Sylpheed
Encyclopedia
Sylpheed is an open source
e-mail client
and news client
licensed under the GPL
. It provides easy configuration and an abundance of features. It stores mail in the MH Message Handling System
. Sylpheed runs on Unix-like
systems such as Linux
or BSD as well as on Mac OS X
and Windows
. It uses GTK+
.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
e-mail client
E-mail client
An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent , is a computer program used to manage a user's email.The term can refer to any system capable of accessing the user's email mailbox, regardless of it being a mail user agent, a relaying server, or a human typing on a terminal...
and news client
News client
A newsreader is an application program that reads articles on Usenet . Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news server, via the Network News Transfer Protocol , to download articles and post new articles...
licensed under the GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
. It provides easy configuration and an abundance of features. It stores mail in the MH Message Handling System
MH Message Handling System
The MH Message Handling System is a free, open source e-mail client. It is different from almost all other mail reading systems in that, instead of a single program, it is made from several different programs which are designed to work from the command line provided by the shell on Unix-like...
. Sylpheed runs on Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
systems such as Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
or BSD as well as on Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. It uses GTK+
GTK+
GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
.
Projects
- Sylpheed's classic branch focuses on stability. It is maintained by Sylpheed's founder Hiroyuki Yamamoto.
See also
- Claws MailClaws MailClaws Mail is a free, GTK+-based, open source email and news client. It offers easy configuration and an abundance of features. It stores mail in the MH mailbox format and also the Mbox mailbox format via a plugin...
(formerly the Sylpheed-Claws project within Sylpheed) is a fork that offers extra and extended features, among them scoringScorefileSome Usenet newsreaders, especially in the Unix world, have tried to make it easier to find interesting postings and filter useless ones. To accomplish this, these newsreaders provide so-called scorefiles, which are sets of rules that, when triggered, alter the rating, or score, of a post...
, QuickSearch, icon themes, user-defined Actions, mailing list support, plugins for SpamAssassinSpamAssassinSpamAssassin is a computer program released under the Apache License 2.0 used for e-mail spam filtering based on content-matching rules. It is now part of the Apache Foundation....
, BogofilterBogofilterBogofilter is a mail filter that classifies e-mail as spam or ham by a statistical analysis of the message's header and content . The program is able to learn from the user's classifications and corrections. It was originally written by Eric S...
, RSS, Calendaring, HTML rendering, and others. - List of news clients
- Comparison of e-mail clientsComparison of e-mail clientsThe following tables compare general and technical features of a number of email client programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date.-General:...