---
name: "claws-mail-python-plugin"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "claws-mail-python-plugin"
version: "4.3.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/claws-mail-python-plugin/7"
---

# claws-mail-python-plugin(7)

python scripting and console

## NAME

claws-mail-python-plugin - python scripting and console

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **claws-mail-python-plugin** plugin.

This manual page was written for the Debian™ distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**claws-mail-python-plugin** is a plugin (loadable module) for the *Claws Mail* mailer.

This plugin offers Python scripting access to *Claws Mail*. Also features a console for testing scripts, which can be saved for later usage as new menu items unther the “Tools” menu.

## USAGE

Before using a plugin you must instruct *Claws Mail* to load it on startup.

For this you must go “Configuration” menu on main window toolbar, open “Plugins...”  dialog, click on the “Load plugin...”  button and select the plugin file, named **python.so**, and press the “Open” button.

## SEE ALSO

[**claws-mail**(1)](/claws-mail/1.md), [**claws-mail-extra-plugins**(7)](/claws-mail-extra-plugins/7.md), The Python web site \<https://www.python.org\>.

## AUTHORS

- Holger Berndt \<berndth@gmx.de\>

  Wrote the **claws-mail-python-plugin**.

- Ricardo Mones \<mones@debian.org\>

  Wrote this manpage for the Debian™ system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020-2022 Ricardo Mones

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL*.