Sylpheed is a compact and fast e-mail and news client that is very light on resources. The interface of the program is very intuitive for most people that have used a mail client before.
But the program is easy to work with for any computer user and guides you through the setup of your mailbox from the startup. Advanced users will soon learn that the application is loaded with features and will accomodate their needs as well.
Sylpheed is a good alternative to other email clients due to its functions and its graceful interface.
Here are some key features of "Sylpheed":
· Unlimited multiple account handling
· Thread display
· Filtering
· MIME (attachments)
· built-in image view
· X-Face support
· External editor support
· Message queueing
· Draft message function
· Template
· Line-wrapping
· Clickable URI
· XML-based addressbook
· LDAP addressbook
· Jpilot addressbook (for Palm types handhelds)
· Newly arrived and unread message management
· Multiple MH folder support
· Mew/Wanderlust compatible key bindings
· News reader function
· Printing
· UIDL support
· APOP authentication
· SMTP AUTH support
· IPv6 support
· GPG encryption and signature
· Autoconf, automake support
· Support of i18n of messages by gettext
· Supports many locales, including UTF-8 (Unicode), when using libjconv
· IMAP4 compliant
Requirements:
· GTK+ 2.4.0 or later (GTK+ 2.6.10 is recommended)
· PentiumII 266MHz or higher CPU (PentiumIII 500MHz or higher is recommended)
· 128MB or higher RAM (256MB or higher is recommended, 512MB for Windows XP, 2GB for Windows Vista)
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· The POP3 remote mailbox now supports SOCKS proxy.
· The POP3 remote mailbox now retrieves headers from the newer messages (useful for slow connection).
· The POP3 remote mailbox can now reload message headers after the loading is stopped.
· The previous change of the message view (always show the message view on startup) was reverted except for vertical view mode.
· The crash bug that occurred when IMAP message fetching and new message checking happened at the same time was fixed.
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