Sylpheed-Claws issue

Forum: Apps
Topic: Sylpheed-Claws issue
started by: gabev

Posted by gabev on Dec. 06 2006,01:10

I'm trying to print my email automatically and I believe Sylpheed can do that.So in common preferences i setup to auto-check new email every 15 minutes and also to execute a command (print) when new message arrives.The print command is lpr %s .I can print manually but Sylpheed cannot auto-print when new email arrives.What do I do wrong?

Posted by roberts on Dec. 06 2006,02:14

Either export your printer so all apps can find it, or modify the print command to specify your printer name.

export PRINTER=my_printer_name

or change the Sylpheed command to

lpr -h -P my_printer_name %s

Where my_printer_name is the name given during Aspfilter setup.

Posted by gabev on Dec. 06 2006,05:43

hi roberts,

I did export my printer , i just forgot to mention it.I did try thy new command and still no go.So I run sylpheed-claws from the command line and watch the error message:
Warning - Cannot open file '%s' , No such file or directory
EPSON_C86 : nothing to print

with the same command, lpr %s, I can print manually just fine.

the sylpheed -claws version is 0.7.4claws. is that a bug?

Posted by roberts on Dec. 06 2006,06:06

Oh, my bad. You are not talking about Sylpheed?
instead sylpheed-claws?

In DSL's version of Sylpheed, my printer setup, I chose the default lp as printer name.
In the Sylpheed print menu option, I change the print command to be :
lpr -h -Plp %s

It works fine for me.

I don't know about Claws.

Posted by gabev on Dec. 06 2006,06:18

On DSL's Sylpheed, both commands (lpr %s or lpr -h -P printer_name %s) are workin.But Sylpheed doesnt have execute command on new mail arrival so I installed sylpheed-claws which does have this option.The only problem is that when new email arrives , the external command lpr %s doesnt execute and on the terminal window I receive the warning - cannot open '%s' ,No such file or directory...but if I print manually from sylpheed-claws with lpr %s everything is ok.

those kinda bugs are driving me nuts.

Posted by shane on Dec. 16 2006,17:09

Sylpheed does have an execute command. right click a message and it appears.