Finally on Sylpheed

[Nicholas Wourms]

--- Jim George <jim.george@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I say finally but of course the fun is just beginning for me:)
> 
> I now have sylpheed (the X Mail Client) running under cygwin-X and
> it's very good, there are some items that could be beefed
> up/improved upon (and I shall offer whatever help I'm able to) but
> on the whole very good.
> 
> So that this isn't one of those mails that just takes up
> bandwidth...
> 
> To create it you need glib-1.2.10 and gtk.1.2.10 or above, also
> libiconv (this is already part of the main setup for cygwin,
> although you need to specifically select it), and of course you
> need sylpheed (current release is 0.8.0).
> 
> You can get glib and gtk at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/1.2
> You can get sylpheed at http://sylpheed.good-day.net
> 
> You need to make one alteration in the glib package for it to
> compile.  Comment out line 705 of gstrfuncs.c and it will compile
> flawlessly.
> 
> Can the lis let me know if there is interest in a X Mail Client for
> cygwin, in which case I'll investigate becoming a maintainter for
> the list?
> 
Jim,

Why don't you wait until Lapo releases the glib/gtk packages.  That
way you can link to them dynamically.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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