250 </td>
251 </tr>
252 <tr class="answer">
253 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
254 <td align="left" valign="top">
255 <p>You have to click the <span class="guiicon">Execute</span> button.
256 The other solution: in the configuration settings
257 (<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Details</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Interface</span>), you have to
258 check the <span class="guilabel">Execute immediately when moving or deleting messages</span> box.
259 </p>
260 </td>
261 </tr>
262 <tr class="question">
263 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e896"></a><a name="d0e897"></a><b>2.8.</b></td>
264 <td align="left" valign="top">
265 <p>Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver/newsserver?</p>
266 </td>
267 </tr>
268 <tr class="answer">
269 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
270 <td align="left" valign="top">
271 <p>Yes, you can. Under <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Preferences for current account...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Advanced</span>, you
272 can specify the exact port addresses you want to use.
273 </p>
274 </td>
275 </tr>
276 <tr class="question">
277 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e911"></a><a name="d0e912"></a><b>2.9.</b></td>
278 <td align="left" valign="top">
279 <p>Does Sylpheed have options for threading messages?</p>
280 </td>
281 </tr>
282 <tr class="answer">
283 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
284 <td align="left" valign="top">
285 <p>Yes. You can switch it on and off in the <span class="guimenu">View</span>
286 menu, just select <span class="guimenuitem">Thread view</span> or press <span><strong class="keycap">Ctrl</strong></span>-<span><strong class="keycap">T</strong></span>.
287 </p>
288 </td>
289 </tr>
290 <tr class="question">
291 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e930"></a><a name="d0e931"></a><b>2.10.</b></td>
292 <td align="left" valign="top">
293 <p>Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?</p>
294 </td>
295 </tr>
296 <tr class="answer">
297 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
298 <td align="left" valign="top">
299 <p>Absolutely. This is no problem.</p>
300 </td>
301 </tr>
302 <tr class="question">
303 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e937"></a><a name="d0e938"></a><b>2.11.</b></td>
304 <td align="left" valign="top">
305 <p>Why isn't Sylpheed sending my mail out?</p>
306 </td>
307 </tr>
308 <tr class="answer">
309 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
310 <td align="left" valign="top">
311 <p>You need to create at least one account in order to
312 send. (This is a wonderful gotcha on LAN installs
313 with only a local mailbox feed).
314 </p>
315 </td>
316 </tr>
317 <tr class="question">
318 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e944"></a><a name="d0e945"></a><b>2.12.</b></td>
319 <td align="left" valign="top">
320 <p>How do I apply a patch after downloading it?</p>
321 </td>
322 </tr>
323 <tr class="answer">
324 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
325 <td align="left" valign="top">
326 <p>Copy patch to sylpheed directory.
327 Apply the patch as follows:
328 </p>
329 <p>
330 <span><strong class="command">% patch -p0 &lt; some.patch</strong></span></p>
331 <p>
332 Or, if it's gzipped:
333 </p>
334 <p>
335 <span><strong class="command">% gzip -dc some.patch.gz | patch -p0</strong></span></p>
336 <p>
337 Run <code class="filename">./autogen.sh</code>, remove the generated <code class="filename">/config.cache</code>
338 file (unless you want to install in prefix
339 <code class="filename">/usr/local</code>).
340 Run <code class="filename">./configure</code> with the appropriate options and
341 then <code class="filename">make</code>.
342 (Text as found on the former Sylpheed patches page.)
343 </p>
344 </td>
345 </tr>
346 <tr class="question">
347 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e978"></a><a name="d0e979"></a><b>2.13.</b></td>
348 <td align="left" valign="top">
349 <p>How do I compile in support for compface pictures?</p>
350 </td>
351 </tr>
352 <tr class="answer">
353 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
354 <td align="left" valign="top">
355 <p>You have to have a package called <code class="computeroutput">libcompface</code>
356 installed, so this is available for compiling into
357 Sylpheed. Note that the exact name of the package depends on OS or distribution you use.
358 </p>
359 </td>
360 </tr>
361 <tr class="question">
362 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e988"></a><a name="d0e989"></a><b>2.14.</b></td>
363 <td align="left" valign="top">
364 <p>How do I make my own compface image?</p>
365 </td>
366 </tr>
367 <tr class="answer">
368 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
369 <td align="left" valign="top">
370 <p>The faces package contains a program called xbm2ikon script,
371 which converts a 48x48 xbm to the format suitable for
372 compface. Thanks to Jeff Dairiki, you can have a complete online course in this. Visit <a href="http://www.dairiki.org/xface/" target="_top">this page</a> for the details.
