Sylpheed adopts 3-paned display similar to the popular e-mail
clients for Windows such as Outlook Express and Becky.The user-interface
is comfortable operational.
Stability and the protection of data is taken into account to the
fullest extent. Storing several thousand messages doesn't affect the
stability. Even if the application is forcibly terminated, there is
almost no possibility of the lost of mail, or inconsistent state of
mailboxes.
Sylpheed supports not only the major protocols such as POP3,
IMAP4rev1 and SMTP, but also NNTP (NetNews) but also IPv6, which is the
next-generation Internet protocol. Sylpheed optionally supports the
signing and encryption of messages by GnuPG, and the encrypted
communication of POP3/IMAP4/NNTP over SSL/TLSv1.
Sylpheed has a powerful search function which utilizes this
filtering engine. Moreover, you can easily refer to the messages which
matches search conditions by saving the result as a search folder. It
also has the quick search function which quickly narrows down the
message list by flag types and subject strings.
Sylpheed has a learning-type of junk mail control which utilizes
external commands. You can automatically filter junk mails without
setting filter rules by hand, so you don't have to worry about being
buried in the flood of junk mail anymore. It also has high flexibility.
Other than the bogofilter and bsfilter, which are the default, you can
use any programs as the external commands. The preset commands are
available, so you can easily make use of it.
Features:
Simple, beautiful, and well-polished user interface
Comfortable operationality which is built in detail
Immediately available with minimal configuration
Lightweight operation
High reliability
Internationalization and Multilingualization support
High-level Japanese processing
Various protocols support
Security features (GnuPG, POP3/IMAP4/NNTP over SSL/TLSv1)
Powerful filtering
Junk mail control
Flexible cooperation with external commands
