Balsa(1) Version Balsa(1)
1.3.5 1.3.5
26 February 2002
NAME
Balsa - the GNOME email client.
SYNOPSIS
balsa [--help] [--version] [-c] [--checkmail] [-m USER@HOST.TLD]
[--compose=USER@HOST.TLD] [-a FILENAME] [--attach=FILENAME] [-o
MAILBOX] [--open-mailbox=MAILBOX] [-u] [--open-unread-mailbox] [-d]
[--debug-pop]
DESCRIPTION
Balsa is an e-mail reader. This client is part of the GNOME desktop
environment. It supports local mailboxes, POP3 and IMAP. For help on
using Balsa, see the program documentation in the help menu.
OPTIONS
-c, --checkmail
Balsa will immediately check for new mail when the program is
launched
-i, --open-inbox
Balsa will open the Inbox on startup.
-m USER@HOST.TLD, --compose=USER@HOST.TLD
When invoked with this option, balsa will open a new message with
the specified address in the To: field. The parameter can be
specified also in URL format - it makes it possible to use balsa
as mailto protocol handler by setting the mailto protocol command
to balsa -m "%s" in URL handlers section of GNOME control center.
-a FILENAME, --attach=FILENAME
When invoked with this option, balsa will open a new message with
the specified file already attached to the message.
-o MAILBOX, --open-mailbox=MAILBOX
Balsa will open automatically at startup the mailbox or mailboxes
specified on the command line with this option. Multiple
mailboxes are delimited by semicolons.
-u, --open-unread-mailbox
Open the first unread mailbox when balsa is launched.
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-d, --debug-pop
Dumps the POP3 communication to stderr. Useful for debugging POP3
connections.
WEBSITE
http://balsa.gnome.org/
SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
Any bugs found should be reported to the Balsa Developer mailing list
at balsa-list@gnome.org or you may want to make use of the online
bug-tracking system available on the web at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. See http://balsa.gnome.org/bugs.html for
more information on reporting bugs.
Before reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug is mentioned in
the FAQ's or the mailing list archive. See the section on Other Info
for locations of these.
When reporting Balsa bugs, it is important to include a reliable way
to reproduce the bug, version number of Balsa (as well as GTK and
GNOME), OS name and version, and any relevant hardware specs.
If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace can be
provided. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.
AUTHORS
See the AUTHORS file included with Balsa, probably at
/usr/share/doc/balsa-1.3.5/AUTHORS
FILES
~/.gnome/balsa Balsa's preferences file.
~/.gnome_private/balsa Balsa's POP and IMAP passwords file.
SEE ALSO
mailcap(5) metamail(1) sendmail(8)
COPYRIGHT
(c) 1997-2002 Stuart Parmenter and others, see AUTHORS for a list of
people.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
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provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.
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