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<chapter id="intro"> |
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<authorgroup> |
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<author> |
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<firstname>Daniel</firstname> |
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<surname>Naber</surname> |
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<affiliation><address> |
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<email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email> |
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</address></affiliation> |
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</author> |
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<author> |
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<firstname>Scarlett</firstname> |
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<surname>Clark</surname> |
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<affiliation><address> |
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&Scarlett.Clark.mail; |
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</address></affiliation> |
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</author> |
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</authorgroup> |
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<date>2013-12-12</date> |
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<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.12</releaseinfo> |
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</chapterinfo> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<screenshot> |
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<screeninfo>&kmail; Welcome Screen</screeninfo> |
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<mediaobject> |
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<imagedata fileref="kmailwelcome.png" format="PNG"/> |
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<textobject> |
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<phrase>&kmail; Welcome Screen</phrase> |
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<caption> |
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<para>&kmail; Welcome Screen</para> |
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</screenshot> |
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<para>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client by &kde;. |
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Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is beautiful and intuitive without sacrificing power. </para> |
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<para>If you have never set up an email client on a &UNIX; system |
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before, we suggest that you read through the <link linkend="getting-started">Getting Started</link> |
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section first.</para> |
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<sect1 id="features"> |
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<title>Some &kmail; Features</title> |
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<para>Some links to the great features available in &kmail;</para> |
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<para>You do not have to use your mouse to use &kmail;. Everything can |
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be done by using <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts">Keyboard Shortcuts</link>.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>Although &kmail; can be considered reliable you should keep |
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backups of your messages, &ie; use one of the export/archive options listed in <link |
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linkend="backups">Backup Options</link> to backup your settings and email to a safe place.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<para>&kmail; is capable of importing email in several formats from your previous email applications using |
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options in <link linkend="import-restore">Restore and Import in &kmail;</link>.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>Organize your folders with ease using &kmail;s extensive <link linkend="folders">Folders</link> options. |
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Some of the features include handling per folder: mailing lists, acl (&imap; only), and archiving.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>Compliment your folder setup with highly configurable <link linkend="filters">filters</link>.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>By default &kmail; will detect common email <link linkend="configure-security-email-scams">scams</link>. |
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You can also fight SPAM and viruses with built in wizards to work with external programs to scan email as it comes in. |
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See <link linkend="the-anti-spam-wizard">Anti Spam Wizard</link> and <link linkend="the-anti-virus-wizard">Anti-Virus-Wizard</link> |
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for details.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>Easily manage per-account settings using multiple <link linkend="configure-identity">identities</link>.</para> |
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</listitem> |
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</itemizedlist> |
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<para>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para> |
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<sect2 id="getting-help"> |
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<title>Getting Help</title> |
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<note><para>If you experience any problems migrating to &kmail; 2 please read the chapter <link linkend="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</link>. |
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</para></note> |
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<para>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink url="https://userbase.kde.org/Special:MyLanguage/KMail">https://userbase.kde.org/KMail</ulink>. There you will |
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find useful links, ⪚ to the user and developer mailing lists. Please report bugs in &kmail; using |
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> |
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</sect2> |
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</sect1> |
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</chapter>
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