https://claws-mail.org/faq/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Asv&feedformat=atom Claws Mail FAQ - User contributions [en] 2024-03-28T09:08:16Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.7 https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Interface&diff=3116 Interface 2019-06-23T08:53:03Z <p>Asv: Message list in &quot;three column view&quot;</p> <hr /> <div><br /> === How do I make Claws Mail display my language? ===<br /> <br /> You have to set some environment variables such as &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_CTYPE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_MESSAGES&lt;/code&gt; to your local language. Usually &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;LC_ALL&lt;/code&gt;) is sufficient. <br /> <br /> If you're using a packaged Claws Mail notice some distributions ship translation files in a separate package, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu they come in a &lt;code&gt;claws-mail-i18n&lt;/code&gt; package. Be sure you have also installed the corresponding translations package otherwise Claws Mail will not be able to display your language.<br /> <br /> === I don't like the default fonts. Can I change them? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The font for messages and folder/message lists can be set in '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts'.<br /> <br /> The font for the rest of the interface is determined by your GTK+ settings, which can be set in &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine&lt;/code&gt; (which is included by &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt;). For example<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> style &quot;default&quot; {<br /> font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-'''-'''-'''-'''-*-iso8859-1 &quot;<br /> }<br /> widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === How can I change the columns in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' press the 'Displayed columns' button, or right-click one of the column headers and choose 'Set displayed columns'. That pops up a screen with all the columns you can show or leave out of the message list.<br /> <br /> === Why is there an exclamation mark in parenthesis right after a folder name? ===<br /> <br /> It indicates that the folder has unread replies to marked messages.<br /> <br /> === Can I use a different editor to write my mails? ===<br /> <br /> Yes you can. In '/Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing' select the option 'Automatically launch the external editor'. The editor of your choice can be set in /Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'. Remember, if you want to use a command line editor like '''vi''' or '''emacs''', to write the name of the shell (%term%, %term%, %rxvt%) with the -e parameter in front of the editor. E.g.: &lt;code&gt;rxvt -e vi %s&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How to automatically show the selected message in the message window? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/', in the 'Open message when selected' frame, check the box for 'Always'.<br /> <br /> === Claws Mail saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending' there's a checkbox &quot;Save sent messages&quot;. Uncheck it, and it's solved.<br /> <br /> === How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail? ===<br /> <br /> That is very simple. First, ensure that the option &quot;Enable customizable menu shortcuts&quot; is enabled on the &quot;Other&quot; preferences page, then, suppose you want to assign a shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail out should start when you press Ctrl-Y. Click the &quot;Message&quot; menu and move the mouse over &quot;Send all messages&quot; (or press Alt+M to unroll the &quot;Message&quot; menu then use the down cursor key to activate this &quot;Send all messages&quot; menu entry). Now you press Ctrl-Y. Immediately the menu text is updated and the function is in place. Please note that a previous function that Ctrl-Y was assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If you want to remove the key binding, do the same thing, but press the &quot;delete&quot; key on the menu-item. Then the key binding is removed.<br /> <br /> Also see '/Configuration/Preferences/Other/Miscellanous/Keyboard Shortcuts' where you are able to reset the Default keybindings, or use other predefined keybindings.<br /> <br /> === Can I close windows without the mouse? ===<br /> <br /> Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape, you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of viewing the headers, and several others. Just give it a try and you will find all of them.<br /> <br /> === Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The options are: <br /> : %y = year in numbers <br /> : %m = month in number <br /> : %d = day in numbers<br /> : %c = date/time for locale<br /> : %A = full weekday name<br /> : %a = short weekday name<br /> : %B = full month name<br /> : %b = short month name<br /> : %H = hours in 24-clock<br /> : %I = hours in 12-clock. <br /> <br /> For more information go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' and click the 'Information' button to the right of the Date Format entry. <br /> <br /> For more options, see &lt;code&gt;man 3 strftime&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === Why can't I see the compface (X-Face) pictures? ===<br /> <br /> You need to have support for Compface built in. See how to enable compface support in [[Installation and Configuration]].<br /> <br /> === Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser? ===<br /> <br /> Check that you have configured your web browser correctly in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'.<br /> <br /> === Attachments with spaces in the name won't open! ===<br /> <br /> When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s parameter. Example: &lt;code&gt;gedit '%s'&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How do I change the toolbar? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars' and which Window's toolbar you want to change (eg. &quot;Main Window&quot;), then select the toolbar item that you wish to change. You can add your own [[Actions]] by selecting &quot;Claws Mail Actions Feature&quot; from the event selection box. The width of the toolbar buttons is derived from the longest entry from the &quot;Icon Text&quot; column. If (some of) the buttons are not translated to your native language, try the &quot;Default&quot; button.<br /> <br /> === What does the &quot;Ignore thread&quot; flag do? ===<br /> <br /> Every message that has the IGNORE THREAD flag will automatically unset the NEW and UNREAD flag.<br /> Also every child message of the message will get the flag too.<br /> So you won't see any message of this thread as a NEW message anymore after a new mail check.<br /> If you are not interested in the subject of a thread you won't be bothered with the mails anymore.<br /> <br /> IGNORE THREAD flag can be also checked in Condition of filtering or processing with 'ignore_thread' keyword.<br /> <br /> === How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers? ===<br /> <br /> Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list, (this is actually recommended since Claws provides great mailing list handling). Very often too, mailing lists include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, for instance &quot;[cairo]&quot;. