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43 <h2 class="title"><a name="sylpheed-faq-1"></a>Chapter&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Sylpheed FAQ - General Information
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48 <div class="qandaset">
49 <dl>
50 <dt>1.1. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e90">
51 Are there FAQ's in other languages?
52 </a></dt>
53 <dt>1.2. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e129">
54 What is Sylpheed?
55 </a></dt>
56 <dt>1.3. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e160">
57 Where can I get Sylpheed?
58 </a></dt>
59 <dt>1.4. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e177">
60 Who writes Sylpheed?
61 </a></dt>
62 <dt>1.5. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e187">
63 What does the name Sylpheed mean?
64 </a></dt>
65 <dt>1.6. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e197">
66 How does Sylpheed store mails?
67 </a></dt>
68 <dt>1.7. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e206">
69 Why does the auto collection of mail not work?
70 </a></dt>
71 <dt>1.8. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e213">
72 Does Sylpheed have mail filtering?
73 </a></dt>
74 <dt>1.9. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e227">
75 Can Sylpheed handle IMAP mail?
76 </a></dt>
77 <dt>1.10. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e234">
78 Can Sylpheed handle local unix mailboxes?
79 </a></dt>
80 <dt>1.11. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e241">
81 Can Sylpheed handle IPv6?
82 </a></dt>
83 <dt>1.12. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e248">
84 Does Sylpheed support encryption like GPG?
85 </a></dt>
86 <dt>1.13. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e255">
87 How does Sylpheed check for MIME types?
88 </a></dt>
89 <dt>1.14. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e262">Does Sylpheed allow me to write HTML styled messages?
90 </a></dt>
91 <dt>1.15. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e269">Does Sylpheed have automatic name completion in the address fields?
92 </a></dt>
93 <dt>1.16. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e309">Fine, but when I hit the Tab key I either get an error message or nothing happens at all.
94 </a></dt>
95 <dt>1.17. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e334">Why is Sylpheed so fast?
96 </a></dt>
97 <dt>1.18. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e341">Where can I get the current patches for Sylpheed?
98 </a></dt>
99 <dt>1.19. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e354">How can I send in patches, report bugs, talk about Sylpheed with others?
100 </a></dt>
101 <dt>1.20. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e381">When I send mail, the Content-Type header says the mail is in
102 US-ASCII, even when I specified ISO-8859-1?
103 </a></dt>
104 <dt>1.21. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e388">Why does it look like word wrap is not working?
105 </a></dt>
106 <dt>1.22. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e414">How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? </a></dt>
107 <dt>1.23. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e460">Can I import a mbox into Sylpheed's MH mailfolders?
108 </a></dt>
109 <dt>1.24. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e473">
110 Can I use procmail to sort my mails with the MH mail handling?
111 </a></dt>
112 <dt>1.25. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e490">
113 When I upgrade Sylpheed, are there things I should be aware of?
114 </a></dt>
115 <dt>1.26. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e530">How can I quickly update the views in Sylpheed?
116 </a></dt>
117 <dt>1.27. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e549">Why can't I use gvim as external editor?
118 </a></dt>
119 <dt>1.28. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e562">Can I quote just parts of the original message when replying?
120 </a></dt>
121 <dt>1.29. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e572">Can I reply without quoting at all?
122 </a></dt>
123 <dt>1.30. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e589"> Does Sylpheed provide an anti-spam feature? </a></dt>
124 <dt>1.31. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e627">Are there any plug-ins extending standard Sylpheed functionality?</a></dt>
125 <dt>1.32. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e651">Where I can find the latest Sylpheed FAQ and manual?
126 </a></dt>
127 <dt>1.33. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e672">Where I can obtain source files for this document?</a></dt>
128 <dt>1.34. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e702">I have found an error and/or outdated information in this document!</a></dt>
129 <dt>1.35. <a href="sylpheed-faq-1.html#d0e712">Who are the members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project?</a></dt>
130 </dl>
131 <table border="0" summary="Q and A Set" cellspacing="13px">
132 <col align="left" width="1%">
133 <tbody>
134 <tr class="question">
135 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e90"></a><a name="faq-languages"></a><b>1.1.</b></td>
136 <td align="left" valign="top">
137 <p>
138 Are there FAQ's in other languages?
139
140 </p>
141 </td>
142 </tr>
143 <tr class="answer">
144 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
145 <td align="left" valign="top">
146 <p>
147 Yes. Here are links to several translations:
148 </p>
149 <div class="itemizedlist">
150 <ul type="disc">
151 <li>
152 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/fr/faq/faq.html" target="_top">Sylpheed FAQ in French</a>, translated by Olivier Delhomme.