373 </p>
374 </td>
375 </tr>
376 <tr class="question">
377 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e998"></a><a name="d0e999"></a><b>2.15.</b></td>
378 <td align="left" valign="top">
379 <p>How can I tell my browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as email program?</p>
380 </td>
381 </tr>
382 <tr class="answer">
383 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
384 <td align="left" valign="top">
385 <p> In the settings part of the program, write
386 <span><strong class="command">sylpheed --compose</strong></span></p>
387 <p>
388 Specific options for typical browsers:
389 </p>
390 <div class="itemizedlist">
391 <ul type="disc">
392 <li>
393 <p>Opera: <span><strong class="command">sylpheed --compose [mailto:%t][?subject=%s] </strong></span></p>
394 </li>
395 <li>
396 <p>Galeon: <span><strong class="command">sylpheed --compose "mailto:%t?subject=%s"</strong></span></p>
397 </li>
398 </ul>
399 </div>
400 </td>
401 </tr>
402 <tr class="question">
403 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1020"></a><a name="d0e1021"></a><b>2.16.</b></td>
404 <td align="left" valign="top">
405 <p>How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed?</p>
406 </td>
407 </tr>
408 <tr class="answer">
409 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
410 <td align="left" valign="top">
411 <p> When compiling Sylpheed, make sure you add <em class="parameter"><code>--enable-gpgme</code></em> in the <span><strong class="command">./configure</strong></span> command.
412 When that completes successfully, there is a <span class="guimenuitem">Privacy</span> section in the <span class="guimenuitem">Common Preferences</span>.
413 </p>
414 </td>
415 </tr>
416 <tr class="question">
417 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1039"></a><a name="d0e1040"></a><b>2.17.</b></td>
418 <td align="left" valign="top">
419 <p>Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed's MH structure</p>
420 </td>
421 </tr>
422 <tr class="answer">
423 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
424 <td align="left" valign="top">
425 <p>For this to work you need to use the <span><strong class="command">touch</strong></span> command in every MH folder. "<span><strong class="command">touch</strong></span>" the file <code class="filename">.xmhcache</code> and Mutt should do just fine.
426 </p>
427 </td>
428 </tr>
429 <tr class="question">
430 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1055"></a><a name="d0e1056"></a><b>2.18.</b></td>
431 <td align="left" valign="top">
432 <p>Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed causes a segmentation fault.</p>
433 </td>
434 </tr>
435 <tr class="answer">
436 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
437 <td align="left" valign="top">
438 <p>In case this happens, you can easily fix that by adding the following to <code class="filename">/etc/mime.types</code>:
439 </p><pre class="programlisting">image/gif gif</pre></td>
440 </tr>
441 <tr class="question">
442 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1067"></a><a name="d0e1068"></a><b>2.19.</b></td>
443 <td align="left" valign="top">
444 <p>How Sylpheed checks for new mail?</p>
445 </td>
446 </tr>
447 <tr class="answer">
448 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
449 <td align="left" valign="top">
450 <p>New mail can be retrieved either manually or automatically.</p>
451 <p>To check for new mail the manual way, you can:</p>
452 <div class="orderedlist">
453 <ol type="1">
454 <li>
455 <p>Either press the <span class="guibutton">Get </span>button on the toolbar to incorporate new mail for the current account only, or use the <span class="guibutton">Get all</span> button to incorporate new mail for all configured accounts.
456 </p>
457 </li>
458 <li>
459 <p>Or choose <span class="guimenu">File</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Mailbox</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Check for new messages</span>, or <span class="guimenuitem">Check for new messages in all mailboxes</span>.
460 </p>
461 </li>
462 <li>
463 <p>Or select <span class="guimenu">Message</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Receive</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Get from current account</span>, or <span class="guimenuitem">Get from all accounts</span>.
464 </p>
465 </li>
466 </ol>
467 </div>
468 <div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
469 <h3 class="title">Tip</h3>
470 <p>If you have a POP3 account and don't want to retrieve all the new messages stored on remote server to your computer, you
471 can manage your account remotely (e.g. open or delete individual messages) by choosing <span class="guimenu">Message</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Receive</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Remote mailbox...</span></p>
472 </div>
473 <p>If you prefer autochecking for new mail instead, first of all, make sure that you have checked <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Receive</span>+<span class="guilabel">Autocheck new mail every <em class="replaceable"><code>10</code></em> minute(s)</span>. Optionally, you can adjust the interval value (in minutes) as well.
