<chapter id="intro">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
&Daniel.Naber;
&Daniel.Naber.mail;
</author>
<author>
&Scarlett.Clark;
&Scarlett.Clark.mail;
</author>
<author>
&David.Bryant;
&David.Bryant.mail;
</author>
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</authorgroup>
<date>2020-08-16</date>
<releaseinfo>5.14.2 (Applications 20.04.2)</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>


<title>Introduction</title>

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<screeninfo>&kmail; Welcome Screen</screeninfo>
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      <para>&kmail; Welcome Screen</para>
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<para>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client by &kde;.
Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is both beautiful and intuitive without sacrificing power. </para>

<para>If you have never set up an email client on a &UNIX; system
before, we suggest that you read through the <link linkend="getting-started">Getting Started</link>
section first.</para>
<sect1 id="features">
<title>Some &kmail; Features</title>
<para>Here is a brief guide to some of the great features available in &kmail;</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>You do not have to use your mouse when working with &kmail;. Everything can
be done with <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts">Keyboard Shortcuts</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Although &kmail; is very reliable, you should keep 
backups of your messages, &ie;, use one of the export/archive options listed in <link
linkend="backups">Backup Options</link> to back up your settings and email regularly.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>&kmail; makes it easy to import email from many different email applications.
The options are described in <link linkend="import-restore">Restore and Import in &kmail;</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>You can separate your messages into different categories by using &kmail;'s extensive <link linkend="folders">Folders</link> options.
    Features include special handling for specified folders: mailing lists, acl (&IMAP; only), and archiving.</para> <!-- todo: start a glossary -->
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>You can complement your folder setup with highly configurable <link linkend="filters">filters</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>By default &kmail; will detect common email <link linkend="configure-security-email-scams">scams</link>.
You can also fight SPAM and viruses by creating filters that work with external programs to scan email as it comes in.
See <link linkend="the-anti-spam-wizard">Anti Spam</link> and <link linkend="the-anti-virus-wizard">Anti Virus</link>
for details.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>It's easy to manage several email accounts by using different  <link linkend="configure-identity">identities</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para>
<sect2 id="getting-help">
<title>Getting Help</title>
 
<para>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink url="https://userbase.kde.org/Special:MyLanguage/KMail">https://userbase.kde.org/KMail</ulink>. There you will
find useful links (&eg;, to the user and developer mailing lists, and to the community wiki pages.) Please report any bugs in &kmail; using
<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>
</chapter>
