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  pro­
              tocol command to balsa -m "%s" in URL handlers sec­
              tion 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  mail­
              box 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


       -d, --debug-pop
              Dumps the POP3 communication to stderr. Useful  for
              debugging POP3 connections.


WEBSITE

       http://www.balsa.net/


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://bugs.gnome.org/.      See
       http://www.balsa.net/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/doc/balsa-1.2.3/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) 1997-2001 Stuart Parmenter and others, see AUTHORS for
       a list of people.

       ware and its documentation for any purpose and without fee
       is hereby  granted,  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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