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Claws allows you to simplify the displayed Subject by setting the folder property &quot;Simplify Subject Regexp&quot;. It is a regular expression that matches the part of the Subjects that you want to remove. In our example you would set it to<br /> <br /> \[cairo\]<br /> <br /> === How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? ===<br /> <br /> You need to copy the .claws-mail directory and your entire local mail archive. Make sure that the timestamps of all the files are preserved or else metadata (read/unread messages, color coding, etc.) might get lost. To preserve the timestamps, use tar, rsync, or unison (with the -times) option.<br /> <br /> === How do I mark all messages as read in all folders of a mailbox? ===<br /> <br /> Marking all messages as read function only operates at the folder level, so if you need to do it for a great amount of folders it becomes tiresome, even when turning off the confirmation dialog and just using the keyboard shorcut. The Python plugin can help with this. Once loaded, you can copy the &lt;tt&gt;Recusively-mark-messages-as-read&lt;/tt&gt; file included in the plugin's examples directory to your &lt;tt&gt;~/.claws-mail/python-scripts/main/&lt;/tt&gt; and select '/Tools/Python scripts/Refresh' to make it available under the '/Tools/Python scripts' menu.<br /> <br /> Note that the example script includes some [[http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/010406.html additional restrictions]] on the messages to be marked as read. You may need to customize these if other behaviour is desired.<br /> <br /> === How do I delete a thread? ===<br /> <br /> From the main window's menu, use /Message/Delete thread.<br /> <br /> === How do I move a thread to the Trash folder? ===<br /> <br /> From the main window's menu, use /Message/Move thread to trash.<br /> <br /> === How can I show/hide the main window menubar? ===<br /> <br /> Press &lt;tt&gt;Ctrl+F12&lt;/tt&gt;.<br /> <br /> === How can I make &quot;three column view&quot; use the same message list layout as &quot;default view&quot;? ===<br /> <br /> # Actually read the manual<br /> # Change &lt;code&gt;two_line_vertical&lt;/code&gt; property in &lt;code&gt;~/.claws-mail/clawsrc&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;tt&gt;0&lt;/tt&gt;.</div> Asv https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Filtering_and_Processing_of_Messages&diff=3112 Filtering and Processing of Messages 2019-06-11T10:45:10Z <p>Asv: How to wrap incoming messages automatically?</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div id=age&gt;<br /> === What type of value do the &quot;age ...&quot; match types in the filtering configuration expect? ===<br /> <br /> You simply have to add the value in days. If you want for example to select messages older than a month, enter 30 or 31.<br /> <br /> Example of a folder processing rule of the &quot;mailbox/claws-mail/&quot; Folder, that move messages older that 60 days to an archive folder:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> age_greater 60 move &quot;#mh/mailbox/claws-mail/archive&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Note:''' Age checks are done against the 'Date'-header in the mail. So if the sender has misconfigured his computer and sends mails with a wrong date, the rule could move mails instantly if the date is more then 60 days in the past or never when it is in the future.<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> === Can I filter messages based on Content-Type of attachments, for example &quot;application/x-msdownload&quot;? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. Select Match Type 'Body part' and enter the Value &lt;code&gt;Content-Type: application/x-msdownload&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> <br /> Please note that application/octet-stream is also a potential infected content (.pif for instance).<br /> You can also use a more generic case-insensitive regexp matching rule against the 'Body part' like the following one:&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> Content\-Type: ~[[a-z0-9_/-]]+; name=&quot;~[[^\.]]+\.(bat|pif|cmd|vbs|vba|scr|lnk|com|exe|java|asp|cgi)&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Note:''' This will also match text inside the message and not only the Content-Type, so be aware of messages discussing the structure of MIME-Mails.<br /> <br /> === What is the difference between Filtering, Folder Processing, Pre/Post-processing? ===<br /> <br /> Filtering rules are global. Messages received on an Account can be filtered in 2 ways, automatically or manually. To have the messages filtered automatically the option 'Filter messages on receiving' must be checked on the 'Receive' tab in the Account Preferences. Manual filtering can be performed by using '/Tools/Filter all messages in folder' or '/Tools/Filter selected messages'.<br /> <br /> Folder Processing rules apply only to the messages contained in that particular folder. A folder's Processing rules are applied upon entering that folder, or on program startup if 'Process at startup' is checked in a folder's Properties, or on demand by using 'Run processing rules' from the folder's context menu.<br /> <br /> Pre and post-processing rules are global rules which are executed before and after the folder processing rules, respectively.<br /> In other words: Whenever you select a folder, first pre-processing rules are applied, then folder specific processing rules and lastly post-processing rules. See [[Filtering_and_Processing_of_Messages#age|'age'-question]] for an example.<br /> <br /> === Can a filter modify the contents of a message? ===<br /> <br /> None of the built-in filters modify the contents of a message, but you can use the 'test' filter to run a command that can modify the contents of a message. See the next question for an example.<br /> <br /> === How do I configure a filter for running SpamAssassin? ===<br /> <br /> If you want to use SpamAssassin directly, instead of using the plugin, you can get the SpamAssassin headers added to each message, and/or tag the subject line of spam messages. First, you have to set up SpamAssassin correctly, which is beyond the scope of this FAQ. This example uses the spamc/spamd client server model, but it could easily be adapted for calling SpamAssassin directly. First, save this script somewhere in your PATH (eg $HOME/bin/sc-spamc).<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> #!/bin/bash<br /> #<br /> # sc-spamc : a script for using SpamAssassin header modification / subject<br /> # tagging vi Claws Mail filtering actions.<br /> #<br /> # Author: Robert Story<br /> # Send questions or comments to the claws-mail-users mailing list<br /> #<br /> # Based on a simpler script posted to the claws-mail-users mailing list<br /> # by Richard A Downing.<br /> #<br /> # Should return the return code from spamc (1=spam, 0=nospam/error)<br /> #<br /> <br /> die()<br /> {<br /> : error &quot;$@&quot;<br /> : exit 0<br /> }<br /> <br /> FILE=$*<br /> TEMP=sc-spamc.$$<br /> <br /> #<br /> # call spamc, redirect output to temporary file, and save return value<br /> #<br /> /usr/bin/spamc -E -t 30 &lt; &quot;$FILE&quot; &gt; &quot;$TEMP&quot;<br /> RC=$?