diff --git a/mail-client/balsa/additional-files/balsa.rdef.in b/mail-client/balsa/additional-files/balsa.rdef.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b830b3e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-client/balsa/additional-files/balsa.rdef.in
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH;
+
+resource app_version {
+	major  = @MAJOR@,
+	middle = @MIDDLE@,
+	minor  = @MINOR@,
+
+	variety = B_APPV_FINAL,
+	internal = 0,
+
+	short_info = "@APP_NAME@",
+	long_info = "@LONG_INFO@"
+};
+
+resource app_signature "@APP_SIGNATURE@";
+
+resource vector_icon {
+	$"6E6369660703263A7A0312114903FFEDB503FEE18703FFC91B03FFC61B03D48B"
+	$"0706020EB98CBA15B98CBA15BDAEBA15C5F3BA15C1D1BA15C68ABA15C705BB27"
+	$"C705BA8FC705BDBAC705C2E2C705C04EC705C379C5F3C3F4C68AC3F4C59DC3F4"
+	$"C4F1C3F4C547C3F4C4F1C4BCC4F1C64CC4F1C584C4F1C6C2C410C6A9C463C6FC"
+	$"C329C5C2C15AC3F4C242C4DBBEC0C3F4B98CC3F4BC26C3F4B8F5C3F4B87AC2E2"
+	$"B87AC379B87AC04EB87ABB27B87ABDBAB87ABA8FB98CBA15B8F5BA15B98CBA15"
+	$"B98CBA15B98CBA15B98CBA15020CC705BB27C705BB27C705BA90C5F3BA15C68A"
+	$"BA15C3DFBA15BFB8BA15C1CCBA15BFB8BD5FBFB8C3F4BFB8C0A9C044C3F4C15A"
+	$"C3F4C0CFC3F4C242C4DBC410C6A9C329C5C2C463C6FCC4F1C64CC4F1C6C2C4F1"
+	$"C584C4F1C3F4C4F1C4BCC547C3F4C5F3C3F4C59DC3F4C68AC3F4C705C2E2C705"
+	$"C379C705C04EC705BB27C705BDBAC705BB27C705BB27C705BB27C705BB27020B"
+	$"C410C6A9C410C6A9C463C6FCC4F1C64CC4F1C6C2C4F1C584C4F1C3F4C4F1C4BC"
+	$"C547C3F4C5F3C3F4C59DC3F4C67BC3F4C701C30E52C390C496C17B40BE55C22B"
+	$"BFE8BD54BFE8B87EC30EBAE9C17BB893C390B98CC3F4B904C3F4BC26C3F4C15A"
+	$"C3F4BEC0C3F4C242C4DBC410C6A9C329C5C2C410C6A9C410C6A9C410C6A9C410"
+	$"C6A9020B40BE5540BE55BFBDBE56BFB8BE5ABFBBBE58BFB8C038BFB8C3F4BFB8"
+	$"C216C044C3F4C15AC3F4C0CFC3F4C242C4DBC410C6A9C329C5C2C463C6FCC4F1"
+	$"C64CC4F1C6C2C4F1C584C4F1C3F4C4F1C4BCC547C3F4C5F3C3F4C59DC3F4C67B"
+	$"C3F4C701C30E52C390C496C17B40BE55C22BBFE840BE5540BE5540BE5540BE55"
+	$"0607FF1FB8D2BA5EB8D2BA5EBB21BC294040BD70BDF4C20FBDF4C6ADBA5EC45E"
+	$"BC29C67CBA31C5F3BA15C63BBA15C1D1BA15B98CBA15BDAEBA15B944BA15B8D2"
+	$"BA5EB903BA31B8D2BA5EBA5E0607FF1FC6ADBA5EC6ADBA5EC67CBA31C5F3BA15"
+	$"C63BBA15C3DFBA15BFB8BA15C1CCBA15BFB8BBF6BFB8BFBABFB8BDD8BFBBBFBC"
+	$"4040BFBDBFBEC20FBDF4C6ADBA5EC45EBC29C6ADBA5EBA5E060A020100024118"
+	$"8D00000000000041706EC8311BC9395D0A0301010241188D0000000000004170"
+	$"6EC8311BC9395D0A0301020241188D00000000000041706EC8311BC9395D0A04"
+	$"01030241188D00000000000041706EC8311BC9395D0A0501040241188D000000"
+	$"00000041706EC8311BC9395D0A0601050241188D00000000000041706EC8311B"
+	$"C9395D"
+};
diff --git a/mail-client/balsa/balsa-2.6.4.recipe b/mail-client/balsa/balsa-2.6.4.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..260ea0c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-client/balsa/balsa-2.6.4.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+SUMMARY="An e-mail client"
+DESCRIPTION="Balsa is an e-mail client for GNOME, highly configurable and incorporating all the \
+features you would expect in a robust mail client.
+
+Features
+
+Support for local mailbox formats: mbox, maildir, mh
+* Allows nested mailboxes (see this screenshot)
+* Support for POP3 and IMAP mail access protocols
+* Printing
+* Spell Checking
+* Multi-threaded mail retrevial (optional)
+* MIME support (view images inline, save parts)
+* Supports SMTP and/or use of local MTA, ie. Sendmail
+* Address Book that integrates with GnomeCard
+* Highly configurable
+* Active, open development (see the mailing list page)
+* Multiple character sets for composing and reading messages
+* Allows file attachments to outgoing messages
+* GPG/OpenPGP mail signing and encryption."
