Howto Configure KMail

Short howto inspired by a question by BloodlessPharao in the Forum. It shows how to konfigure KMail, to receive and send emails from your provider and gives a hint about using sendmail or not.

OK, everything you need, you find in the menu under "Settings" - "Configure KMail".

First step is creating your identity. It's a *must*, otherwise you cannot send mail. Create a "New" with "blank fields" and fill in your information (especially your mail address), then save it.

Move on to the next button at the left -> "Network". Here you can specify everything for send/receive mails.



Under the "Receiving" tab, click "Add" to add a new account. It asks in the first step, which account type you setup. POP3 is the most common type of Email account. The screenshot shows which data and which checkmarks are required for a POP3 account.



With click on "OK" you save the new account. You should now be able to receive your emails when your internet connection works.

But stop, sometimes you want to answer an email. So we need to do something at the "Send" tab. Click on the "Add" button for adding a new account for sending emails. Choose "SMTP" for the next answer because emails, sent out by a local Sendmail account, get caught in the spam filters of mailservers. They recognize that your sending IP Address (you get it when logged on to your ISP) is a dialin account from an ISP. The next screenshot shows the required settings for your SMTP account:



Additional for SMTP:
It is possible (but not usual) that your mailprovider requires SMTP authentification. If so, check the according checkbox and fill in your smtp username and password and check saving the password as well. Otherwise you have to type username and password each time you send a mail.
br> Again a click on the "OK" button saves your SMTP account. Next "OK" click closes the KMail settings and you're ready to check your mailbox.

Btw: Since Spam Assassin checks each mail for spam, it slows the receive process down and your processor activity is up (needs quite much processor power). So don't wonder why it's that slow. You can edit Spam Assassin's whitelist and blacklist in the Mepis User Utilities!

Happy Mailing!
STIBS