153 </p>
154 </li>
155 <li>
156 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/de/faq/faq.html" target="_top">Sylpheed FAQ in German</a>, translated by Nicolas Kaiser.
157 </p>
158 </li>
159 <li>
160 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/es/faq/faq.html" target="_top">Sylpheed FAQ in Spanish</a>, translated by Ricardo Mones Lastra.
161 </p>
162 </li>
163 <li>
164 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/zh_TW.Big5/sylpheed-faq.html" target="_top">Sylpheed FAQ in Traditional Chinese</a>, courtesy of Franklin.
165 </p>
166 </li>
167 </ul>
168 </div>
169 <p>
170 You can always download this FAQ from the <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/faq/sylpheed-faq.html" target="_top">Sylpheed Documentation Project website</a>.
171 </p>
172 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
173 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
174 <p>Did not find your language in the list? Would you like to contribute with a new translation to the Sylpheed Documentation
175 Project? Then please contact the Project members at <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">their website</a>. Thanks in advance.
176 </p>
177 </div>
178 </td>
179 </tr>
180 <tr class="question">
181 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e129"></a><a name="faq-what-sylpheed"></a><b>1.2.</b></td>
182 <td align="left" valign="top">
183 <p>
184 What is Sylpheed?
185
186 </p>
187 </td>
188 </tr>
189 <tr class="answer">
190 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
191 <td align="left" valign="top">
192 <p>
193 Sylpheed is an email client (and news reader) based on GTK+,
194 running on the X Window System or Microsoft Windows, and aiming for:
195 </p>
196 <div class="itemizedlist">
197 <ul type="disc">
198 <li>
199 <p>Quick response</p>
200 </li>
201 <li>
202 <p>Graceful, and sophisticated interface</p>
203 </li>
204 <li>
205 <p>Easy configuration, intuitive operation</p>
206 </li>
207 <li>
208 <p>High reliability</p>
209 </li>
210 <li>
211 <p>Internationalization and multilingualization support</p>
212 </li>
213 <li>
214 <p>Abundant features</p>
215 </li>
216 </ul>
217 </div>
218 <p>As the Sylpheed <code class="filename">README</code> file reads: The appearance and interface are similar to some popular e-mail clients for
219 Windows, such as Outlook Express or Becky!. Many commands are accessible with
220 the keyboard like the Emacs-based mailers such as Mew and Wanderlust.
221 So you will be able to migrate to Sylpheed without much discomfort, even if
222 you are accustomed to other mailers.
223 </p>
224 </td>
225 </tr>
226 <tr class="question">
227 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e160"></a><a name="faq-get-sylpheed"></a><b>1.3.</b></td>
228 <td align="left" valign="top">
229 <p>
230 Where can I get Sylpheed?
231
232 </p>
233 </td>
234 </tr>
235 <tr class="answer">
236 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
237 <td align="left" valign="top">
238 <p>
239 You can download it from the <a href="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/download.html" target="_top">download page</a> on <a href="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/" target="_top">Sylpheed website</a>. There are links to download
240 tarball sources, patches to the previous version, and also links to the Sylpheed for Windows binaries, including
241 the installer, the ZIP archive, and the patch to the previous Sylpheed for Windows version.
242 </p>
243 <p>Depending on the state of the Sylpheed development cycle, you may be offered links to development versions such as beta and
244 RC releases. These might not be suitable for everyday use, however, so you may want to stick with the stable release, anyway.
245 </p>
246 <p>Also on the download page, you can download Sylph-Searcher (which is a program that enables fast full-text search of messages
247 stored in mailboxes of Sylpheed, or normal MH folders), and LibSylph (which is a library that provides Sylpheed core features
248 independent from the UI of Sylpheed).
249 </p>
250 </td>
251 </tr>
252 <tr class="question">
253 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e177"></a><a name="faq-writes-sylpheed"></a><b>1.4.</b></td>
254 <td align="left" valign="top">
255 <p>
256 Who writes Sylpheed?
257
258 </p>
259 </td>
260 </tr>
261 <tr class="answer">
262 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
263 <td align="left" valign="top">
264 <p>
265 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <code class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp">hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</a>&gt;</code>.
