<chapter id="getting-started">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
<surname>Naber</surname>
<affiliation><address>
<email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email>
</address></affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>David</firstname>
<surname>Rugge</surname>
<affiliation><address>
<email>davidrugge@mediaone.net</email>
</address></affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Michel</firstname>
<surname>Boyer de la Giroday</surname>
<affiliation><address>
<email>michel@klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se</email>
</address></affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Scarlett</firstname>
<surname>Clark</surname>
<affiliation><address>
&Scarlett.Clark.mail;
</address></affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>
<date>2017-04-18</date>
<releaseinfo>Applications 17.08</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>


<title>Getting Started</title>

<para>This is a short introduction to &kmail; and its usage so you can
start working with it right away. For more in-depth information see the
<link linkend="using-kmail">Using &kmail;</link> section.</para>

<sect1 id="account-wizard">
<title>Account Wizard</title>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Account Wizard</screeninfo>
  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="accountwizard.png" format="PNG"/>
    </imageobject>
    <textobject>
      <phrase>Account Wizard</phrase>
    </textobject>
    <caption>
      <para>Account Wizard</para>
    </caption>
  </mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The first time you run &kmail; you will be greeted with the Account Wizard.</para>
<note><para>If at anytime you need to run the account wizard again, you can find it under
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Account</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></note>
<para>The wizard will take you through the process of creating your email accounts. Your screens will vary depending
    on how much the wizard can determine on its own. Below is an outline of the screens you may encounter while using this wizard.</para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <para><guilabel>Provide personal data</guilabel> is the first screen of the wizard. It will prompt you for your basic account information: <guilabel>Full name:</guilabel>, <guilabel>E-mail address</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Password</guilabel>.
      By default, the <guilabel>Find provider settings on the Internet</guilabel> option is checked, the wizard will attempt to retrieve the necessary
      information from the server. Uncheck this option if you are an expert user and you need to set up advanced configuration.  Click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button once finished.
     <note><para>If you use GMail 2-step verification you will need to generate an application-specific password within gmail security settings and enter that password
     in the password text box.</para></note><!--FIXME verify this-->
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>If you want to secure your communication with GnuPG you can generate a new key and publish the key on a public key server
    or import an existing key.
    </para>
    <para>When sending mails &kmail; then automatically looks for encryption keys of your recipients and secures the mail when keys for each recipient can be found.
    It also signs your mails cryptographically so that it can be verified that your messages have not been tampered with.
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>The <guilabel>Select Account Type</guilabel> screen will be next if the wizard cannot determine your account type. Select your account type from the
      list (if you do not know, you will need to contact your email provider). If your account type is not listed, click the <guibutton>Check for more on Internet</guibutton> button.
      Once your account type has been selected, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, and you will be presented with the <guilabel>Personal Settings</guilabel> screen.
    </para>
    <para>The <guilabel>Provide personal data</guilabel> screen will show again with the server details it found if the wizard was successful at determining the account type.
      Click the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> set up the account,  complete the wizard and close the window.
    </para>
    <!--FIXME Maildir + MailBox URL: but no input field on the next screen?-->
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>The <guilabel>Personal Settings</guilabel> screen will show if you had to enter your account type.
      Verify that your information is correct on this page. Select <guilabel>Download all messages for offline use</guilabel>
      if you want your messages available when you do not have an Internet connection (&imap; only).
      Click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button once finished.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Your account will then be set up, and you can click the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to complete the wizard and close the window.</para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  <para>For manually creating accounts please continue reading the rest of this document.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="manual-configuration-quickstart">
  <title>Manual Configuration Quickstart</title>
<para>The Configure window consists of six sections:
<guilabel>Identities</guilabel>, <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Appearance</guilabel>, <guilabel>Composer</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Security</guilabel>, <guilabel>Misc</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Plugins</guilabel>.</para>

<para>To begin sending and receiving messages you will only have to
change some settings in the <guilabel>Identities</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> pages.</para>

  <sect2 id="setting-your-identity">
    <title>
      Setting your Identity
    </title>

    <para>
      The settings in the <guilabel>Identities</guilabel> page are
      fairly straightforward. Select your default identity and click
      <guibutton>Modify</guibutton>.  Fill in the <guilabel>Your
      name</guilabel> field with your full name (&eg; <userinput>John
      Doe</userinput>) and the <guilabel>Organization</guilabel> field
      (optional) with the appropriate information.
    </para>
    <para>
      Next, fill in the <guilabel>Email address</guilabel> field with
      your email address (&eg; <userinput>john@example.net</userinput>).
    </para>
    <para>
      If you are using <application>PGP</application> or
      <application>GnuPG</application> you can set your &openpgp; keys
      and/or &smime; certificates in the <link
      linkend="configure-identity-cryptography"><guilabel>Cryptography</guilabel></link>
      tab.
    </para>
    <!--FIXME Advanced Templates Picture tabs-->
    <para>
      Optionally, go to the <guilabel>Signature</guilabel> tab and
      enter your signature. This is a short text that will be
      automatically appended to all your messages. It has nothing to
      do with <emphasis>digital signatures</emphasis>.
    </para>

