Sylpheed

Jul 20, 2023

Lightweight, featureful, and fast GTK+ based e-mail client

Sylpheed is an e-mail client and news reader based on GTK+ 2, running on X Window System, and aiming for

  • Quick response
  • Graceful, and sophisticated interface
  • Easy configuration, intuitive operation
  • Abundant features

Currently, many features are supported including POP3, IMAP, NNTP, multiple accounts, threading, filtering, MIME attachments, APOP, SMTP AUTH, SSL, IPv6, GnuPG, internalization, and more.



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