266
267 </p>
268 </td>
269 </tr>
270 <tr class="question">
271 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e187"></a><a name="faq-sylpheed-name"></a><b>1.5.</b></td>
272 <td align="left" valign="top">
273 <p>
274 What does the name Sylpheed mean?
275
276 </p>
277 </td>
278 </tr>
279 <tr class="answer">
280 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
281 <td align="left" valign="top">
282 <p>
283 It means <span class="emphasis"><em>light weight</em></span>, like air. This comes from the
284 name of the wind spirits, the Sylphs.
285
286 </p>
287 </td>
288 </tr>
289 <tr class="question">
290 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e197"></a><a name="faq-sylpheed-store-mail"></a><b>1.6.</b></td>
291 <td align="left" valign="top">
292 <p>
293 How does Sylpheed store mails?
294
295 </p>
296 </td>
297 </tr>
298 <tr class="answer">
299 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
300 <td align="left" valign="top">
301 <p>
302 Mails are stored in the MH mailfile format as used by MH
303 and EMH. Maildir, mbox, and eml formats are not (yet)
304 supported, although it is possible to import an mbox
305 file or an eml file into a Sylpheed mailbox.
306 </p>
307 <p>You can manage your mails just with Sylpheed, or together with another mailer based on the MH format (e.g. Mew). The MH format
308 has less possibility
309 of losing mails on failures since one file corresponds to one mail. You can also utilize fetchmail
310 and/or procmail, and external programs on receiving (like inc or imget).
311 </p>
312 </td>
313 </tr>
314 <tr class="question">
315 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e206"></a><a name="faq-auto-collection-sylpheed"></a><b>1.7.</b></td>
316 <td align="left" valign="top">
317 <p>
318 Why does the auto collection of mail not work?
319
320 </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>
327 Auto collection works since version 0.5.1. If you need it
328 or want it, you should upgrade.
329
330 </p>
331 </td>
332 </tr>
333 <tr class="question">
334 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e213"></a><a name="faq-filtering-sylpheed"></a><b>1.8.</b></td>
335 <td align="left" valign="top">
336 <p>
337 Does Sylpheed have mail filtering?
338
339 </p>
340 </td>
341 </tr>
342 <tr class="answer">
343 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
344 <td align="left" valign="top">
345 <p>
346 Yes. You can find it in <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span> -&gt; <span class="guimenuitem">Filter settings...</span></p>
347 <p>
348 Please note that filtering is not yet implemented for IMAP accounts.
349
350 </p>
351 </td>
352 </tr>
353 <tr class="question">
354 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e227"></a><a name="faq-imap-sylpheed"></a><b>1.9.</b></td>
355 <td align="left" valign="top">
356 <p>
357 Can Sylpheed handle IMAP mail?
358
359 </p>
360 </td>
361 </tr>
362 <tr class="answer">
363 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
364 <td align="left" valign="top">
365 <p>
366 Yes. As of version 0.4.99 IMAP is supported.
367
368 </p>
369 </td>
370 </tr>
371 <tr class="question">
372 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e234"></a><a name="faq-local-unix-sylpheed"></a><b>1.10.</b></td>
373 <td align="left" valign="top">
374 <p>
375 Can Sylpheed handle local unix mailboxes?
376
377 </p>
378 </td>
379 </tr>
380 <tr class="answer">
381 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
382 <td align="left" valign="top">
383 <p>
384 Yes.
385
386 </p>
387 </td>
388 </tr>
389 <tr class="question">
390 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e241"></a><a name="faq-ipv6-sylpheed"></a><b>1.11.</b></td>
391 <td align="left" valign="top">
392 <p>
393 Can Sylpheed handle IPv6?
394
395 </p>
396 </td>
397 </tr>
398 <tr class="answer">
399 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
400 <td align="left" valign="top">
401 <p>
402 Yes, IPv6 is fully supported in Sylpheed.
403
404 </p>
405 </td>
406 </tr>
407 <tr class="question">
408 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e248"></a><a name="faq-encryption-gpg-sylpheed"></a><b>1.12.</b></td>
409 <td align="left" valign="top">
410 <p>
411 Does Sylpheed support encryption like GPG?
412
413 </p>
414 </td>
415 </tr>
416 <tr class="answer">
417 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
418 <td align="left" valign="top">
419 <p>
420 Yes. GPG is implemented and works fine. For activating it in Sylpheed,
421 see the appropriate question in the Installation section.
