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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2 <appendix id="ap_faq"> 3 <title>The Claws Mail FAQ</title> 4 <section> 5 <title>What are the differences between Claws Mail and Sylpheed?</title> 6 <para> 7 Claws Mail is a fork of Sylpheed, therefore you will find that 8 it has all the features that Sylpheed has and a lot more besides. 9 It also includes some modified dialogues to enhance usability. 10 Further information can be found at 11 <ulink url="https://www.claws-mail.org/features.php"> 12 www.claws-mail.org/features.php</ulink>. 13 </para></section> 14 <section> 15 <title>Does Claws Mail allow me to write HTML styled messages?</title> 16 <para> 17 No. A discussion has gone on around this topic, and the outcome was that 18 HTML mail is not wanted. If you really need to send HTML, you can of 19 course attach a webpage to an email. 20 </para></section> 21 <section> 22 <title>How can I submit patches, report bugs, and talk about Claws Mail 23 with others?</title> 24 <para> 25 Patches should be submitted via our Bugzilla, 26 <ulink url='https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/'> 27 www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/</ulink>, 28 but please follow the patch guidelines at 29 <ulink url="https://www.claws-mail.org/devel.php"> 30 www.claws-mail.org/devel.php</ulink>. 31 </para> 32 <para> 33 Bug reports should be submitted at our Bugzilla, 34 <ulink url="https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/"> 35 www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/</ulink>. 36 </para> 37 <para> 38 To talk to others, you should join the Claws Mail users' mailing 39 list. Details can be found at 40 <ulink url="https://www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php"> 41 www.claws-mail.org/MLs.php</ulink>. 42 </para> 43 </section> 44 <section> 45 <title>Does Claws Mail have an anti-spam feature?</title> 46 <para> 47 Yes. It has a SpamAssassin and a Bogofilter plugin. You can find 48 details of it on the 49 <link linkend="ch_plugins">Extending Claws Mail</link> chapter. 50 </para> 51 <para> 52 You can also use other spam filters via the <quote>Filtering</quote> and 53 <quote>Actions</quote> features. Instructions on how to use other antispam 54 filters with Claws Mail can be found as a Bogofilter-based example 55 on the <ulink url="http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/faq.shtml#with-sc"> 56 Bogofilter FAQ</ulink>. 57 </para></section> 58 <section> 59 <title>Does Claws Mail support Return Receipts?</title> 60 <para> 61 Yes. 62 To request a Return Receipt use <quote>Options/Request Return 63 Receipt</quote> in the Compose window. When you receive a message that 64 requests a Return Receipt a notification area is shown just above the 65 message view. You can either use the <quote>Send receipt</quote> button, 66 or ignore the request - no receipts are sent automatically. 67 </para> 68 <para> 69 If you do not ever want to send Return Receipts then you can use the 70 option <quote>Never send Return Receipts</quote> in the 71 <quote>Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending</quote> page. 72 </para></section> 73 <section> 74 <title>How can I make Claws Mail notify me when new mail 75 arrives?</title> 76 <para> 77 Go to <quote>Configuration/Preferences</quote>, in the <quote>Mail 78 Handling/Receiving</quote> section, use the settings for <quote>Run 79 command</quote> in the <quote>After receiving new mail</quote> 80 frame. Alternatively, use the Trayicon plugin. 81 </para></section> 82 <section> 83 <title>Why are special characters (e.g. umlauts) not displayed 84 correctly?</title> 85 <para> 86 In most cases, this is caused by emails with broken encodings. You can 87 try to force it using the <quote>View/Character Encoding</quote> 88 submenu. 89 </para></section> 90 <section> 91 <title>Can I quote just a section of the original message when 92 replying?</title> 93 <para> 94 Yes, select the section of the message that you want to quote and use 95 <quote>Reply</quote>. 96 </para></section> 97 <section> 98 <title>Where can I find the answers to more FAQs about 99 Claws Mail?</title> 100 <para> 101 An enlarged, user-contributed FAQ can be found on the Claws Mail 102 website, <ulink url="https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/"> 103 www.claws-mail.org/faq/</ulink> 104 </para> 105 </section> 106 </appendix>