<br /> <br /> #<br /> # make sure temp file exists before we replace original message<br /> #<br /> if ! test -s &quot;$TEMP&quot; ; then<br /> : die &quot;spamc result file doesn't exist or is 0 bytes&quot;<br /> fi<br /> <br /> #<br /> # backup original<br /> #<br /> mv &quot;$FILE&quot; &quot;$FILE.bak&quot;<br /> if test $? -ne 0; then<br /> : die &quot;'mv $@' failed!&quot;<br /> fi<br /> <br /> #<br /> # rename filtered file<br /> #<br /> mv &quot;$TEMP&quot; &quot;$FILE&quot;<br /> if test ! 0 = $?; then<br /> : mv &quot;$FILE.bak&quot; &quot;$FILE&quot;<br /> : die &quot;spam result rename failed, restoring backup&quot;<br /> else<br /> : rm &quot;$FILE.bak&quot;<br /> fi<br /> <br /> #<br /> # return spamc exit code<br /> #<br /> exit $RC<br /> <br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> Now, set up a Filtering rule (test &quot;!(sc-spamc %F)&quot;), with an action for dealing with spam (eg color it, move it to a folder, etc).<br /> <br /> === How do I add a filter for SPF checking? ===<br /> <br /> To check if the sender IP address matches the SPF record you can download the script sylpheed-spf.pl from http://www.willamowius.de/claws-spf.html and add a filter with the following condition and move matching mails to your spam folder.<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> test &quot;!(sylpheed-spf.pl -c &lt;%F)&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === My ISP adds headers that identify spam and viruses. How do I filter on a custom header? ===<br /> <br /> You can filter on a custom header. The drop-down list of headers defaults to the commonly used headers, but you can edit the list and add new entries. Create a filter in the normal way and select &quot;Header&quot; as the condition. Simply start typing in the list box to edit or add a header.<br /> <br /> <br /> === I prefer messages wrapped to ''N'' symbols, how can I do so automatically? ===<br /> <br /> You can configure an Action using either par:<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;|par 72Tbgjqw74bEe B=._A_a 72bgi|&lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> or fmt:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;|fmt -s -w 75|&lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> Both of these Actions will wrap what is displayed without changing the actual message file.</div> Asv https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Interface&diff=3099 Interface 2019-05-06T13:21:03Z <p>Asv: Added info about CTRL+F12</p> <hr /> <div><br /> === How do I make Claws Mail display my language? ===<br /> <br /> You have to set some environment variables such as &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_CTYPE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_MESSAGES&lt;/code&gt; to your local language. Usually &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;LC_ALL&lt;/code&gt;) is sufficient. <br /> <br /> If you're using a packaged Claws Mail notice some distributions ship translation files in a separate package, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu they come in a &lt;code&gt;claws-mail-i18n&lt;/code&gt; package. Be sure you have also installed the corresponding translations package otherwise Claws Mail will not be able to display your language.<br /> <br /> === I don't like the default fonts. Can I change them? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The font for messages and folder/message lists can be set in '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts'.<br /> <br /> The font for the rest of the interface is determined by your GTK+ settings, which can be set in &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine&lt;/code&gt; (which is included by &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt;). For example<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> style &quot;default&quot; {<br /> font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-'''-'''-'''-'''-*-iso8859-1 &quot;<br /> }<br /> widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === There are too many columns in the message list!! ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' press the 'Displayed columns' button, or right-click one of the column headers and choose 'Set displayed columns'. That pops up a screen with all the columns you can show or leave out of the message list.<br /> <br /> === Why is there an exclamation mark in parenthesis right after a folder name? ===<br /> <br /> It indicates that the folder has unread replies to marked messages.<br /> <br /> === Can I use a different editor to write my mails? ===<br /> <br /> Yes you can. In '/Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing' select the option 'Automatically launch the external editor'. The editor of your choice can be set in /Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'. Remember, if you want to use a command line editor like '''vi''' or '''emacs''', to write the name of the shell (%term%, %term%, %rxvt%) with the -e parameter in front of the editor. E.g.: &lt;code&gt;rxvt -e vi %s&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How to automatically show the selected message in the message window? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/', in the 'Open message when selected' frame, check the box for 'Always'.<br /> <br /> === Claws Mail saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending' there's a checkbox &quot;Save sent messages&quot;. Uncheck it, and it's solved.<br /> <br /> === How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail? ===<br /> <br /> That is very simple. First, ensure that the option &quot;Enable customizable menu shortcuts&quot; is enabled on the &quot;Other&quot; preferences page, then, suppose you want to assign a shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail out should start when you press Ctrl-Y. Click the &quot;Message&quot; menu and move the mouse over &quot;Send all messages&quot; (or press Alt+M to unroll the &quot;Message&quot; menu then use the down cursor key to activate this &quot;Send all messages&quot; menu entry). Now you press Ctrl-Y. Immediately the menu text is updated and the function is in place. Please note that a previous function that Ctrl-Y was assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If you want to remove the key binding, do the same thing, but press the &quot;delete&quot; key on the menu-item. Then the key binding is removed.<br /> <br /> Also see '/Configuration/Preferences/Other/Miscellanous/Keyboard Shortcuts' where you are able to reset the Default keybindings, or use other predefined keybindings.<br /> <br /> === Can I close windows without the mouse? ===<br /> <br /> Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape, you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of viewing the headers, and several others. Just give it a try and you will find all of them.<br /> <br /> === Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The options are: <br /> : %y = year in numbers <br /> : %m = month in number <br /> : %d = day in numbers<br /> : %c = date/time for locale<br /> : %A = full weekday name<br /> : %a = short weekday name<br /> : %B = full month name<br /> : %b = short month name<br /> : %H = hours in 24-clock<br /> : %I = hours in 12-clock. <br /> <br /> For more information go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' and click the 'Information' button to the right of the Date Format entry. <br /> <br /> For more options, see &lt;code&gt;man 3 strftime&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === Why can't I see the compface (X-Face) pictures? ===<br /> <br /> You need to have support for Compface built in. See how to enable compface support in [[Installation and Configuration]].