422
423 </p>
424 </td>
425 </tr>
426 <tr class="question">
427 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e255"></a><a name="faq-mime-types-sylpheed"></a><b>1.13.</b></td>
428 <td align="left" valign="top">
429 <p>
430 How does Sylpheed check for MIME types?
431
432 </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>
439 Sylpheed uses the Mutt type of mime checking.
440
441 </p>
442 </td>
443 </tr>
444 <tr class="question">
445 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e262"></a><a name="faq-html-sylpheed"></a><b>1.14.</b></td>
446 <td align="left" valign="top">
447 <p>Does Sylpheed allow me to write HTML styled messages?
448
449 </p>
450 </td>
451 </tr>
452 <tr class="answer">
453 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
454 <td align="left" valign="top">
455 <p>
456 No. A discussion has gone around over this topic, and
457 the outcome was that HTML mail is not wanted. If you
458 really need to send HTML, you can of course attach a
459 web page to an email.
460 </p>
461 </td>
462 </tr>
463 <tr class="question">
464 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e269"></a><a name="faq-completion-adress-sylpheed"></a><b>1.15.</b></td>
465 <td align="left" valign="top">
466 <p>Does Sylpheed have automatic name completion in the address fields?
467
468 </p>
469 </td>
470 </tr>
471 <tr class="answer">
472 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
473 <td align="left" valign="top">
474 <p>
475 Yes. When you search for a name that starts with "<code class="literal">don</code>",
476 type "<code class="literal">don</code>" (without the quotes) and it will show you the correct name (when only one "don"
477 exists in your address book. Otherwise a drop-down list
478 appears, which allows you to select the name you want.
479 E.g. Donald Duck, Don Johnson. But also email addresses
480 starting with "<code class="literal">don</code>" will appear in the list (like
481 "<code class="literal">don.giovanni@maffia.org</code>").
482 </p>
483 <p>Prior to Sylpheed 3.1, users needed to press the <span><strong class="keycap">Tab</strong></span> key before the search would start. If you still prefer the previous behavior, you can enable it by checking <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Details</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Other</span>-&gt;<span class="guisubmenu">Address book</span>+<span class="guilabel">Address auto-completion:</span>+<span class="guilabel">Start with Tab</span>.
484 </p>
485 </td>
486 </tr>
487 <tr class="question">
488 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e309"></a><a name="faq-tab-error-sylpheed"></a><b>1.16.</b></td>
489 <td align="left" valign="top">
490 <p>Fine, but when I hit the Tab key I either get an error message or nothing happens at all.
491
492 </p>
493 </td>
494 </tr>
495 <tr class="answer">
496 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
497 <td align="left" valign="top">
498 <p>
499 When you want to use name completion, make sure that
500 there are names in your address book. If there are no
501 names, even Sylpheed has a hard time completing
502 something.
503 </p>
504 <p>If nothing happens at all when typing text in the address fields, make sure that you have the address auto-completion enabled
505 by checking that the following preference is not selected: <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Details</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Other</span>-&gt;<span class="guisubmenu">Address book</span>+<span class="guilabel">Address auto-completion:</span>+<span class="guilabel">Disabled</span>.
506 </p>
507 </td>
508 </tr>
509 <tr class="question">
510 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e334"></a><a name="faq-sylpheed-fast"></a><b>1.17.</b></td>
511 <td align="left" valign="top">
512 <p>Why is Sylpheed so fast?
513
514 </p>
515 </td>
516 </tr>
517 <tr class="answer">
518 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
519 <td align="left" valign="top">
520 <p>That's what it is designed for!
521
522 </p>
523 </td>
524 </tr>
525 <tr class="question">
526 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e341"></a><a name="faq-patches-sylpheed"></a><b>1.18.</b></td>
527 <td align="left" valign="top">
528 <p>Where can I get the current patches for Sylpheed?