474 </p>
475 <p>Also check your settings under <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Edit accounts...</span> You will find this
476 at the top: <span class="guilabel">Check the boxes on the 'G' column to enable message retrieval by 'Get all'</span>. The setting applies on both manual and automatic
477 mail checks.
478 </p>
479 </td>
480 </tr>
481 <tr class="question">
482 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1150"></a><a name="d0e1151"></a><b>2.20.</b></td>
483 <td align="left" valign="top">
484 <p>How can I make Sylpheed notify me when new mail arrives?</p>
485 </td>
486 </tr>
487 <tr class="answer">
488 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
489 <td align="left" valign="top">
490 <p>Download Gkrellm or a similar program that is able to notify you of new incoming mail. Gkrellm is available at <a href="http://www.gkrellm.net" target="_top">the Gkrellm page</a>.
491 </p>
492 </td>
493 </tr>
494 <tr class="question">
495 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1160"></a><a name="d0e1161"></a><b>2.21.</b></td>
496 <td align="left" valign="top">
497 <p>Can I use a spell checker with Sylpheed?</p>
498 </td>
499 </tr>
500 <tr class="answer">
501 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
502 <td align="left" valign="top">
503 <p>Yes. You need to have GtkSpell installed prior to Sylpheed compilation. The support for GtkSpell is enabled by default in
504 <span><strong class="command">configure</strong></span>. (If you want to disable it, make sure you add <em class="parameter"><code>--disable-gtkspell</code></em> in the <span><strong class="command">./configure</strong></span> command.)
505 </p>
506 <p>The GtkSpell option is not supported in Sylpheed for Windows (yet), so you will have no spell checking under this OS.</p>
507 </td>
508 </tr>
509 <tr class="question">
510 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1178"></a><a name="d0e1179"></a><b>2.22.</b></td>
511 <td align="left" valign="top">
512 <p>How can I make Sylpheed send my compface image in the mails?</p>
513 </td>
514 </tr>
515 <tr class="answer">
516 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
517 <td align="left" valign="top">
518 <p>In the <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Preferences for current account...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Send</span> check <span class="guilabel">Add user-defined header</span> and press <span class="guibutton">Edit</span> button. A dialog appears, add a header named "X-Face" and fill the value field with your face data. Note that if you paste
519 the data from a terminal into the field, some spurious newlines can be added, and these can mangle your face, be careful.
520 </p>
521 </td>
522 </tr>
523 <tr class="question">
524 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1199"></a><a name="d0e1200"></a><b>2.23.</b></td>
525 <td align="left" valign="top">
526 <p>How can I get the newest source code from the Sylpheed Subversion (SVN) repository?</p>
527 </td>
528 </tr>
529 <tr class="answer">
530 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
531 <td align="left" valign="top">
532 <p>Move to an appropriate directory, and after you run the command specified below, a source tree named <code class="filename">trunk</code> will be created under that directory:
533 </p>
534 <p><span><strong class="command">svn checkout svn://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/sylpheed/trunk</strong></span></p>
535 <p>The subdirectories under the <code class="filename">sylpheed</code> directory are as follows:
536 </p>
537 <div class="itemizedlist">
538 <ul type="disc">
539 <li>
540 <p><code class="filename">trunk/</code> - main tree
541 </p>
542 </li>
543 <li>
544 <p><code class="filename">branches/</code> - miscellaneous experimental branches
545 </p>
546 </li>
547 <li>
548 <p><code class="filename">tags/</code> - release-tagged branches
549 </p>
550 </li>
551 </ul>
552 </div>
553 <p>To update to the newest source tree, run the following command in the target directory:</p>
554 <p><span><strong class="command">svn update</strong></span></p>
555 </td>
556 </tr>
557 <tr class="question">
558 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1238"></a><a name="d0e1239"></a><b>2.24.</b></td>
559 <td align="left" valign="top">
560 <p>I checked out the sources using SVN and can't find any configure script.</p>
561 </td>
562 </tr>
563 <tr class="answer">
564 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
565 <td align="left" valign="top">
566 <p>The SVN versions are meant to be used by developers rather than "normal"
567 users, so the source (or binary) distributions are easier to use.
568 </p>
569 <div class="blockquote">
570 <blockquote class="blockquote">
571 <p>Yeah, but the latest features from SVN really look sexy...</p>
572 </blockquote>
573 </div>
574 <p>You need to generate the configure script by running <code class="filename">autogen.sh</code>.
