Claws Mail 4.3.1 — the first minute without a single click

How we tested: a clean Debian 13 in a disposable container; source — package claws-mail 4.3.1-1 from the Debian repository. Run as a regular user on a virtual screen, 60 seconds, nothing clicked. 16.10.2026. Every network request and every file written was recorded; the code was not decompiled. The container was deleted afterwards.

Package SHA-256: 447b49715ae84d95c155fbc8dee26c9c14dda292e9f8589df165b699f08f9476

Summary

What we checkedResult
Built-in telemetry, crash reporting, analytics, ad SDKsnone
Network requests in the first minutenot a single network request
Known trackers among the serversnone
Files written in the first minute10
The program ran the whole timeyes — process alive at the end

The program’s screen at the end of the test

What is built in

44 files (13 MB) were checked.

No code of known telemetry, crash reporting, analytics or ad SDKs was found.

Addresses of known trackers in the program’s files — addresses in code, not requests:

TrackerAddressesMentions
Googlemail.google.com, code.google.com45

Where it connected

Not a single request: no DNS lookup, no connection.

What it wrote to disk

Folders the program wrote files to during the minute:

FolderFiles
~/.claws-mail/addrbook3
~/.cache/fontconfig2
~/.cache/dconf1
~/.claws-mail/accountrc.tmpl1
~/.claws-mail/claws.log1
~/.claws-mail/filtering.log1
~/.claws-mail/toolbar_main.xml1

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