Balsa-2.5.6

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# Balsa-2.5.6

## Introduction to Balsa

The Balsa package contains a GNOME-2 based mail client.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-2.5.6.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: 33e06bad5f064156fe447b0d89a2f56d

- Download size: 4.3 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 75 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU

### Balsa Dependencies

#### Required

Aspell-0.60.6.1, enchant-2.2.3, GMime-2.6.23, libESMTP-1.0.6, and Rarian-0.8.1

#### Recommended

PCRE-8.42

#### Optional

Compface-1.5.2, gtksourceview-3.24.9, libnotify-0.7.7, MIT Kerberos V5-1.17, MTA (that provides a sendmail command, note that it is only used if you didn't install the required libESMTP package), OpenLDAP-2.4.47, SQLite-3.27.1, WebKitGTK+-2.22.6, yelp-tools, and python-html2text

#### Optional to Build S/MIME Support

GPGME-1.12.0

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/balsa

## Installation of Balsa

Install Balsa by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr            \
                --sysconfdir=/etc        \
                --localstatedir=/var/lib \
                --without-html-widget    \
                --without-libnotify      &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--enable-smime`: Use this option to enable S/MIME support if GnuPG-2.x.x is installed.

`--with-canberra`: Enable libcanberra support.

`--with-compface`: Enable compface support.

`--with-gcr`: Use libgcr for TLS support.

`--with-gss`: Enable GSSAPI support.

`--with-ldap`: Use this option to enable LDAP address book support if OpenLDAP is installed.

`--with-libsecret`: Enable strong password support.

`--with-gpgme`: Use this option to enable GPG support if “GnuPG Made Easy” (GPGME) is installed.

`-with-html-widget`: enable the html renderer (remove `--without-html-widget`).

`--with-sqlite`: Use this option to enable SQLite address book support if SQLite is installed.

## Configuring Balsa

### Configuration Information

All configuration of Balsa is done through the Balsa menu system, with mailbox configuration done with the Settings—>Preferences menu.

If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.

If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have Procmail-3.22 installed, as the incoming mail will be handed off to procmail for processing.

## Contents

Installed Programs: balsa and balsa-ab
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/sounds/events, /usr/share/balsa, and /usr/share/sounds/balsa

### Short Descriptions

balsa | is a glib based mail client.
balsa-ab | is the address-book application used by balsa.

Last updated on 2019-02-19 15:58:07 -0600

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