575 Be sure to have autoconf and automake packages installed for this.
576 </p>
577 </td>
578 </tr>
579 <tr class="question">
580 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1253"></a><a name="d0e1254"></a><b>2.25.</b></td>
581 <td align="left" valign="top">
582 <p>Running "autogen.sh" gives error messages that "AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF" or
583 "AM_PATH_(whatever)" is not found.
584 </p>
585 </td>
586 </tr>
587 <tr class="answer">
588 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
589 <td align="left" valign="top">
590 <p>There are some <code class="filename">*.m4</code> files in the <code class="filename">ac/missing</code> directory. Try to copy
591 them into the <code class="filename">ac</code> directory and run <code class="filename">autogen.sh</code> again.
592 </p>
593 <p>
594 If there are still some <code class="filename">.m4</code> files not found (e.g. those from GTK+), try
595 to run <span><strong class="command">% locate m4 | less</strong></span> or <span><strong class="command">% locate aclocal | less</strong></span> to find additional directories containing those macros. If you find e.g. a
596 <code class="filename">gtk.m4</code> in <code class="filename">/opt/gnome/share/aclocal</code>, change following line in
597 <code class="filename">autogen.sh</code> from
598 </p><pre class="programlisting">aclocal -I ac \</pre><p> to</p><pre class="programlisting">aclocal -I ac -I /opt/gnome/share/aclocal \</pre><p>and run it again.</p>
599 </td>
600 </tr>
601 <tr class="question">
602 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1300"></a><a name="d0e1301"></a><b>2.26.</b></td>
603 <td align="left" valign="top">
604 <p>I don't want to compile in support for (...) any longer, but after running
605 "configure", those libraries are still used.
606 </p>
607 </td>
608 </tr>
609 <tr class="answer">
610 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
611 <td align="left" valign="top">
612 <p>Remove the <code class="filename">config.cache</code> file and run <span><strong class="command">./configure</strong></span> again. You should
613 also use <span><strong class="command">make clean</strong></span> to avoid undefined references.
614 </p>
615 </td>
616 </tr>
617 <tr class="question">
618 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1316"></a><a name="d0e1317"></a><b>2.27.</b></td>
619 <td align="left" valign="top">
620 <p>How can I select different applications to open with specific MIME types?</p>
621 </td>
622 </tr>
623 <tr class="answer">
624 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
625 <td align="left" valign="top">
626 <p>The MIME-type to application associations are kept in <code class="filename">/etc/mailcap</code>.
627 </p>
628 </td>
629 </tr>
630 <tr class="question">
631 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1326"></a><a name="d0e1327"></a><b>2.28.</b></td>
632 <td align="left" valign="top">
633 <p>How can I change the suggested mimetype for attachments?</p>
634 </td>
635 </tr>
636 <tr class="answer">
637 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
638 <td align="left" valign="top">
639 <p>The extension to MIME-type associations are kept in <code class="filename">/etc/mime.types</code></p>
640 </td>
641 </tr>
642 <tr class="question">
643 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1335"></a><a name="d0e1336"></a><b>2.29.</b></td>
644 <td align="left" valign="top">
645 <p>The folder list is not updated after I manually moved/copied folders.</p>
646 </td>
647 </tr>
648 <tr class="answer">
649 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
650 <td align="left" valign="top">
651 <p>You need to update Sylpheed cache. Right click on the mailbox and choose
652 <span class="guimenuitem">Rebuild folder tree</span>.
653 </p>
654 </td>
655 </tr>
656 <tr class="question">
657 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1345"></a><a name="d0e1346"></a><b>2.30.</b></td>
658 <td align="left" valign="top">
659 <p>How can I revert original settings, e.g. for fonts, key bindings, etc.?</p>
660 </td>
661 </tr>
662 <tr class="answer">
663 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
664 <td align="left" valign="top">
665 <p>Sylpheed keeps its configuration files in <code class="filename">$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc</code> (or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\sylpheedrc</code> under Windows) and creates default
666 entries, if none are found. So the easiest way is to quit Sylpheed,
667 temporarily renaming your <code class="filename">$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0</code> (or <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed\sylpheedrc</code>) e.g. to <code class="filename">*.bak</code> and restarting
668 Sylpheed in order to get default entries.
669 </p>
670 </td>
671 </tr>
672 <tr class="question">
673 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1367"></a><a name="faq-environment-variables"></a><b>2.31.</b></td>
674 <td align="left" valign="top">
675 <p>What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?</p>
676 </td>
677 </tr>
678 <tr class="answer">
679 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
680 <td align="left" valign="top">
681 <p>Here are the most common variables:</p>
682 <div class="itemizedlist">
683 <ul type="disc">
684 <li>
685 <p><code class="envar">HOME</code>
686 - location of <code class="filename">.sylpheed-2.0</code> (config directory) and default folder for Mailboxes.
