Questions tagged [claws-mail]
Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader), based on GTK+. Questions should be related to the use of the software with a PC. Development and bug questions should be directed to the developers.
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How can CLAWS move mail from iMap server to local mail folders?
Since Thunderbird's new developers mangled GPG encryption I've been using "Interlink" as a functional spin off. Unfortunately Interlink is no longer supported and I'm considering "Claws&...
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Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK2 ver) Windows port, doesn't have subpixel anti-aliasing
I'm using the Windows port of Claws Mail 3.19.1 (latest version with GTK2) on Windows 10, but the fonts are not subpixel anti-aliased (RGB), they're either raw pixel edges ("crisp"), or ...
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claws-mail: can it compose mail beyond plain text?
linux 6. claws-mail 4.
Claws 4 works well. But all emails are composed in plain, ascii text. No other formatting appears possible.
I want to know if claws supports the equivalent of rich-text: i.e. ...
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claws email change sort order to show latest email at the top
Every time I open Claws email it always shows the screen with the bottom email highlighted. I can change the order so that it is either the oldest or most recent email but cannot find a way so that ...
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I have restored my .claws-mail folder but c-w still presents the first run wizard and ignores my settings
I'm using Linux Mint 19 and have been backing up daily with BackInTime. On previous occasions when I have restored files claws-mail has re-opened just as I left it.
On this occasion it keeps ...
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Claws Mail warns that gmail certificate changed on every connection
Since recently, my Claws Mail client pops up a message "SSL/TSL certificate changed" every time it tries to connect to my gmail account (at pop.gmail.com), with two options: "Cancel connection" and "...
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How to use metamail to extract mail attachments without interactive input?
I am looking for a way to save all attachments from an IMAP folder with 3000+ DMARC reports each of which is attached inside the individual messages as .zip or .xml.gz file. I am using Claws Mail ...
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How to change the sort order of existing and furture folders in Claws Mail?
By default, my emails are sorted by date descending. I prefer to have all my folders sorted in an ascending order instead.
What should I do so that I can automatically switch all the existing and to-...
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Move to the next mail instead of the previous one when hitting Delete in Claws Mail
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When I hit Delete (or Ctrl+d) in order to delete a selected email, the program selects the previous email (an older one).
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Is it possible to modify this behaviour so I can ...
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No HTML viewer plugins available for Claws Mail any more?
I have been using Claws Mail as my email client for almost a decade. It's fast, configurable and friendly.
However, it does not natively display HTML mail. For that you need a plugin, and three ...
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How to set a color to marked messages in Claws Mail?
I'm using Claws Mail version 3.9.3. Is there a way to set a color to marked messages in the message list?
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Change default folder where claws-mail stores mails
How can I change the directory where claws-mail stores the mail folders? By default it stores it in /home/USERNAME/.
I would like to have them in a hidden directory. Searching the web did not yield ...
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Claws-mail keyboard shortcut to load remote content
I am new to Claws Mail, I have just set it up on a Windows 7 machine; I have enabled the "Fancy" plugin, and found the "Setting/plugins/fancy/enable loading remote content" setting.
I have also found ...
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Some folders are missing in ClawsMail
I've restarted the system and when I run Claws-Mail again some of the folders where missing, they are in /home/kuba/Mail directory but they are not visible in Claws-Mail. How can I make them visible ...
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Claws Mail on Ubuntu - Can't customise keyboard shortcuts on the fly
In Claws Mail 3.11.1 on Ubuntu 14.04/ Unity desktop, 'Enable customisable keyboard shortcuts' is checked.
But when a menu item is higlighted, nothing happens when I press keys (unless the key combo is ...
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How do I apply claws-mail filters automatically?
I've installed claws-mail on arch and created some filters to sort my emails into different folders based on the age of the email. However, I have to manually apply the filters and would like them to ...
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Where does claws-mail save the mails and settings?
I am using claws mail on a windows 7 pc. Because I had computer problems I was forced to reinstall my computer on a new hard drive.
After that I wanted to save my old mail folder and claws-mail ...
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Claws Mail filter rule when `to` is the same as `from`
Is it possible to have a rule for filter that will test if to email is the same as from?
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What happens if I delete mails in my client (imap)
I have a very small netbook with 16 GB SSD. Thus, I want to delete mails older than one month (using Linux claws-mail, but that's not crucial to the question).
The question is, since I'm using IMAP, ...
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Is it possible to have Thunderbird-like local folders in claws-mail?
I like using claws-mail with an IMAP email account, but I need a way to move mail from my size-limited inbox to a local folder and still be able to search through it. Is this possible using a local ...
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Import emails from Claws IMAP cache [closed]
I am trying to import an IMAP account composed of many folders from Claws Mail internal cache. Claws is unfortunately unable to export all the folders by selecting the root account.
When checking the ...
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Claws mail configuration to use two panes layout
Is it possible to remove the preview pane in claws mail? I mean to have only two panes: Left with the folder tree and right with the e-mail list.
Then when I double click on the message or press ...
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Get Claw-Mail to read Exchange Calendar
I recently installed Claw-Mail and DavMail to talk to the office Exchange server to my Ubuntu workstation. The mail part works really well.
I installed the vCalendar plugin in Claws-mail to read my ...
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claws mail - modify email headers through an external program - for HTML messages
In Claws Mail, is there any way to insert / modify headers through an external program?
According to this documentation on Actions, there does not seem to be any way to do this. Specifically, when ...
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claws-mail error "undefined symbol: g_mutex_new"
my grandpa is running Pclos 2012 KDE4 on his desktop and uses Claws-mail. However (maybe after last update) claws-mail suddenly dies after almost very action like forward, reply etc. without any error ...
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Ubuntu: Is there a GUI for reading my mail (sent by running processes like crontab)?
I have hundreds of mail sent by crontab. It is extremely tedious to go through them one by one on the command line and read/delete them.
Is there a GUI that allows me to do that (so I can block ...
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Claws-Mail can't find its dictionaries for spell checking
Claws-Mail cannot find for whatever reason its spell checking files.
What you see in the picture, is what pop up, when I click the "compose mail" button.
What's happening here?
Mind, you, that is ...
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claws-mail suddenly does not recognize my .claws-mail folder
I turned my computer on today like any other day, and fired up my email-client claws-mail. However, instead of showing me my inbox, it just pops up the new-account wizard, as though my .claws-mail ...
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claws-mail configuration for gmail and hotmail
I've tried a dozen of tutorials for that and I cannot find why it don't work, I can send mail but not receive it ...
I've tried also thunderbird but my second hotmail don't work, I used it to learn ...
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