KDE KMail

KMail is the email client shipped with KDE, a desktop environment for Linux, UNIX and similar systems. The following steps describes the steps required to configure email on KMail under KDE 3.

  1. Click Settings and then Configure KMail. The Configure KMail window will then appear.

  2. Click on Identities menu on the left pane. Click New to create a new identity.

  3. Enter a descriptive name on the New identity field as in 'My Email Account'. Select With empty fields and then click OK.

  4. Enter your name, organization and email address in the Your Name, Organization, and Email address fields respectively. Click OK to continue.

  5. Click on Network menu on the left pane. Click the Sending tab and click Add.

  6. Choose SMTP as the transport. Click OK to continue. Enter a descriptive name on the Name field such as 'SMTP server'. Specify 'smtp.example.com' (replacing example.com with your own domain name) in the Host field. You also need to specify '8025' or '587' in the Port field, check Server requires authentication and then specify your complete email address in the Login field and its password.

  7. Click the Receiving tab and then click Add.

  8. You can choose POP3 or IMAP depending if you want to use POP3 or IMAP for downloading your email. Click OK to continue.

  9. Specify your complete email address in the Login field. Specify 'pop.example.com' or 'imap.example.com' in the Host field substituting example.com with your own domain name. Click OK to continue.

  10. Click OK to finalize the configuration.

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