source: xsoft/other/balsa.xml@ 923c90dc

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY balsa-download-http "http://balsa.gnome.org/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY balsa-md5sum        "N/A">
  <!ENTITY balsa-size          "2.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY balsa-buildsize     "45.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY balsa-time          "0.67 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="balsa.html" ?>
<title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Balsa</application></title>

<para>The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 2 based mail client.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&balsa-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &balsa-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&balsa-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&balsa-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Balsa</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/>, 
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>, 
<xref linkend="aspell"/>, 
<xref linkend="libesmtp"/> and 
<ulink url="http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/">GMime >= 2.1.9</ulink></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>, 
<xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
<xref linkend="openldap"/>, 
<xref linkend="pcre"/>, 
<xref linkend="procmail"/>, 
<xref linkend="sendmail-package"/> (or other 
<ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink> that links to 
<command>/usr/sbin/sendmail</command>), 
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html#gpgme">GPGME</ulink> and 
<ulink 
url="http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html#gnupg2">GnuPG-1.9.x</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Balsa</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts 
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts 
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-ssl</option>: Use this option to enable 
<acronym>SSL</acronym> support if 
<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> is installed.</para>

<para><option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable 
<acronym>LDAP</acronym> address book support if 
<application>Open<acronym>LDAP</acronym></application> is installed.</para>

<para><option>--with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable
<acronym>GPG</acronym> support if 
<quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote> 
(<application><acronym>GPGME</acronym></application>) is installed.</para>

<para><option>--enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable 
S/<acronym>MIME</acronym> support if <application>GnuPG-1.9.x</application> 
is installed.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Balsa</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done through 
the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox configuration 
done with the Settings&mdash;&gt;Preferences menu.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The Balsa package contains <command>balsa</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>balsa</title>
<para><command>balsa</command> is a 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 2 based mail client.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>