Krishna
Tateneni

    tateneni@pluto.njcc.com

2001-07-23
2.20.00
KDE
KControl
email
e-mail

# E-Mail

## Introduction

The e-mail module of the &kcontrol; allows you to enter and save some basic e-mail information. This information is used when performing functions related to e-mail within &kde;, for example, when sending bug reports from the &kde; crash handler application.

Programs such as &kmail;, which are used for reading and sending e-mail, may offer many more options for customizing the way in which e-mail is handled. These options depend upon the specific program being used. &kmail;, for instance, offers its own configuration facilities.

Some of the information needed for configuring e-mail should have been provided by your internet service provider (ISP). If you are connected to a local network, then the system administrator of your network should be able to help you.

## Use

There are two areas of configuration in this module. To help you get started, some of the fields are automatically filled in using the login information on the system. Looking at the page from top to bottom, these areas are:

User Information:

  Details for the user currently logged in.

  In the text box labeled Full Name, type your full name as you would like it to appear in the e-mail messages that you send. If you work for a company or organization, you can enter its name in the text box labeled Organization.

  To be able to use e-mail, you must enter your e-mail address in the text box labeled e-mail address. If replies to your e-mail messages should be sent to a different address, you can enter that address in the text box labeled Reply Address. Usually, however, this text box should simply be left blank, and replies will go to your e-mail address as typed.

Preferred e-mail Client:

  The e-mail program which you use to send and receive e-mail (there may be more than one available on your system.)

  The default e-mail program is KMail, but you can change this either by typing the name of the program in the provided text box, or by clicking on the Browse... button, and selecting the program using the dialog box that pops up.

  If the program you want to use for e-mail is a console or text-based application (for example, the Pine e-mail program), check the Run in terminal option.

Your ISP should have given you a user name and a password to log into the e-mail server. Often, the user name is the same as the part of the e-mail address that comes before the `@` character.

## Section Author

This section written by:

Krishna Tateneni tateneni@pluto.njcc.com.

Updated by Jost Schenck jost@schenck.de.