<br /> <br /> === Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser? ===<br /> <br /> Check that you have configured your web browser correctly in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'.<br /> <br /> === Attachments with spaces in the name won't open! ===<br /> <br /> When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s parameter. Example: &lt;code&gt;gedit '%s'&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How do I change the toolbar? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars' and which Window's toolbar you want to change (eg. &quot;Main Window&quot;), then select the toolbar item that you wish to change. You can add your own [[Actions]] by selecting &quot;Claws Mail Actions Feature&quot; from the event selection box. The width of the toolbar buttons is derived from the longest entry from the &quot;Icon Text&quot; column. If (some of) the buttons are not translated to your native language, try the &quot;Default&quot; button.<br /> <br /> === What does the &quot;Ignore thread&quot; flag do? ===<br /> <br /> Every message that has the IGNORE THREAD flag will automatically unset the NEW and UNREAD flag.<br /> Also every child message of the message will get the flag too.<br /> So you won't see any message of this thread as a NEW message anymore after a new mail check.<br /> If you are not interested in the subject of a thread you won't be bothered with the mails anymore.<br /> <br /> IGNORE THREAD flag can be also checked in Condition of filtering or processing with 'ignore_thread' keyword.<br /> <br /> === Why doesn't colour labelling work under KDE? ===<br /> <br /> It seems that KDE likes to apply its own color schemes to GTK applications.<br /> Try changing/editing/replacing its configuration file &lt;tt&gt;~/.kde/share/config/gtkrc&lt;/tt&gt; to get better coloring.<br /> <br /> KDE likes to map its gui style stettings from QT (on which KDE is built) to GTK (on which GNOME is built). Creating an empty file called &lt;tt&gt;~/.no-qtrc-to-gtkrc-mapping&lt;/tt&gt; in your home directory stops this. You will need to restart the KDE session for this to take effect.<br /> <br /> I had the same problem (running kubuntu 5.10-preview), and to get claws-mail (version 1.9.14) to display the new blue color in the folder view again, the steps described above didn't do it for me. I had to also change one option in the KDE Settings in KDE -&gt; Settings -&gt; Appearances -&gt; GTK Styles and Fonts. Here i had to switch to &quot;use another style: Raleigh&quot;. With that it is working. I think this is really a KDE bug, because in the settings tab colors I unchecked the &quot;Apply colors to non-kde-applications&quot; checkbox and it is still doing it for claws-mail. (Markus.Kalb@gmail.com)<br /> <br /> === How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers? ===<br /> <br /> Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list, (this is actually recommended since Claws provides great mailing list handling). Very often too, mailing lists include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, for instance &quot;[cairo]&quot;. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Claws allows you to simplify the displayed Subject by setting the folder property &quot;Simplify Subject Regexp&quot;. It is a regular expression that matches the part of the Subjects that you want to remove. In our example you would set it to<br /> <br /> \[cairo\]<br /> <br /> === How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? ===<br /> <br /> You need to copy the .claws-mail directory and your entire local mail archive. Make sure that the timestamps of all the files are preserved or else metadata (read/unread messages, color coding, etc.) might get lost. To preserve the timestamps, use tar, rsync, or unison (with the -times) option.<br /> <br /> === How do I mark all messages as read in all folders of a mailbox? ===<br /> <br /> Marking all messages as read function only operates at the folder level, so if you need to do it for a great amount of folders it becomes tiresome, even when turning off the confirmation dialog and just using the keyboard shorcut. The Python plugin can help with this. Once loaded, you can copy the &lt;tt&gt;Recusively-mark-messages-as-read&lt;/tt&gt; file included in the plugin's examples directory to your &lt;tt&gt;~/.claws-mail/python-scripts/main/&lt;/tt&gt; and select '/Tools/Python scripts/Refresh' to make it available under the '/Tools/Python scripts' menu.<br /> <br /> Note that the example script includes some [[http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/010406.html additional restrictions]] on the messages to be marked as read. You may need to customize these if other behaviour is desired.<br /> <br /> === How do I delete a thread? ===<br /> <br /> From the main window's menu, use /Message/Delete thread.<br /> <br /> === How do I move a thread to the Trash folder? ===<br /> <br /> From the main window's menu, use /Message/Move thread to trash.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Menu bar has disappeared! ===<br /> <br /> Press &lt;tt&gt;CTRL+F12&lt;/tt&gt;. Alternatively, you can set &lt;code&gt;mainwin_menubar=1&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;tt&gt;.clawsrc&lt;/tt&gt;</div> Asv https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Interface&diff=3096 Interface 2019-05-01T14:10:59Z <p>Asv: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> === How do I make Claws Mail display my language? ===<br /> <br /> You have to set some environment variables such as &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_CTYPE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_MESSAGES&lt;/code&gt; to your local language. Usually &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;LC_ALL&lt;/code&gt;) is sufficient. <br /> <br /> If you're using a packaged Claws Mail notice some distributions ship translation files in a separate package, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu they come in a &lt;code&gt;claws-mail-i18n&lt;/code&gt; package. Be sure you have also installed the corresponding translations package otherwise Claws Mail will not be able to display your language.<br /> <br /> === I don't like the default fonts. Can I change them? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The font for messages and folder/message lists can be set in '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts'.<br /> <br /> The font for the rest of the interface is determined by your GTK+ settings, which can be set in &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine&lt;/code&gt; (which is included by &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt;). For example<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> style &quot;default&quot; {<br /> font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-'''-'''-'''-'''-*-iso8859-1 &quot;<br /> }<br /> widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === There are too many columns in the message list!! ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' press the 'Displayed columns' button, or right-click one of the column headers and choose 'Set displayed columns'. That pops up a screen with all the columns you can show or leave out of the message list.