687 </p>
688 </li>
689 <li>
690 <p><code class="envar">LANG</code>,
691 </p>
692 </li>
693 <li>
694 <p><code class="envar">LC_ALL</code>,
695 </p>
696 </li>
697 <li>
698 <p><code class="envar">LC_CTYPE</code>,
699 </p>
700 </li>
701 <li>
702 <p><code class="envar">LC_MESSAGES</code> - locale settings, e.g. language and date format.
703 </p>
704 </li>
705 </ul>
706 </div>
707 <p>For more information on how to make Sylpheed display your language, see the <a href="sylpheed-faq-3.html#faq-display-language">relevant question</a>.
708 </p>
709 </td>
710 </tr>
711 <tr class="question">
712 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1408"></a><a name="d0e1409"></a><b>2.32.</b></td>
713 <td align="left" valign="top">
714 <p>Special characters (e.g. umlauts) are not displayed correctly.</p>
715 </td>
716 </tr>
717 <tr class="answer">
718 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
719 <td align="left" valign="top">
720 <p>In most cases, this is caused by fonts that use an unsuitable encoding on a not Unicode-based system. (On a Unicode-based
721 system, fonts should support all thinkable characters for the vast majority of languages.)
722 </p>
723 <p>Choose <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Display</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">General</span>, and click the button right to <span class="guilabel">Text font</span>. Now, a special dialog appears that allows you to pick a desirable font family, style, and size.
724 </p>
725 <p>You should also make sure that your environment variables regarding locale
726 settings have sensible values.
727 </p>
728 </td>
729 </tr>
730 <tr class="question">
731 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1432"></a><a name="d0e1433"></a><b>2.33.</b></td>
732 <td align="left" valign="top">
733 <p>How can I convert my old mailbox/address book from (some mail client).</p>
734 </td>
735 </tr>
736 <tr class="answer">
737 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
738 <td align="left" valign="top">
739 <p>You can try to
740 export your old mailbox to MH, MBOX or EML format.
741 </p>
742 <div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
743 <h3 class="title">Tip</h3>
744 <p>Take a look at the <span class="guimenuitem">Add sender to address book...</span> item from the <span class="guimenu">Tools</span>
745 menu, it could be a useful alternative or addition, when importing your old
746 contacts.
747 </p>
748 </div>
749 </td>
750 </tr>
751 <tr class="question">
752 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1448"></a><a name="d0e1449"></a><b>2.34.</b></td>
753 <td align="left" valign="top">
754 <p>What config files are there, and what are they used for?</p>
755 </td>
756 </tr>
757 <tr class="answer">
758 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
759 <td align="left" valign="top">
760 <p>Sylpheed config files can be found in <code class="filename">$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0</code> (under Windows, the path is <code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed</code>). They are in plain
761 text format and quite easy to understand, so don't fear to take a look
762 into them using a text editor.
763 </p>
764 <div class="itemizedlist">
765 <ul type="disc">
766 <li>
767 <p><code class="filename">sylpheedrc</code> - main configuration: nearly all options from the
768 settings window, e.g. mailbox location, font
769 entries, etc.
770 </p>
771 </li>
772 <li>
773 <p><code class="filename">accountrc</code> - settings for POP/IMAP/NNTP accounts
774 </p>
775 </li>
776 <li>
777 <p><code class="filename">actionsrc</code> - user-defined actions
778 </p>
779 </li>
780 <li>
781 <p><code class="filename">addrbook-*.xml</code> - contents of your address book
782 </p>
783 </li>
784 <li>
785 <p><code class="filename">customheaderrc</code> - contains user-defined header lines
786 </p>
787 </li>
788 <li>
789 <p><code class="filename">dispheaderrc</code> - headers to display above the mail body
790 </p>
791 </li>
792 <li>
793 <p><code class="filename">filter.xml</code> - filter settings
794 </p>
795 </li>
796 <li>
797 <p><code class="filename">folderlist.xml</code> - folder specific settings, e.g. hiding
798 read messages, sort order, etc.