529
530 </p>
531 </td>
532 </tr>
533 <tr class="answer">
534 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
535 <td align="left" valign="top">
536 <p>In most cases, current patches are being posted by Sylpheed users and contributors to the <a href="http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed" target="_top">Sylpheed mailing list</a> <code class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:sylpheed@sraoss.jp">sylpheed@sraoss.jp</a>&gt;</code>.
537 (Also see the Installation section on how to install a patch.)
538
539 </p>
540 </td>
541 </tr>
542 <tr class="question">
543 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e354"></a><a name="faq-send-patches-sylpheed"></a><b>1.19.</b></td>
544 <td align="left" valign="top">
545 <p>How can I send in patches, report bugs, talk about Sylpheed with others?
546
547 </p>
548 </td>
549 </tr>
550 <tr class="answer">
551 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
552 <td align="left" valign="top">
553 <p>To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed mailing
554 list at <a href="http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed" target="_top">
555 <code class="literal">http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed</code>
556 </a>. Note that there is
557 a Japanese and an English list, so pick the right one!
558 If you have made a patch that you want the world to know
559 of, please post it either to the mailing list, or contact the Sylpheed author, Hiroyuki Yamamoto <code class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp">hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</a>&gt;</code>.
560 </p>
561 <p>Please supply the information of <span class="guimenu">Tools</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Log window</span>, or the contents of
562 <code class="filename">sylpheed.log</code>, which is located under the configuration folder, when
563 reporting bugs.
564 </p>
565 </td>
566 </tr>
567 <tr class="question">
568 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e381"></a><a name="faq-content-type-header-sylpheed"></a><b>1.20.</b></td>
569 <td align="left" valign="top">
570 <p>When I send mail, the Content-Type header says the mail is in
571 US-ASCII, even when I specified ISO-8859-1?
572
573 </p>
574 </td>
575 </tr>
576 <tr class="answer">
577 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
578 <td align="left" valign="top">
579 <p>If ISO-8859-1 characters (&gt;= 0x80) are not used in the
580 message body, Sylpheed will automatically set the
581 charset value in the Content-Type header as US-ASCII.
582
583 </p>
584 </td>
585 </tr>
586 <tr class="question">
587 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e388"></a><a name="faq-word-wrap-sylpheed"></a><b>1.21.</b></td>
588 <td align="left" valign="top">
589 <p>Why does it look like word wrap is not working?
590
591 </p>
592 </td>
593 </tr>
594 <tr class="answer">
595 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
596 <td align="left" valign="top">
597 <p>Word wrapping is a bit peculiar perhaps. You can type
598 lines as long as you like. By the time you send or queue
599 a mail with long lines, Sylpheed will first wrap the
600 lines to the line length you set up, and then the mail
601 is queued. This is more convenient than you think. Once
602 a line is wrapped (hard line breaks are inserted in the
603 text) and you add something in a line there, the next
604 line will move to a separate new line, leaving one or
605 two words from the previous line "hanging there" alone.
606 E.g.
607
608 </p>
609 <div class="literallayout">
610 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;long&nbsp;line&nbsp;that<br>
611 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;is&nbsp;wrapped.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
612 </p>
613 </div>
614 <p>Now you add one word in the first line:
615
616 </p>
617 <div class="literallayout">
618 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;long&nbsp;line<br>
619 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that<br>
620 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;is&nbsp;wrapped&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
621 </p>
622 </div>
623 <p>This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get
624 a presentable mail again.
625
626
627 </p>
628 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
629 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
630 <p>As of Sylpheed 0.8.0., active word wrap has been
631 implemented. You can turn it on in <span class="guisubmenu">Common Preferences</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Compose</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Editor</span>+<span class="guilabel">Wrap on input</span>.
632
633 </p>
634 </div>
635 </td>
636 </tr>
637 <tr class="question">
638 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e414"></a><a name="d0e415"></a><b>1.22.</b></td>
639 <td align="left" valign="top">
640 <p>How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? </p>
641 </td>
642 </tr>
643 <tr class="answer">
644 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
645 <td align="left" valign="top">
646 <p>You need to copy the <code class="filename">sylpheed-2.0</code> directory with your user profile, and your entire local mail archive.
647 </p>
648 <p>Under UNIX, the user profile is stored in <code class="filename">$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0</code> by default, and your local mail archive is by default located in <code class="filename">$HOME/Mail</code>.
