glfs/xsoft/other/balsa.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY balsa-download-http "http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY balsa-md5sum "0f6c7c6c85337e611fcf6da098d421df">
<!ENTITY balsa-size "4.2 MB">
<!ENTITY balsa-buildsize "60 MB">
<!ENTITY balsa-time "0.4 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="balsa.html" ?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="balsa">
<primary sortas="a-Balsa">Balsa</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Balsa</title>
<para>The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
<application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail client.</para>
&lfs82_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<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>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Balsa Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="aspell"/>,
<xref linkend="enchant"/>,
<xref linkend="gmime"/>,
<xref linkend="libesmtp"/>, and
<xref linkend="rarian"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="pcre"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="compface"/>,
<xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
<xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
<xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
<command>sendmail</command> command, note that it is only used if you
didn't install the required <application>libESMTP</application>
package),
<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
<xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
<xref linkend="webkitgtk"/>,
<ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools/">yelp-tools</ulink>, and
<ulink url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text/">python-html2text</ulink>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional to Build S/MIME Support</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend='gpgme'/>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/balsa"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Balsa</title>
<para>Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--without-html-widget \
--without-libnotify &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<!-- Removed from 2.5.3
<para><parameter>- -with-rubrica</parameter>: This parameter is used
to provide Rubrica2 address book support.</para>
-->
<para><option>--enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable S/MIME
support if <application>GnuPG-2.x.x</application> is installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-canberra</option>: Enable libcanbera support.</para>
<para><option>--with-compface</option>: Enable compface support.</para>
<para><option>--witg-gcr</option>: Use libgcr for TLS support.</para>
<para><option>--with-gss</option>: Enable GSSAPI support.</para>
<para><option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable LDAP address
book support if <application>OpenLDAP</application> is installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-libsecret</option>: Enable strong password
support.</para>
<para><option>--with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable GPG support
if <quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote>
(<application>GPGME</application>) is installed.</para>
<para><option>-with-html-widget</option>: enable the html renderer (remove
<parameter>--without-html-widget</parameter>).</para>
<para><option>--with-sqlite</option>: Use this option to enable SQLite
address book support if <application>SQLite</application> is
installed.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring Balsa</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>
<para>If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.</para>
<para>If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
<xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>/etc/sounds/events,
/usr/share/balsa,
and /usr/share/sounds/balsa</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
<term><command>balsa</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a glib based mail client.
</para>
<indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
<primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="balsa-ab">
<term><command>balsa-ab</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is the address-book application used by <command>balsa</command>.
</para>
<indexterm zone="balsa balsa-ab">
<primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa-ab</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>