Sylpheed is a compact and fast e-mail and news client that is very light on resources. The interface of the program is very intuitive for most people that have used a mail client before.
But the program is easy to work with for any computer user and guides you through the setup of your mailbox from the startup. Advanced users will soon learn that the application is loaded with features and will accomodate their needs as well.
Sylpheed is a good alternative to other email clients due to its functions and its graceful interface.

What's New in This Release:
· A new application icon was added, and it is now used as a default window icon.
· A margin was added for the summary view when scrolling.
· The folder selection dialog now displays new/unread information for each folders.
· The displayed file size of attachments became more accurate.
· The filter rules are now modified after folders are moved.
· Several alert dialogs were modified.
· The line-wrap of composition was modified so that it doesn't break line after '-' (hyphen) to protect e-mail address etc.
· UTF-8 text file is now properly inserted in composition window.
· The Content-Type's charset is used as a fallback encoding of broken header strings on reply.
· The problem was fixed that signature was not switched properly by the account selection in re-edit mode or after editing with external editor.
· Attached files without text/* as the Content-Type is not uncanonicalized anymore.
· The URI parser of the text view was modified.
· The cache discrepancy problem of the queue folder was fixed.