649 </p>
650 <p>While under Windows 2000/XP, the user profile is stored in <code class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\Application Data\Sylpheed</code> by default, and your local mail archive is by default located in <code class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\Application Data\Sylpheed\Mailboxes\Mail</code>.
651 </p>
652 <p>Under Windows Vista/Seven, the directory paths are <code class="filename">C:\Users\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\AppData\Roaming\Sylpheed</code>, and <code class="filename">C:\Users\<em class="replaceable"><code>(user name)</code></em>\AppData\Roaming\Sylpheed\Mailboxes\Mail</code>, respectively.
653 </p>
654 </td>
655 </tr>
656 <tr class="question">
657 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e460"></a><a name="faq-import-mbox-sylpheed"></a><b>1.23.</b></td>
658 <td align="left" valign="top">
659 <p>Can I import a mbox into Sylpheed's MH mailfolders?
660
661 </p>
662 </td>
663 </tr>
664 <tr class="answer">
665 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
666 <td align="left" valign="top">
667 <p>
668 Yes, just create/select the folder you want your
669 mails in, and select <span class="guimenuitem">Import mbox file...</span> in the <span class="guimenu">File</span>
670 menu.
671 </p>
672 </td>
673 </tr>
674 <tr class="question">
675 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e473"></a><a name="faq-procmail-use-sylpheed"></a><b>1.24.</b></td>
676 <td align="left" valign="top">
677 <p>
678 Can I use procmail to sort my mails with the MH mail handling?
679
680 </p>
681 </td>
682 </tr>
683 <tr class="answer">
684 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
685 <td align="left" valign="top">
686 <p>
687 Yes. Just make sure that you add <code class="computeroutput">/.</code> to the end of a rule so
688 procmail knows you are filtering into an MH mail folder. Example:
689
690 </p><pre class="programlisting">0:
691* ^Subject:.*sylpheed
692sylpheedmail/.
693</pre><p>Check <span><strong class="command">man procmail</strong></span> for details.
694
695 </p>
696 </td>
697 </tr>
698 <tr class="question">
699 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e490"></a><a name="faq-upgrade-sylpheed"></a><b>1.25.</b></td>
700 <td align="left" valign="top">
701 <p>
702 When I upgrade Sylpheed, are there things I should be aware of?
703
704 </p>
705 </td>
706 </tr>
707 <tr class="answer">
708 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
709 <td align="left" valign="top">
710 <p>
711 Yes!
712 </p>
713 <div class="itemizedlist">
714 <ul type="disc">
715 <li>
716 <p>Upgrade to 0.4.50: you should reconfigure your newsgroup settings</p>
717 </li>
718 <li>
719 <p>Upgrade to 0.4.63: you should set the URL string colors from the <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span> menu
720 </p>
721 </li>
722 <li>
723 <p>Upgrade to 0.4.65: some menu items have been moved</p>
724 </li>
725 <li>
726 <p>Upgrade to 0.7.3: many key bindings have changed</p>
727 </li>
728 <li>
729 <p>Upgrade to 2.2.3 or former on Windows: all configuration files such as mailboxes or bsfilter files are removed when performing
730 the upgrade and/or uninstallation, so please be careful and backup your data
731 </p>
732 </li>
733 </ul>
734 </div>
735 <p>You should always read the <code class="filename">NEWS</code> document (and also <code class="filename">NEWS-<em class="replaceable"><code>x</code></em>.0</code> if you are upgrading from a very old version) that is included in the release tarballs. The NEWS can also be viewed on the
736 <a href="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/news.html" target="_top">appropriate Sylpheed website page</a>.
737 </p>
738 </td>
739 </tr>
740 <tr class="question">
741 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e530"></a><a name="faq-update-views-sylpheed"></a><b>1.26.</b></td>
742 <td align="left" valign="top">
743 <p>How can I quickly update the views in Sylpheed?
744
745 </p>
746 </td>
747 </tr>
748 <tr class="answer">
749 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
750 <td align="left" valign="top">
751 <p>
752 Just press <span><strong class="keycap">Alt</strong></span>-<span><strong class="keycap">U</strong></span> or select <span class="guimenuitem">Update summary</span> from the <span class="guimenu">View</span> menu.
753
754 </p>
755 </td>
756 </tr>
757 <tr class="question">
758 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e549"></a><a name="faq-gvim-external-editor-sylpheed"></a><b>1.27.</b></td>
759 <td align="left" valign="top">
760 <p>Why can't I use gvim as external editor?