799 </p>
800 </li>
801 <li>
802 <p><code class="filename">menurc</code> - key bindings
803 </p>
804 </li>
805 </ul>
806 </div>
807 </td>
808 </tr>
809 <tr class="question">
810 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1507"></a><a name="d0e1508"></a><b>2.35.</b></td>
811 <td align="left" valign="top">
812 <p>How do I change the location of user profile directory under Windows?</p>
813 </td>
814 </tr>
815 <tr class="answer">
816 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
817 <td align="left" valign="top">
818 <p>The configuration files and the mailboxes are saved under the following
819 location (<code class="filename">%APPDATA%\Sylpheed</code>) by default:
820 </p>
821 <div class="itemizedlist">
822 <ul type="disc">
823 <li>
824 <p>Windows 2000/XP:
825 <code class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\Application Data\Sylpheed</code></p>
826 </li>
827 <li>
828 <p>Windows Vista/Seven:
829 <code class="filename">C:\Users\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\AppData\Roaming\Sylpheed</code></p>
830 </li>
831 </ul>
832 </div>
833 <p>If you want to change the location of the configuration files, you can
834 specify it by the command line option <em class="parameter"><code>--configdir "<em class="replaceable"><code>directory name</code></em>"</code></em>.
835 Create a shortcut of <code class="filename">sylpheed.exe</code>, and append the option to the link target
836 like the following:
837 </p><pre class="screen">"C:\Program Files\Sylpheed\sylpheed.exe" --configdir "D:\Sylpheed"</pre><p>If <code class="filename">sylpheed.ini</code> file exists at the same location as <code class="filename">sylpheed.exe</code>, it will be
838 loaded at startup. With this approach, you can make Sylpheed completely portable
839 independent of drive letters etc., and you can install it in removable media
840 such as USB memory.
841 </p>
842 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
843 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
844 <p>The installer version, and GnuPG and GPGME use registry.</p>
845 </div>
846 <p>The sample INI file is included in the Sylpheed for Windows installation package as <code class="filename">sample-sylpheed.ini</code>.
847 Please copy or rename it to use.
848 <code class="literal">ipcport</code> specifies the port number of socket for IPC (default is 50215).
849 <code class="literal">configdir</code> specifies the location of configuration files as a relative
850 path from the folder in which <code class="filename">sylpheed.exe</code> is located, or an absolute path.
851 </p>
852 <p>(The text above is a slightly modified excerpt from the <code class="filename">README-win32.txt</code> file, which you should find within the <code class="filename">C:\Program Files\Sylpheed</code> directory.)
853 </p>
854 </td>
855 </tr>
856 <tr class="question">
857 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1581"></a><a name="d0e1582"></a><b>2.36.</b></td>
858 <td align="left" valign="top">
859 <p>Can I run multiple instances of Sylpheed?</p>
860 </td>
861 </tr>
862 <tr class="answer">
863 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
864 <td align="left" valign="top">
865 <p>Yes, Sylpheed 3.1 adds support for this often requested feature. The format of the multiple instances command is as follows:</p>
866 <p><span><strong class="command">sylpheed --instance-id <em class="replaceable"><code>ID</code></em> --configdir <em class="replaceable"><code>path-to-alternative-configdir</code></em></strong></span></p>
867 <p>Default <em class="parameter"><code>ID</code></em> is set to <code class="literal">sylpheed</code>, so you can specify any other instance
868 <em class="parameter"><code>ID</code></em>. The <em class="parameter"><code>ID</code></em> is used for the name of unix domain
869 socket (under UNIX), or mutex name (under Windows). <em class="parameter"><code>configdir</code></em> specifies the configuration directory, i.e. the location of configuration files you want to use with the given instance.
870 </p>
871 <div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
872 <h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
873 <p>Do not share same configuration directories or mailboxes across multiple instances as this may lead to an unexpected application
874 behavior!
875 </p>
876 </div>
877 </td>
878 </tr>
879 <tr class="question">
880 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e1616"></a><a name="d0e1617"></a><b>2.37.</b></td>
881 <td align="left" valign="top">
882 <p>What to do when printing an email prints off the paper?</p>
883 </td>
884 </tr>
885 <tr class="answer">
886 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
887 <td align="left" valign="top">
888 <p>You can use enscript for this. Use <span><strong class="command">enscript %s</strong></span> to print everything on one page, or <span><strong class="command">enscript -U2 %s</strong></span> for printing two logical pages on one physical page.
889 </p>
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