KMail might not be earth-shattering but it's one of the best e-mail clients currently available for Linux, and it definately has potential. What's more, it's incredibly easy to setup.

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Logged-in to whichever account you want to send and receive e-mail from, enter:

pico ~/signature

...to create a Signature file for your e-mails. Here's what mine looks like:

--== Laurence Hunter ==--
laurence@linuxdot.org

http://www.linuxdot.org/ ... Maintains the Newbie's Linux Manual

When you're finished, press Ctrl+O to save it and Ctrl+X to exit Pico.

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Enter:

startx

...and open KMail (KDE menus > Internet > Mail client).

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Fill in the text boxes on the "Identity" screen. Here's what I put:

Name:            Laurence Hunter
Organization:    Linuxdot.org
Email Address:   laurence@linuxdot.org
Reply-To Adress: laurence@linuxdot.org
Signature File:  /home/laurence/signature

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Click on the "Network" tab. Select "SMTP" and enter your "Server" address. Mine is:

smtpmail.globalnet.co.uk

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Click the "Add..." button to bring up a "Select Account" window. Select "Pop3" then "OK" to bring up a "Configure Account" window. Here's what I entered:

Name:     Global
Login:    thebits
Password: Now that would be telling. ;)
Host:     mail.globalnet.co.uk

Finish by pressing the "OK" button.

1. Select the "Composer" tab and select "Default sending" as "send later".

2. Select the "Misc" tab and tick "empty trash on exit".

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Finish by selecting the "OK" button on the "Settings" window. Now it's simply a case of making a connection using Usernet and selecting the "Get new mail" toolbar icon.