761
762 </p>
763 </td>
764 </tr>
765 <tr class="answer">
766 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
767 <td align="left" valign="top">
768 <p>
769 If one wishes to use gvim as an external editor it's
770 necessary to start it with the no-fork option <em class="parameter"><code>-f</code></em>, i.e.
771 in the configuration dialog box you need to enter
772 <span><strong class="command">gvim -f %s</strong></span>. If not the editor forks and open up a
773 separate file and when one quits the editor the changes
774 are lost and don't show up in the composer window.
775 (Thanks, Ed Collins!)
776
777 </p>
778 </td>
779 </tr>
780 <tr class="question">
781 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e562"></a><a name="faq-quote-messages-sylpheed"></a><b>1.28.</b></td>
782 <td align="left" valign="top">
783 <p>Can I quote just parts of the original message when replying?
784
785 </p>
786 </td>
787 </tr>
788 <tr class="answer">
789 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
790 <td align="left" valign="top">
791 <p>
792 Yes, select the part in the text view and choose <span class="guiicon">Reply</span>.
793
794 </p>
795 </td>
796 </tr>
797 <tr class="question">
798 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e572"></a><a name="faq-not-quoting-sylpheed"></a><b>1.29.</b></td>
799 <td align="left" valign="top">
800 <p>Can I reply without quoting at all?
801
802 </p>
803 </td>
804 </tr>
805 <tr class="answer">
806 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
807 <td align="left" valign="top">
808 <p>You need to disable quoting by editing the reply format under <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Compose tab</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Format tab</span>
809 (also works with
810 forward format which you can see below the reply format in the configuration dialog).
811 </p>
812 </td>
813 </tr>
814 <tr class="question">
815 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e589"></a><a name="d0e590"></a><b>1.30.</b></td>
816 <td align="left" valign="top">
817 <p> Does Sylpheed provide an anti-spam feature? </p>
818 </td>
819 </tr>
820 <tr class="answer">
821 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
822 <td align="left" valign="top">
823 <p>Yes. It has a <a href="http://www.bogofilter.org/" target="_top">bogofilter</a> and a <a href="http://bsfilter.org/index-e.html" target="_top">bsfilter</a> support. Just go to <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Common preferences...</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Junk mail</span> and check <span class="guilabel">Enable Junk mail control</span>. Then you can select a <span class="guilabel">Learning command</span> preset of your choice, or possibly use custom commands.
824 </p>
825 <p>You can also use other spam filters thanks to the Actions functionality (available under <span class="guimenu">Configuration</span>-&gt;<span class="guimenuitem">Actions...</span>).
826 </p>
827 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
828 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
829 <p>You need to have bogofilter, bsfilter, or other spam filter properly installed on your system prior to the junk mail configuration
830 in Sylpheed, unless you use Sylpheed for Windows, which comes with bsfilter included in the installation program (since version
831 2.7.0).
832 </p>
833 </div>
834 </td>
835 </tr>
836 <tr class="question">
837 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e627"></a><a name="d0e628"></a><b>1.31.</b></td>
838 <td align="left" valign="top">
839 <p>Are there any plug-ins extending standard Sylpheed functionality?</p>
840 </td>
841 </tr>
842 <tr class="answer">
843 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
844 <td align="left" valign="top">
845 <p>As of Sylpheed 3.1, there is an Attachment Tool Plug-in distributed with the Sylpheed source code and available under <code class="filename">plugin/attachment_tool/</code>. Its only function is to remove attachments from
846 selected messages and is provided more or less as a technology preview. More plug-ins are planned since Sylpheed 3.0, released
847 in early 2010, and later supports a plug-in interface. In the future, some of the Sylpheed features will be re-implemented
848 as plug-ins, and, moreover, various other plug-ins will be released.
849 </p>
850 <p>There is a page on the Sylpheed website dedicated to the <a href="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/plugin.html" target="_top">plug-in interface</a>. Additionally, the <code class="filename">PLUGIN.txt</code> file distributed directly with Sylpheed can provide you with some basic information on the topic.
851 </p>
852 <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
853 <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
854 <p>If you are a developer interested in creating plug-ins for Sylpheed, see the <a href="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/wiki/index.php?PluginSpec" target="_top">plug-in specification</a> on the Sylpheed wiki.
