The Balsa package contains a GNOME-2 based mail client.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.
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
Aspell-0.60.6.1, enchant-2.2.3, GMime-2.6.23, libESMTP-1.0.6, and Rarian-0.8.1
Compface-1.5.2, gtksourceview-3.24.8, libnotify-0.7.7, MIT Kerberos V5-1.16.1, MTA (that provides a sendmail command, note that it is only used if you didn't install the required libESMTP package), OpenLDAP-2.4.46, SQLite-3.24.0, WebKitGTK+-2.20.5, yelp-tools, and python-html2text
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/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
--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.
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.
Last updated on 2018-08-30 19:17:06 -0700