Balsa-2.0.10

Introduction to Balsa

Download location (HTTP):       http://balsa.gnome.org/balsa-2.0.10.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        
Version used:                   2.0.10
Package size:                   2.5MB
Estimated Disk space required:  65MB

The Balsa package contains a Gnome 2 based mail reader.

Balsa depends on:
libgtkhtml-2.2.1, libgnome-2.2.0.1, openssl-0.9.7a, 
aspell-0.50.3 and libesmtp-0.8.12
Balsa will utilize:
pcre-4.1.

Installation of Balsa

Install Balsa by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --with-ssl &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--with-ssl : Change the Balsa default of no ssl support.

Configuring Balsa

Configuration Information

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

Contents

The Balsa package contains balsa.

Description

balsa

Balsa is the Gnome 2 based mail reader.