855 </p>
856 </div>
857 </td>
858 </tr>
859 <tr class="question">
860 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e651"></a><a name="faq-faq-sylpheed"></a><b>1.32.</b></td>
861 <td align="left" valign="top">
862 <p>Where I can find the latest Sylpheed FAQ and manual?
863
864 </p>
865 </td>
866 </tr>
867 <tr class="answer">
868 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
869 <td align="left" valign="top">
870 <p>
871 Go to <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net</a> and check out
872 the FAQ and manual from the Sylpheed Documentation Project (sylpheeddoc). Both
873 documents are available in multiple languages there and
874 usually contain the latest updates. The direct links are as follows:
875 </p>
876 <div class="itemizedlist">
877 <ul type="disc">
878 <li>
879 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/faq/sylpheed-faq.html" target="_top">current version of the English FAQ</a></p>
880 </li>
881 <li>
882 <p><a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/manual/sylpheed.html" target="_top">current version of the English manual</a></p>
883 </li>
884 </ul>
885 </div>
886 <p>Also see the question about available language versions at the top of this section. </p>
887 </td>
888 </tr>
889 <tr class="question">
890 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e672"></a><a name="d0e673"></a><b>1.33.</b></td>
891 <td align="left" valign="top">
892 <p>Where I can obtain source files for this document?</p>
893 </td>
894 </tr>
895 <tr class="answer">
896 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
897 <td align="left" valign="top">
898 <p>The source DocBook XML files in which this document is written can be obtained from a <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.cvs.sourceforge.net/sylpheeddoc/" target="_top">public CVS repository</a> that is part of the <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">Sylpheed Documentation Project</a>. The source files with all the necessary build system, XSL stylesheets or snapshots are stored under the "<a href="http://sylpheeddoc.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sylpheeddoc/doc/" target="_top">doc</a>" module in the CVS repository and can be checked out through anonymous CVS with the following commands (simply press Enter
899 when prompted for a password):
900 </p>
901 <p><span><strong class="command">cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@sylpheeddoc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sylpheeddoc login</strong></span></p>
902 <p><span><strong class="command">cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@sylpheeddoc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sylpheeddoc co -P doc</strong></span></p>
903 <p>The source files are also included in .tar.gz and .zip archives made available with each documentation release, these can
904 be downloaded from the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sylpheeddoc/files/" target="_top">appropriate project page</a>. For more information on the used project infrastructure, please see the <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/tools.html" target="_top">project website</a>.
905 </p>
906 </td>
907 </tr>
908 <tr class="question">
909 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e702"></a><a name="d0e703"></a><b>1.34.</b></td>
910 <td align="left" valign="top">
911 <p>I have found an error and/or outdated information in this document!</p>
912 </td>
913 </tr>
914 <tr class="answer">
915 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
916 <td align="left" valign="top">
917 <p>Please report any errors, misleading and/or outdated information to the <a href="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">Sylpheed Documentation Project</a>. You can see the list of Project members in the following question, so you can also contact them directly.
918 </p>
919 </td>
920 </tr>
921 <tr class="question">
922 <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e712"></a><a name="d0e713"></a><b>1.35.</b></td>
923 <td align="left" valign="top">
924 <p>Who are the members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project?</p>
925 </td>
926 </tr>
927 <tr class="answer">
928 <td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td>
929 <td align="left" valign="top">
930 <p>The current members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project are:</p><pre class="programlisting">Francois Barriere fbarriere at users.sourceforge.net
931Petr Kovar pknbe at users.sourceforge.net</pre><p>Below is the list of former members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project. Big thank you goes to all of them!</p><pre class="programlisting">Martin Bretschneider furbour at users.sourceforge.net
932Olivier Delhomme dup at users.sourceforge.net
933Doruk Fisek dobidik at users.sourceforge.net
934Melvin Hadasht mhadasht at users.sourceforge.net
935Nicolas Kaiser nikai at users.sourceforge.net
936Paul Kater pkater at users.sourceforge.net
937Ricardo Mones Lastra mones at users.sourceforge.net
938Jens Oberender jobi at users.sourceforge.net
939Marcelo Ramos hackpando at users.sourceforge.net
940Guido Rudolphi malatesta at users.sourceforge.net
941Frank Weng fweng at users.sourceforge.net</pre></td>
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