<br /> <br /> === Why is there an exclamation mark in parenthesis right after a folder name? ===<br /> <br /> It indicates that the folder has unread replies to marked messages.<br /> <br /> === Can I use a different editor to write my mails? ===<br /> <br /> Yes you can. In '/Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing' select the option 'Automatically launch the external editor'. The editor of your choice can be set in /Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'. Remember, if you want to use a command line editor like '''vi''' or '''emacs''', to write the name of the shell (%term%, %term%, %rxvt%) with the -e parameter in front of the editor. E.g.: &lt;code&gt;rxvt -e vi %s&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How to automatically show the selected message in the message window? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/', in the 'Open message when selected' frame, check the box for 'Always'.<br /> <br /> === Claws Mail saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending' there's a checkbox &quot;Save sent messages&quot;. Uncheck it, and it's solved.<br /> <br /> === How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail? ===<br /> <br /> That is very simple. First, ensure that the option &quot;Enable customizable menu shortcuts&quot; is enabled on the &quot;Other&quot; preferences page, then, suppose you want to assign a shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail out should start when you press Ctrl-Y. Click the &quot;Message&quot; menu and move the mouse over &quot;Send all messages&quot; (or press Alt+M to unroll the &quot;Message&quot; menu then use the down cursor key to activate this &quot;Send all messages&quot; menu entry). Now you press Ctrl-Y. Immediately the menu text is updated and the function is in place. Please note that a previous function that Ctrl-Y was assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If you want to remove the key binding, do the same thing, but press the &quot;delete&quot; key on the menu-item. Then the key binding is removed.<br /> <br /> Also see '/Configuration/Preferences/Other/Miscellanous/Keyboard Shortcuts' where you are able to reset the Default keybindings, or use other predefined keybindings.<br /> <br /> === Can I close windows without the mouse? ===<br /> <br /> Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape, you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of viewing the headers, and several others. Just give it a try and you will find all of them.<br /> <br /> === Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The options are: <br /> : %y = year in numbers <br /> : %m = month in number <br /> : %d = day in numbers<br /> : %c = date/time for locale<br /> : %A = full weekday name<br /> : %a = short weekday name<br /> : %B = full month name<br /> : %b = short month name<br /> : %H = hours in 24-clock<br /> : %I = hours in 12-clock. <br /> <br /> For more information go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' and click the 'Information' button to the right of the Date Format entry. <br /> <br /> For more options, see &lt;code&gt;man 3 strftime&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === Why can't I see the compface (X-Face) pictures? ===<br /> <br /> You need to have support for Compface built in. See how to enable compface support in [[Installation and Configuration]].<br /> <br /> === Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser? ===<br /> <br /> Check that you have configured your web browser correctly in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'.<br /> <br /> === Attachments with spaces in the name won't open! ===<br /> <br /> When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s parameter. Example: &lt;code&gt;gedit '%s'&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How do I change the toolbar? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars' and which Window's toolbar you want to change (eg. &quot;Main Window&quot;), then select the toolbar item that you wish to change. You can add your own [[Actions]] by selecting &quot;Claws Mail Actions Feature&quot; from the event selection box. The width of the toolbar buttons is derived from the longest entry from the &quot;Icon Text&quot; column. If (some of) the buttons are not translated to your native language, try the &quot;Default&quot; button.<br /> <br /> === What does the &quot;Ignore thread&quot; flag do? ===<br /> <br /> Every message that has the IGNORE THREAD flag will automatically unset the NEW and UNREAD flag.<br /> Also every child message of the message will get the flag too.<br /> So you won't see any message of this thread as a NEW message anymore after a new mail check.<br /> If you are not interested in the subject of a thread you won't be bothered with the mails anymore.<br /> <br /> IGNORE THREAD flag can be also checked in Condition of filtering or processing with 'ignore_thread' keyword.<br /> <br /> === Why doesn't colour labelling work under KDE? ===<br /> <br /> It seems that KDE likes to apply its own color schemes to GTK applications.<br /> Try changing/editing/replacing its configuration file &lt;tt&gt;~/.kde/share/config/gtkrc&lt;/tt&gt; to get better coloring.<br /> <br /> KDE likes to map its gui style stettings from QT (on which KDE is built) to GTK (on which GNOME is built). Creating an empty file called &lt;tt&gt;~/.no-qtrc-to-gtkrc-mapping&lt;/tt&gt; in your home directory stops this. You will need to restart the KDE session for this to take effect.<br /> <br /> I had the same problem (running kubuntu 5.10-preview), and to get claws-mail (version 1.9.14) to display the new blue color in the folder view again, the steps described above didn't do it for me. I had to also change one option in the KDE Settings in KDE -&gt; Settings -&gt; Appearances -&gt; GTK Styles and Fonts. Here i had to switch to &quot;use another style: Raleigh&quot;. With that it is working. I think this is really a KDE bug, because in the settings tab colors I unchecked the &quot;Apply colors to non-kde-applications&quot; checkbox and it is still doing it for claws-mail. (Markus.Kalb@gmail.com)<br /> <br /> === How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers? ===<br /> <br /> Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list, (this is actually recommended since Claws provides great mailing list handling). Very often too, mailing lists include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, for instance &quot;[cairo]&quot;. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Claws allows you to simplify the displayed Subject by setting the folder property &quot;Simplify Subject Regexp&quot;. It is a regular expression that matches the part of the Subjects that you want to remove. In our example you would set it to<br /> <br /> \[cairo\]<br /> <br /> === How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? ===<br /> <br /> You need to copy the .claws-mail directory and your entire local mail archive. Make sure that the timestamps of all the files are preserved or else metadata (read/unread messages, color coding, etc.) might get lost. To preserve the timestamps, use tar, rsync, or unison (with the -times) option.