SYNOPSIS

icedove [OPTIONS] [URL]

/usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

Icedove provides IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, junk mail controls, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book, LDAP address completion, import tools and the ability to manage multiple identities in email and newsgroup accounts.

Icedove provides enterprise and government grade security such as S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, and support for certificates and security devices.

USAGE

icedove is a executable file that will set up the environment for the starting executable, icedove-bin. If there is an Icedove mail client already running, icedove will arrange for it to create a new mail client window; otherwise it will start the Icedove application.

OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by icedove is included below.

X11 options

--display=DISPLAY

X display to use

--sync

Make X calls synchronous

--g-fatal-warnings

Make all warnings fatal

Mozilla options

-h, -help

Show summary of options.

-v, -version

Print Icedove version.

-P [profile]

Start with profile. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require -no-remote, see below.

-migration

Start with migration wizard. May require -no-remote, see below.

-ProfileManager

Start with profile manager. May require -no-remote, see below.

-no-remote

Don't connect to a running Icedove instance. Don't accept or send remote commands. This option can be necessary in conjunction to several of the options above, that won't have any effect when an Icedove instance is running unless -no-remote is used at the same time.

-new-instance

Open a new instance instead of a new windows in the running instance.

-UILocale locale

Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and available locales for Icedove.

-safe-mode

Starts Icedove in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages.

-jsconsole

Start with Javascript Console

-addressbook

Open the address book at startup.

-compose

Compose a mail or news message.

-mail

Open the mail folder view.

-mail URL

Open the message specified by this URL.

-news

Open the news client.

-setDefaultMail

Set Icedove as the default mail client.

-options

Open the options dialog.

-file

Open the specified email file.

DEBUGGING

To debug Icedove, you need to run run-mozilla.sh with the absolute path of icedove.

/usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh [DEBUGOPTIONS] /usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin

DEBUGOPTIONS

A summary of the options for debugging icedove is included below.

-g, -debug

Starts Icedove through a debugger (gdb by default).

--debugger program

Use program (instead the default) as a debugger for Icedove. Implies -debug.

FILES

/usr/bin/icedove - shell script wrapping icedove-bin

/usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin - icedove executable

EXAMPLES

Some typical use case for starting Icedove from a console

Starting Icedove without any extra options, useful to any messages from icedove in case something went not o.k.:

icedove

Starting Icedove without any extensions or themes, useful if extensions may make some trouble:

icedove -safe-mode

Starting Icedove with a composing window:

icedove -compose

Starting Icedove with the default debugger:

/usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh -debug /usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin

Starting Icedove with the specific debugger:

/usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh --debugger /foo/bar/debugger /usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin

AUTHORS

The Mozilla Organization

http://www.mozilla.org/about.html