This following section was last updated on June 2019 and it refers to  Claws Mail, version 3.17.3 for Arch Linux 

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Claws Mail is a free and open-source, GTK+-based email and news client. It's user-friendly, lightweight, and fast.

If you're setting this up for the first time then follow from Installation, otherwise skip to Existing users

Installation

Goto Claws Mail download page and download the latest setup for your operating system. If you use a GNU/Linux system then you should be able to install it through your package manager.

Configuration

  1. You will be greeted with this wizard on startup:

  1. Click Forward and fill the details Claws Mail asks for in the next window.

  1. Then configure the Receiving server:

You can chose POP or IMAP (if you want to know more about the difference between IMAP and POP, you could check this article).

  1. Now configure the Sending server:

For both, IMAP and POP
Receiving server: disroot.org
Sending server: disroot.org

Note

Don't forget to enable SSL/TLS for both, receiving and sending server.

Done! \o/

Existing Users

If you're already using Claws Mail with other email accounts then follow this steps.

  1. Click on Create new account under Configuration

  1. Fill in the details

  1. Go to Send section and tick SMTP authentication
For both IMAP and POP
Receiving server: disroot.org
Sending server: disroot.org

Note

Don't forget to enable SSL/TLS for both, receiving and sending server.

Done! \o/

Claws Mail is a light but powerful client. You can play with the options and if you get stuck, join this mailing list.

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