<br /> <br /> === How do I mark all messages as read in all folders of a mailbox? ===<br /> <br /> Marking all messages as read function only operates at the folder level, so if you need to do it for a great amount of folders it becomes tiresome, even when turning off the confirmation dialog and just using the keyboard shorcut. The Python plugin can help with this. Once loaded, you can copy the &lt;tt&gt;Recusively-mark-messages-as-read&lt;/tt&gt; file included in the plugin's examples directory to your &lt;tt&gt;~/.claws-mail/python-scripts/main/&lt;/tt&gt; and select '/Tools/Python scripts/Refresh' to make it available under the '/Tools/Python scripts' menu.<br /> <br /> Note that the example script includes some [[http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/010406.html additional restrictions]] on the messages to be marked as read. You may need to customize these if other behaviour is desired.<br /> <br /> === How do I delete a thread instead of a single message? ===<br /> <br /> You are probably using &quot;Del&quot; keyboard button. Instead, use &lt;code&gt;Message &amp;rarr; Move thread to trash&lt;/code&gt; menu item.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Remember, It is possible to map hotkey if you prefer this behaviour to be default: [[Interface#How_can_I_change_the_key-bindings_.28hot-keys.29_in_Claws_Mail.3F|hotkeys howto]].</div> Asv https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Interface&diff=3095 Interface 2019-05-01T14:09:35Z <p>Asv: How do I delete a thread instead of a single message?</p> <hr /> <div><br /> w do I make Claws Mail display my language? ===<br /> <br /> You have to set some environment variables such as &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_CTYPE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_MESSAGES&lt;/code&gt; to your local language. Usually &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;LC_ALL&lt;/code&gt;) is sufficient. <br /> <br /> If you're using a packaged Claws Mail notice some distributions ship translation files in a separate package, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu they come in a &lt;code&gt;claws-mail-i18n&lt;/code&gt; package. Be sure you have also installed the corresponding translations package otherwise Claws Mail will not be able to display your language.<br /> <br /> === I don't like the default fonts. Can I change them? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The font for messages and folder/message lists can be set in '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts'.<br /> <br /> The font for the rest of the interface is determined by your GTK+ settings, which can be set in &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine&lt;/code&gt; (which is included by &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt;). For example<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> style &quot;default&quot; {<br /> font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-'''-'''-'''-'''-*-iso8859-1 &quot;<br /> }<br /> widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === There are too many columns in the message list!! ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' press the 'Displayed columns' button, or right-click one of the column headers and choose 'Set displayed columns'. That pops up a screen with all the columns you can show or leave out of the message list.<br /> <br /> === Why is there an exclamation mark in parenthesis right after a folder name? ===<br /> <br /> It indicates that the folder has unread replies to marked messages.<br /> <br /> === Can I use a different editor to write my mails? ===<br /> <br /> Yes you can. In '/Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing' select the option 'Automatically launch the external editor'. The editor of your choice can be set in /Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'. Remember, if you want to use a command line editor like '''vi''' or '''emacs''', to write the name of the shell (%term%, %term%, %rxvt%) with the -e parameter in front of the editor. E.g.: &lt;code&gt;rxvt -e vi %s&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How to automatically show the selected message in the message window? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/', in the 'Open message when selected' frame, check the box for 'Always'.<br /> <br /> === Claws Mail saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending' there's a checkbox &quot;Save sent messages&quot;. Uncheck it, and it's solved.<br /> <br /> === How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail? ===<br /> <br /> That is very simple. First, ensure that the option &quot;Enable customizable menu shortcuts&quot; is enabled on the &quot;Other&quot; preferences page, then, suppose you want to assign a shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail out should start when you press Ctrl-Y. Click the &quot;Message&quot; menu and move the mouse over &quot;Send all messages&quot; (or press Alt+M to unroll the &quot;Message&quot; menu then use the down cursor key to activate this &quot;Send all messages&quot; menu entry). Now you press Ctrl-Y. Immediately the menu text is updated and the function is in place. Please note that a previous function that Ctrl-Y was assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If you want to remove the key binding, do the same thing, but press the &quot;delete&quot; key on the menu-item. Then the key binding is removed.<br /> <br /> Also see '/Configuration/Preferences/Other/Miscellanous/Keyboard Shortcuts' where you are able to reset the Default keybindings, or use other predefined keybindings.<br /> <br /> === Can I close windows without the mouse? ===<br /> <br /> Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape, you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of viewing the headers, and several others. Just give it a try and you will find all of them.<br /> <br /> === Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The options are: <br /> : %y = year in numbers <br /> : %m = month in number <br /> : %d = day in numbers<br /> : %c = date/time for locale<br /> : %A = full weekday name<br /> : %a = short weekday name<br /> : %B = full month name<br /> : %b = short month name<br /> : %H = hours in 24-clock<br /> : %I = hours in 12-clock. <br /> <br /> For more information go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' and click the 'Information' button to the right of the Date Format entry. <br /> <br /> For more options, see &lt;code&gt;man 3 strftime&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === Why can't I see the compface (X-Face) pictures? ===<br /> <br /> You need to have support for Compface built in. See how to enable compface support in [[Installation and Configuration]].<br /> <br /> === Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser? ===<br /> <br /> Check that you have configured your web browser correctly in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'.<br /> <br /> === Attachments with spaces in the name won't open! ===<br /> <br /> When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s parameter. Example: &lt;code&gt;gedit '%s'&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How do I change the toolbar? