KMail is the email client shipped with KDE, a desktop environment for Linux, UNIX and similar systems. The following steps describes the steps required to configure email on KMail under KDE 3.
Click and then . The Configure KMail window will then appear.
Click on menu on the left pane. Click to create a new identity.
Enter a descriptive name on the field as in 'My Email Account'. Select and then click .
Enter your name, organization and email address in the , , and fields respectively. Click to continue.
Click on menu on the left pane. Click the tab and click .
Choose as the transport. Click to continue. Enter a descriptive name on the field such as 'SMTP server'. Specify 'smtp.example.com' (replacing example.com with your own domain name) in the field. You also need to specify '8025' or '587' in the field, check and then specify your complete email address in the field and its password.
Click the tab and then click .
You can choose or depending if you want to use POP3 or IMAP for downloading your email. Click to continue.
Specify your complete email address in the field. Specify 'pop.example.com' or 'imap.example.com' in the field substituting example.com with your own domain name. Click to continue.
Click to finalize the configuration.