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KMail — The KDE Mail Application
next to ‘To:’ and ‘CC:’ (and possibly ‘BCC:’) open the address book, allowing you
to select an address. After entering the first few characters of an address, press
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Ctrl -
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T to see a list of possible completions.
To attach files to your message, click the paper clip icon and select the file to at-
tach. Alternatively, drag a file from the desktop or another folder to the ‘New
Message’ window or select one of the options in the ‘Attach’ menu.
Normally, the format of a file is recognized correctly. If this is not the case, right-
click the icon. From the menu that appears, select ‘Properties’. This opens a dia-
log in which to set the format and the name of the file and add a description. In
addition, decide whether the attached file should be signed or encrypted.
When you are finished composing your message, you can either send it imme-
diately (‘Message’ ➝ ‘Send’) or move it to the outbox. If you do the former, the
message is copied to sent-mail after having been sent successfully. If you do
the latter, it is moved to the outbox. You can edit any message in the outbox
using the ‘Edit’ main menu or delete it.
12.7 Message Folders
Message folders help to organize your messages. By default, they are located in
the directory ~/Mail. When starting KMail for the first time, the program creates
the folders inbox, outbox, sent-mail, and trash automatically. The function
of these folders is as follows:
inbox KMail stores all newly retrieved messages in this folder (unless a filter has
been defined).
outbox Contains the messages waiting to be sent.
sent-mail Contains copies of all e-mails that have been sent.
trash Contains copies of all e-mails deleted with
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Del or ‘Edit’ ➝ ‘Delete’.
If you want additional folders to organize your messages, create them by select-
ing ‘Folder’ ➝ ‘New Folder. . . ’. This opens a window in which to specify options
for the folder under the ‘General’ tab. See Figure 12.3 on the next page. Enter a
name for the folder and select a parent folder (in ‘Belongs to:’) if the new folder
should be created as a subfolder.
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