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars' and which Window's toolbar you want to change (eg. &quot;Main Window&quot;), then select the toolbar item that you wish to change. You can add your own [[Actions]] by selecting &quot;Claws Mail Actions Feature&quot; from the event selection box. The width of the toolbar buttons is derived from the longest entry from the &quot;Icon Text&quot; column. If (some of) the buttons are not translated to your native language, try the &quot;Default&quot; button.<br /> <br /> === What does the &quot;Ignore thread&quot; flag do? ===<br /> <br /> Every message that has the IGNORE THREAD flag will automatically unset the NEW and UNREAD flag.<br /> Also every child message of the message will get the flag too.<br /> So you won't see any message of this thread as a NEW message anymore after a new mail check.<br /> If you are not interested in the subject of a thread you won't be bothered with the mails anymore.<br /> <br /> IGNORE THREAD flag can be also checked in Condition of filtering or processing with 'ignore_thread' keyword.<br /> <br /> === Why doesn't colour labelling work under KDE? ===<br /> <br /> It seems that KDE likes to apply its own color schemes to GTK applications.<br /> Try changing/editing/replacing its configuration file &lt;tt&gt;~/.kde/share/config/gtkrc&lt;/tt&gt; to get better coloring.<br /> <br /> KDE likes to map its gui style stettings from QT (on which KDE is built) to GTK (on which GNOME is built). Creating an empty file called &lt;tt&gt;~/.no-qtrc-to-gtkrc-mapping&lt;/tt&gt; in your home directory stops this. You will need to restart the KDE session for this to take effect.<br /> <br /> I had the same problem (running kubuntu 5.10-preview), and to get claws-mail (version 1.9.14) to display the new blue color in the folder view again, the steps described above didn't do it for me. I had to also change one option in the KDE Settings in KDE -&gt; Settings -&gt; Appearances -&gt; GTK Styles and Fonts. Here i had to switch to &quot;use another style: Raleigh&quot;. With that it is working. I think this is really a KDE bug, because in the settings tab colors I unchecked the &quot;Apply colors to non-kde-applications&quot; checkbox and it is still doing it for claws-mail. (Markus.Kalb@gmail.com)<br /> <br /> === How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers? ===<br /> <br /> Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list, (this is actually recommended since Claws provides great mailing list handling). Very often too, mailing lists include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, for instance &quot;[cairo]&quot;. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Claws allows you to simplify the displayed Subject by setting the folder property &quot;Simplify Subject Regexp&quot;. It is a regular expression that matches the part of the Subjects that you want to remove. In our example you would set it to<br /> <br /> \[cairo\]<br /> <br /> === How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? ===<br /> <br /> You need to copy the .claws-mail directory and your entire local mail archive. Make sure that the timestamps of all the files are preserved or else metadata (read/unread messages, color coding, etc.) might get lost. To preserve the timestamps, use tar, rsync, or unison (with the -times) option.<br /> <br /> === How do I mark all messages as read in all folders of a mailbox? ===<br /> <br /> Marking all messages as read function only operates at the folder level, so if you need to do it for a great amount of folders it becomes tiresome, even when turning off the confirmation dialog and just using the keyboard shorcut. The Python plugin can help with this. Once loaded, you can copy the &lt;tt&gt;Recusively-mark-messages-as-read&lt;/tt&gt; file included in the plugin's examples directory to your &lt;tt&gt;~/.claws-mail/python-scripts/main/&lt;/tt&gt; and select '/Tools/Python scripts/Refresh' to make it available under the '/Tools/Python scripts' menu.<br /> <br /> Note that the example script includes some [[http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/010406.html additional restrictions]] on the messages to be marked as read. You may need to customize these if other behaviour is desired.<br /> <br /> === How do I delete a thread instead of a single message? ===<br /> <br /> You are probably using &quot;Del&quot; keyboard button. Instead, use &lt;code&gt;Message &amp;rarr; Move thread to trash&lt;/code&gt; menu item.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Remember, It is possible to map hotkey if you prefer this behaviour to be default: [[Interface#How_can_I_change_the_key-bindings_.28hot-keys.29_in_Claws_Mail.3F|hotkeys howto]].</div> Asv https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Interface&diff=3089 Interface 2019-04-22T11:08:30Z <p>Asv: /* There are too many columns in the message list!! */</p> <hr /> <div>=== How do I make Claws Mail display my language? ===<br /> <br /> You have to set some environment variables such as &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_CTYPE&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;LC_MESSAGES&lt;/code&gt; to your local language. Usually &lt;code&gt;LANG&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;LC_ALL&lt;/code&gt;) is sufficient. <br /> <br /> If you're using a packaged Claws Mail notice some distributions ship translation files in a separate package, for example, in Debian/Ubuntu they come in a &lt;code&gt;claws-mail-i18n&lt;/code&gt; package. Be sure you have also installed the corresponding translations package otherwise Claws Mail will not be able to display your language.<br /> <br /> === I don't like the default fonts. Can I change them? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The font for messages and folder/message lists can be set in '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Fonts'.<br /> <br /> The font for the rest of the interface is determined by your GTK+ settings, which can be set in &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine&lt;/code&gt; (which is included by &lt;code&gt;$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0&lt;/code&gt;). For example<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> style &quot;default&quot; {<br /> font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-'''-'''-'''-'''-*-iso8859-1 &quot;<br /> }<br /> widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> === There are too many columns in the message list! ===<br /> <br /> In &lt;code&gt;Configuration &amp;rarr; Preferences &amp;rarr; Display Summaries &amp;rarr; Message List&lt;/code&gt; press the 'Displayed columns' button. That pops up a screen with all the options you can show or leave out of the message list.<br /> <br /> === Why is there an exclamation mark in parenthesis right after a folder name? ===<br /> <br /> It indicates that the folder has unread replies to marked messages.<br /> <br /> === Can I use a different editor to write my mails? ===<br /> <br /> Yes you can. In '/Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing' select the option 'Automatically launch the external editor'. The editor of your choice can be set in /Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'. Remember, if you want to use a command line editor like '''vi''' or '''emacs''', to write the name of the shell (%term%, %term%, %rxvt%) with the -e parameter in front of the editor. E.g.: &lt;code&gt;rxvt -e vi %s&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How to automatically show the selected message in the message window? