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11 <authorgroup>
12 <author>&Krishna.Tateneni; &Krishna.Tateneni.mail;</author>
13 <author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author>
14 <author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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16 </authorgroup>
18 <date>2002-09-01</date>
19 <releaseinfo>3.1.00</releaseinfo>
21 <keywordset>
22 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
23 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
24 <keyword>email</keyword>
25 <keyword>e-mail</keyword>
26 </keywordset>
28 </articleinfo>
29 <sect1 id="e-mail">
30 <title>Email</title>
33 <sect2 id="email-intro">
34 <title>Introduction</title>
36 <para>The email module of the &kcontrol; allows you to enter and save some
37 basic email information. This information is used when performing functions
38 related to email within &kde;, for example, when sending bug reports from the
39 &kde; crash handler application.</para>
41 <para>Programs such as &kmail;, which are used for reading and sending
42 email, may offer many more options for customizing the way in which
43 email is handled. These options depend upon the specific program being
44 used. &kmail;, for instance, offers its own configuration
45 facilities.</para>
47 <para>Some of the information needed for configuring email should have
48 been provided by your internet service provider
49 (<acronym>ISP</acronym>). If you are connected to a local network, then
50 the system administrator of your network should be able to help
51 you.</para>
53 </sect2>
55 <sect2 id="email-use">
56 <title>Use</title>
58 <para>&kde; automatically establishes some of the information for this control module
59 using the
60 login information on the system. You will need to enter the remaining information.</para>
61 <para>Looking at the page from top to
62 bottom, the options are:</para>
64 <variablelist>
65 <varlistentry>
66 <term><guilabel>Full name</guilabel></term>
67 <listitem><para>Type your full name as you would like it to appear in the email
68 messages that you send. </para></listitem>
69 </varlistentry>
71 <varlistentry>
72 <term><guilabel>Organization</guilabel></term>
73 <listitem><para>If you work for a company or
74 organization, you can enter its name in this text box.</para></listitem>
75 </varlistentry>
77 <varlistentry>
78 <term><guilabel>Email address</guilabel></term>
79 <listitem><para>To be able to use email, you must enter your email
80 address here.</para></listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
83 <varlistentry>
84 <term><guilabel>Reply-to address</guilabel></term>
85 <listitem><para>If replies to your email messages should be sent to a different
86 address, you can enter that address in this text box.</para></listitem>
87 </varlistentry>
88 </variablelist>
89 </sect2>
91 </sect1>
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