Information you will need before you start
Many email settings can vary greatly depending on the setup of
your system, your ISP's configuration, or your local network
setup. You will need to find out some information before you can start
setting up your email:
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Your email address
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This should be provided by your ISP or system administrator.
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Your username and password for your email account
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The username is often the same as the part before the
“@” symbol in your email address, but not always: check
with your ISP.
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Your outgoing email (SMTP) server name and
details
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Again, your ISP should have provided
you with this information. If not, you can try the form smtp.
your-isp-name
.com.
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Your incoming email (IMAP or
POP) server name and details
-
If you do not have this information to hand, you can
try imap.
your-isp-name
.com
for IMAP or pop.
your-isp-name
.com
if you use POP3.
Once you have that information, you are ready to start setting
up KMail. Open KMail from the
menu (you can
find it in the
submenu, or use one
of the methods described in the section called “Launching Programs”.) Once
KMail has opened, select the menu entry
->
. The next sections describe how to use the dialog that
appears to set up KMail.
