doc/kmail/intro.docbook

   1 <chapter id="intro">
   2
   3 <chapterinfo>
   4 <authorgroup>
   5 <author>
   6 <firstname>Daniel</firstname>
   7 <surname>Naber</surname>
   8 <affiliation><address>
   9 <email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email>
  10 </address></affiliation>
  11 </author>
  12 <author>
  13 <firstname>Scarlett</firstname>
  14 <surname>Clark</surname>
  15 <affiliation><address>
  16 &Scarlett.Clark.mail;
  17 </address></affiliation>
  18 </author>
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  20 </authorgroup>
  21 <date>2013-12-12</date>
  22 <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.12</releaseinfo>
  23 </chapterinfo>
  24
  25
  26 <title>Introduction</title>
  27
  28 <screenshot>
  29 <screeninfo>&kmail; Welcome Screen</screeninfo>
  30   <mediaobject>
  31     <imageobject>
  32       <imagedata fileref="kmailwelcome.png" format="PNG"/>
  33     </imageobject>
  34     <textobject>
  35       <phrase>&kmail; Welcome Screen</phrase>
  36     </textobject>
  37     <caption>
  38       <para>&kmail; Welcome Screen</para>
  39     </caption>
  40   </mediaobject>
  41 </screenshot>
  42
  43 <para>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client by &kde;.
  44 Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is beautiful and intuitive without sacrificing power. </para>
  45
  46 <para>If you have never set up an email client on a &UNIX; system
  47 before, we suggest that you read through the <link linkend="getting-started">Getting Started</link>
  48 section first.</para>
  49 <sect1 id="features">
  50 <title>Some &kmail; Features</title>
  51 <para>Some links to the great features available in &kmail;</para>
  52 <itemizedlist>
  53 <listitem>
  54 <para>You do not have to use your mouse to use &kmail;. Everything can
  55 be done by using <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts">Keyboard Shortcuts</link>.</para>
  56 </listitem>
  57 <listitem>
  58 <para>Although &kmail; can be considered reliable you should keep
  59 backups of your messages, &ie; use one of the export/archive options listed in <link
  60 linkend="backups">Backup Options</link> to backup your settings and email to a safe place.</para>
  61 </listitem>
  62 <listitem>
  63 <para>&kmail; is capable of importing email in several formats from your previous email applications using
  64 options in <link linkend="import-restore">Restore and Import in &kmail;</link>.</para>
  65 </listitem>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <para>Organize your folders with ease using &kmail;s extensive <link linkend="folders">Folders</link> options.
  68 Some of the features include handling per folder: mailing lists, acl (&imap; only), and archiving.</para>
  69 </listitem>
  70 <listitem>
  71 <para>Compliment your folder setup with highly configurable <link linkend="filters">filters</link>.</para>
  72 </listitem>
  73 <listitem>
  74 <para>By default &kmail; will detect common email <link linkend="configure-security-email-scams">scams</link>.
  75 You can also fight SPAM and viruses with built in wizards to work with external programs to scan email as it comes in.
  76 See <link linkend="the-anti-spam-wizard">Anti Spam Wizard</link> and <link linkend="the-anti-virus-wizard">Anti-Virus-Wizard</link>
  77 for details.</para>
  78 </listitem>
  79 <listitem>
  80 <para>Easily manage per-account settings using multiple <link linkend="configure-identity">identities</link>.</para>
  81 </listitem>
  82 </itemizedlist>
  83 <para>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para>
  84 <sect2 id="getting-help">
  85 <title>Getting Help</title>
  86 <note><para>If you experience any problems migrating to &kmail; 2 please read the chapter <link linkend="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</link>.
  87 </para></note>
  88 <para>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink url="http://userbase.kde.org/KMail">http://userbase.kde.org/KMail</ulink>. There you will
  89 find useful links, &eg; to the user and developer mailing lists. Please report bugs in &kmail; using
  90 <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
  91 </sect2>
  92
  93 </sect1>
  94 </chapter>