+HOMEPAGE="https://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/"
+COPYRIGHT="1997-2018 The Balsa Developers"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="befa5984511db33d41f2b1ecbfc99e22a15d45d08efe5d737b5174a1a6ac8fc1"
+PATCHES="balsa-$portVersion.patchset"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="balsa.rdef.in"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="all"
+
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="settings/sound/events/balsa.soundlist keep-old"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	balsa$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:balsa$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:balsa_ab$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libatk_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcairo$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcairo_gobject$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcom_err$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libenchant_2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfribidi$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgdk_3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgdk_pixbuf_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgio_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgmime_3.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgnutls$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgobject_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgpgme$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgthread_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgssapi_krb5$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgtk_3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgtksourceview_4$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libical$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libicalss$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libicalvcal$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libjavascriptcoregtk_4.1$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libk5crypto$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libkrb5$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:liblber$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libldap$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libpango_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libpangocairo_1.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libsecret_1$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libsoup_3.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libsqlite3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libwebkit2gtk_4.1$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libxml2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libbrotlidec$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libenchant_2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libfribidi$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgdk_3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgmime_3.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgnutls$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgpgme$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgtk_3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgtksourceview_4$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libical$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libkrb5$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libldap$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libnghttp2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libpsl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libsecret_1$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libsqlite3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libwebkit2gtk_4.1$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:intltoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
+	autoreconf -fi
+	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure \
+		--bindir=$appsDir \
+		--disable-static \
+		--with-gss \
+		--with-ldap \
+		--with-gtksourceview \
+		--with-rubrica \
+		--with-sqlite \
+		--with-html-widget=webkit2 #\
+#		--with-html-widget=no
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	# rename binaries
+	mv $appsDir/balsa $appsDir/Balsa
+	mv $appsDir/balsa-ab $appsDir/"Balsa Address Book"
+
+	# remove libtool file
+	rm -f $libDir/balsa/libhtml.la
+
+	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
+	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
+	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
+	local APP_NAME="Mednaffe"
+	local LONG_INFO="$SUMMARY"
+	local APP_SIGNATURE="application/x-vnd.balsa"
+	sed \
+		-e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
+		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
+		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
+		-e "s|@LONG_INFO@|$LONG_INFO|" \
+		-e "s|@APP_NAME@|$APP_NAME|" \
+		-e "s|@APP_SIGNATURE@|$APP_SIGNATURE|" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/balsa.rdef.in > balsa.rdef
+
+	addResourcesToBinaries balsa.rdef $appsDir/Balsa
+	addResourcesToBinaries balsa.rdef $appsDir/"Balsa Address Book"
+
+	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/Balsa
+	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/"Balsa Address Book"
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}
diff --git a/mail-client/balsa/patches/balsa-2.6.4.patchset b/mail-client/balsa/patches/balsa-2.6.4.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..711a356c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-client/balsa/patches/balsa-2.6.4.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 0b6126dda25d21a7e9150ea850c932da63debffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
+Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:10:27 -0400
+Subject: Avoid git fanciness during build.
+
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 7b7ae75..b21162e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dnl Boilerplace and versioning
+ dnl ###########################################################################
+ 
+ # if autoconf is used not in a git source tree, use version=2.6.4
+-AC_INIT([balsa],[m4_esyscmd(test -d .git && echo -n `git describe --tags` || echo -n 2.6.4)],[])
++AC_INIT([balsa],[2.6.4],[])
+ 
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+ AC_LANG([C])
+@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ fi
+ # extra warnings for GIT.
+ #
+ 
+-if test -d "${srcdir}/.git" ; then
++if false ; then
+ 	BALSA_FROM_GIT=yes
+ 	BALSA_CFLAGS="$BALSA_CFLAGS -Wall -Werror"
+         BALSA_DEFS="$BALSA_DEFS \
+-- 
+2.37.3
+
+
+From 53eafeb193363483f4529653c1e6158380ac3f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Begasus <begasus@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 19:33:40 +0200
+Subject: Fix building with webkit2gtk and libldap
+
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index b21162e..cc777dc 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ case "$use_html_widget" in
+     webkit2)
+         AC_MSG_RESULT([$use_html_widget])
+         # note: sqlite3 is needed to manage html vs. plain and image download preferences
+-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HTML, [ webkit2gtk-4.0 >= 2.28.0
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HTML, [ webkit2gtk-4.1 >= 2.28.0
+                                   sqlite3 >= 3.24.0])
+         BALSA_WEB_EXTENSIONS="${libdir}/${PACKAGE}"
+         AC_SUBST(BALSA_WEB_EXTENSIONS)
+@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ if test x"$with_ldap" != xno ; then
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ 	AC_CHECK_LIB(ldap, ldap_search, AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_LDAP, 1,
+                  [Defined when the LDAP support is to be compiled in.])
+-              LIBS="-lldap -llber -lresolv $LIBS", AC_MSG_ERROR([*** You enabled LDAP but ldap library is not found.]), -llber -lresolv)
++              LIBS="-lldap -llber -lnetwork $LIBS", AC_MSG_ERROR([*** You enabled LDAP but ldap library is not found.]), -llber -lnetwork)
+         AC_CHECK_LIB(ldap, ldap_start_tls_s,
+                      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LDAP_TLS,1,
+                                [Defined when LDAP lib supports TLS]))
+-- 
+2.37.3
+