After trying for a long time with the default Claws I gave up
as it couldn't get past Googles authorization. I had been going
direct to Gmail which is a pain as you have to enter address
and password everytime. Worse when you have more than one account.
I got Thunderbird off Menu-Setup-Synaptics-thunderbird.
Unbelievable - hands off installation -Bam! there it is in the menu-
give it the users and passes and Ok a one time permission request from Google
and done. My best experience on Puppy so far. Created a tray icon, clicked
on it and there is all the mail. Nothing to enter.
Send them a small donation, I've no connection with them.
Edit- caution, large user of drive space.