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/', in the 'Open message when selected' frame, check the box for 'Always'.<br /> <br /> === Claws Mail saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that? ===<br /> <br /> In '/Configuration/Preferences/Mail Handling/Sending' there's a checkbox &quot;Save sent messages&quot;. Uncheck it, and it's solved.<br /> <br /> === How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Claws Mail? ===<br /> <br /> That is very simple. First, ensure that the option &quot;Enable customizable menu shortcuts&quot; is enabled on the &quot;Other&quot; preferences page, then, suppose you want to assign a shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail out should start when you press Ctrl-Y. Click the &quot;Message&quot; menu and move the mouse over &quot;Send all messages&quot; (or press Alt+M to unroll the &quot;Message&quot; menu then use the down cursor key to activate this &quot;Send all messages&quot; menu entry). Now you press Ctrl-Y. Immediately the menu text is updated and the function is in place. Please note that a previous function that Ctrl-Y was assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If you want to remove the key binding, do the same thing, but press the &quot;delete&quot; key on the menu-item. Then the key binding is removed.<br /> <br /> Also see '/Configuration/Preferences/Other/Miscellanous/Keyboard Shortcuts' where you are able to reset the Default keybindings, or use other predefined keybindings.<br /> <br /> === Can I close windows without the mouse? ===<br /> <br /> Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape, you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of viewing the headers, and several others. Just give it a try and you will find all of them.<br /> <br /> === Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message list? ===<br /> <br /> Yes. The options are: <br /> : %y = year in numbers <br /> : %m = month in number <br /> : %d = day in numbers<br /> : %c = date/time for locale<br /> : %A = full weekday name<br /> : %a = short weekday name<br /> : %B = full month name<br /> : %b = short month name<br /> : %H = hours in 24-clock<br /> : %I = hours in 12-clock. <br /> <br /> For more information go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Display/Summaries/Message List' and click the 'Information' button to the right of the Date Format entry. <br /> <br /> For more options, see &lt;code&gt;man 3 strftime&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === Why can't I see the compface (X-Face) pictures? ===<br /> <br /> You need to have support for Compface built in. See how to enable compface support in [[Installation and Configuration]].<br /> <br /> === Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser? ===<br /> <br /> Check that you have configured your web browser correctly in '/Configuration/Preferences/Message View/External Programs'.<br /> <br /> === Attachments with spaces in the name won't open! ===<br /> <br /> When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s parameter. Example: &lt;code&gt;gedit '%s'&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> === How do I change the toolbar? ===<br /> <br /> Go to '/Configuration/Preferences/Toolbars' and which Window's toolbar you want to change (eg. &quot;Main Window&quot;), then select the toolbar item that you wish to change. You can add your own [[Actions]] by selecting &quot;Claws Mail Actions Feature&quot; from the event selection box. The width of the toolbar buttons is derived from the longest entry from the &quot;Icon Text&quot; column. If (some of) the buttons are not translated to your native language, try the &quot;Default&quot; button.<br /> <br /> === What does the &quot;Ignore thread&quot; flag do? ===<br /> <br /> Every message that has the IGNORE THREAD flag will automatically unset the NEW and UNREAD flag.<br /> Also every child message of the message will get the flag too.<br /> So you won't see any message of this thread as a NEW message anymore after a new mail check.<br /> If you are not interested in the subject of a thread you won't be bothered with the mails anymore.<br /> <br /> IGNORE THREAD flag can be also checked in Condition of filtering or processing with 'ignore_thread' keyword.<br /> <br /> === Why doesn't colour labelling work under KDE? ===<br /> <br /> It seems that KDE likes to apply its own color schemes to GTK applications.<br /> Try changing/editing/replacing its configuration file &lt;tt&gt;~/.kde/share/config/gtkrc&lt;/tt&gt; to get better coloring.<br /> <br /> KDE likes to map its gui style stettings from QT (on which KDE is built) to GTK (on which GNOME is built). Creating an empty file called &lt;tt&gt;~/.no-qtrc-to-gtkrc-mapping&lt;/tt&gt; in your home directory stops this. You will need to restart the KDE session for this to take effect.<br /> <br /> I had the same problem (running kubuntu 5.10-preview), and to get claws-mail (version 1.9.14) to display the new blue color in the folder view again, the steps described above didn't do it for me. I had to also change one option in the KDE Settings in KDE -&gt; Settings -&gt; Appearances -&gt; GTK Styles and Fonts. Here i had to switch to &quot;use another style: Raleigh&quot;. With that it is working. I think this is really a KDE bug, because in the settings tab colors I unchecked the &quot;Apply colors to non-kde-applications&quot; checkbox and it is still doing it for claws-mail. (Markus.Kalb@gmail.com)<br /> <br /> === How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers? ===<br /> <br /> Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list, (this is actually recommended since Claws provides great mailing list handling). Very often too, mailing lists include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, for instance &quot;[cairo]&quot;. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Claws allows you to simplify the displayed Subject by setting the folder property &quot;Simplify Subject Regexp&quot;. It is a regular expression that matches the part of the Subjects that you want to remove. In our example you would set it to<br /> <br /> \[cairo\]<br /> <br /> === How do I copy my mail archive to another machine? ===<br /> <br /> You need to copy the .claws-mail directory and your entire local mail archive. Make sure that the timestamps of all the files are preserved or else metadata (read/unread messages, color coding, etc.) might get lost. To preserve the timestamps, use tar, rsync, or unison (with the -times) option.<br /> <br /> === How do I mark all messages as read in all folders of a mailbox? ===<br /> <br /> Marking all messages as read function only operates at the folder level, so if you need to do it for a great amount of folders it becomes tiresome, even when turning off the confirmation dialog and just using the keyboard shorcut. The Python plugin can help with this. Once loaded, you can copy the &lt;tt&gt;Recusively-mark-messages-as-read&lt;/tt&gt; file included in the plugin's examples directory to your &lt;tt&gt;~/.claws-mail/python-scripts/main/&lt;/tt&gt; and select '/Tools/Python scripts/Refresh' to make it available under the '/Tools/Python scripts' menu.<br /> <br /> Note that the example script includes some [[http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/010406.html additional restrictions]] on the messages to be marked as read. You may need to customize these if other behaviour is desired.</div> Asv