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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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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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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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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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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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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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Move to the next mail instead of the previous one when hitting Delete in Claws Mail

Background When I hit Delete (or Ctrl+d) in order to delete a selected email, the program selects the previous email (an older one). Question Is it possible to modify this behaviour so I can ...
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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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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 - 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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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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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 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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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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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-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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