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Balsa is an e-mail client for GNOME, highly configurable and incorporating all the features you would expect in a robust mail client.

News

2022-09-20

You can now download balsa-2.6.4 This release is better at handling HTML messages and calendar attachments.

2021-08-18

You can now download balsa-2.6.3 This release comes with a number of IMAP, HTML and PGP-related bug fixes and code cleanups.

2020-12-21

You can now download balsa-2.6.2 This release comes with a number of bug fixes and code cleanups.

2020-05-10

You can now download balsa-2.5.11 and balsa-2.6.1. balsa-2.5.11 still links against gmime2. Balsa-2.6.1 links against gmime30. Both versions have a TLS server identity bug fixed.

2020-04-12

You can now download balsa-2.5.10 and balsa-2.6.0. balsa-2.5.10 still links against gmime2. Balsa-2.6.0 links against gmime30.

2019-10-19

balsa-2.5.9 fixes HTML email layout bug in the previous release.

2019-10-11

balsa-2.5.8 - HTML email improvements; vcal attachment handling.

2019-05-25

balsa-2.5.7 - encryption, HTML email improvements; bug fixes.

2018-06-01

balsa-2.5.6 - webkit2 external load fix; reply-to-group improvements.

2018-02-26

balsa-2.5.5 - crypto and networking improvements; portability fixes.

2016-12-09

balsa-2.5.3 - gtk3 branch is master now; more bugfixes and ports.

2015-05-30

balsa-2.5.2 - a release of various bug fixes collected in gtk3 branch.

2013-04-27

balsa-2.5.1 - next batch of improvents for your mailing pleasure!

2013-02-28

balsa-2.5.0 - buildable against gtk3 - goes official!

2013-02-14

balsa-2.4.14 can be built on fedora-18.

2012-10-29

balsa-2.4.13 is released with a few minor bug fixes. We release also gtk3-enabled balsa snapshot.

2012-04-20

balsa-2.4.12 comes with crypto-related improvements. We release also balsa with gtk3 snapshot.

2011-11-22

balsa-2.4.11 handles better command line options.

2011-06-13

balsa-2.4.10 fixes some old bugs.

2010-11-19

balsa-2.4.9 builds against most recent libs.

2010-08-21

balsa-2.4.8 supports IMAP QUOTA and MYRIGHTS extensions.

2010-02-13

balsa-2.4.7 comes with a few minor bug fixes.

2010-01-27

balsa-2.4.3 to 2.4.5 had few glitches that were quickly fixed. balsa-2.4.6 contains the improvements.

2010-01-24

balsa-2.4.5 is released. It fixes the building problem observed for 2.4.3 in certain fairly common configurations.

2010-01-23

balsa-2.4.3 is released. It comes with a long set of new features including customization for netbooks and other systems with small screens.

2009-12-06

balsa-2.4.2 is released. It comes with improved library compatibility (openssl, gtk, libnm, webkit) and works better under Mac OS X.

2009-05-25

We release balsa-2.4.0 that requires gmime 2.4.0 or newer.

2009-05-23

Balsa website moves to http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/.

2009-01-18

balsa-2.3.28 fixes a bunch of bugs!

2008-12-30

balsa-2.3.27 comes with a rich set of improvements, some of them experimental.

2008-09-07

balsa-2.3.26 formats flowed messages better.

2008-06-14

balsa-2.3.25 can access GMail via IMAP.

2008-05-31

balsa-2.3.24 can access files over fuse mounts (smb, ssh etc.) and send HTML messages if really needed.

2008-03-20

balsa-2.3.23 should be bit faster and leak memory less.

2007-12-25

balsa-2.3.22 ships with many improvements in the compose window, including new address widgets and simpler spell checking language selection.

2007-12-08

balsa-2.3.21 migrates the UI interface to GtkUIManager and fixes a number of bugs.

2007-09-07

balsa-2.3.20 fixes a buffer overflow in the IMAP code.

2007-08-25

balsa-2.3.19 can be compiled against development GNOME releases.

2007-07-04

balsa-2.3.17 adds APOP server signature verification and few other capabilitites.

2007-05-27

balsa-2.3.16 fixes few minor but annoying bugs in 2.3.15.

2007-05-01

balsa-2.3.15 supports GtkPrint, LDAP referrals, IMAP BINARY and comes with a number of bug fixes!

2006-12-12

balsa-2.3.14 contains few more performance fixes and new features.

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Reviews

LinuxPlanet

Connecting with GNOME Mail Clients by Michael Hall

LinuxWorld

Joe's mail woes by Joe Barr