  </sect2>

<sect2 id="setting-up-your-account">
<title>Setting up your Account</title>

<para>The <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> page contains the settings that
tell &kmail; how to send and receive your email messages. Many of these settings
can vary greatly depending on the setup of your system and on the kind
of network that your mail server is located in. If you do not know what
setting to choose or what to put in a field, consult your Internet
Service Provider (<acronym>ISP</acronym>) or system
administrator.</para>

<sect3 id="sending-mail">
<title>Sending Messages</title>

<para>The <guilabel>Sending</guilabel> tab provides a list of
ways to send messages. The first item in the list is the default
way to send messages. Using the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>
button you can fill in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
field with a descriptive name
(&eg; <userinput>My Mail Account</userinput>). Click the <guibutton>Create and Configure</guibutton>
and fill the <guilabel>Outgoing mail server</guilabel>
field with the name and domain of your mail server
(&eg; <userinput>smtp.provider.com</userinput>). You will probably
not need to change the <guilabel>Port</guilabel> setting (the default is
<userinput>25</userinput>).</para>

<para>The way of sending messages configured here will be used for
your default identity and for all other identities that do not have their own
way of sending messages. You can use different ways of sending
messages for different identities by selecting the <guilabel>Outgoing
Account</guilabel> check box in the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>
tab of the <guilabel>Identities</guilabel> page.</para>

<para>A description of the other options can be found
in the <link linkend="configure-accounts-sending">Configuration</link>
chapter.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="sending-mail-kolab">
<title>Options relevant to <acronym>Kolab</acronym> server</title>

<para>When configuring an <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel> account with a <guilabel>Kolab</guilabel> server Host, you need to check the <guilabel>Server requires authentication</guilabel> option and to fill in your <guilabel>Kolab</guilabel> user's email address and password in the <guilabel>Login</guilabel> and <guilabel>Password</guilabel> fields. Then select the <guilabel>Security</guilabel> tab and click on the <guibutton>Check What the Server Supports</guibutton> for automated setup of your <guilabel>Security</guilabel> configuration. The default should be <guilabel>TLS/PLAIN</guilabel>. The <guilabel>Kolab</guilabel> server supports  <guilabel>SSL/PLAIN</guilabel> as well. These settings may of course be configured manually.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="receiving-mail">
<title>Receiving Messages</title>

<para>By default the <guilabel>Local Folders</guilabel> (inbox, outgoing, sentmail,
trash, drafts and templates) with data from a local Maildir folder are predefined on this tab.
Using the drop down box you can select the <guilabel>Retrieval Options</guilabel> for these folders.</para>

<para>To set up an account so you can receive mail, press the
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button in the <guilabel>Receiving</guilabel>
tab. You will then be prompted for the type of your email account.  Most users should
select <guilabel>POP3 E-Mail Server</guilabel> or <guilabel>IMAP E-Mail Server</guilabel>. If
you want to use a local mailbox file, please see the <link linkend="faq-file-locking">FAQ
about file locking</link>.</para>

<para>You will then be presented with
the account settings window. First, fill in the
<guilabel>Account name</guilabel> field to name your account. You can choose any name
you like.  <guilabel>Username</guilabel>, <guilabel>Password</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Incoming mail server</guilabel> should be filled in with the appropriate information
from your <acronym>ISP</acronym> or system administrator. You should not
need to change the <guilabel>Port</guilabel> setting (the default for POP3 is
<userinput>110</userinput>, the default for <acronym>IMAP</acronym> is
<userinput>143</userinput>).</para>

<sect3 id="receiving-mail-imap">
<title>Options only relevant to <acronym>IMAP</acronym></title>

<para>If you check <guilabel>Automatically compact folders</guilabel>
&kmail; removes the messages you deleted from the
server as soon as you leave a folder. Otherwise the messages are
only marked as deleted and it is up to you to compact the folders
manually by using the menu item <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact All
Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
<para>If you check <guilabel>Show hidden folders</guilabel>,
folders whose name starts with a dot are also displayed.</para>
</sect3>


<sect3 id="receiving-mail-pop3">
<title>Options only relevant to POP3</title>

<para>Select <guilabel>Leave fetched messages on the server</guilabel> if you want to
leave your messages on the server after you downloaded them.</para>

<para>Select <guilabel>Include in Manual Mail Check</guilabel> if you
want to check this account whenever you use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Check
Mail</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  If you unselect this option you can still check for new messages on this account
with <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Check Mail
In</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

<para>Select <guilabel>Enable interval mail checking</guilabel> if you want
&kmail; to check for new messages automatically. The interval can be specified below
under <guilabel>Check mail interval</guilabel>.</para>

<para><guilabel>inbox</guilabel> is the default folder for incoming
messages. If you want to change that for some reason, you can do so with
<guilabel>Destination folder</guilabel>. But what you probably want is a
<link linkend="filters">filter</link>, which has nothing to do with this
option.</para>

<para>With <guilabel>Pre-command</guilabel> you can specify any program that &kmail;
will execute just before fetching mail. Please specify the full path
(do not use <quote>~</quote>) and note that &kmail; will not continue
until the program returns.</para>

<para>In the <guilabel>POP Settings</guilabel> group you can select <guilabel>Use
pipelining for faster mail download</guilabel> if this is supported by your
server. You should carefully test this to make sure it works safely.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="receiving-mail-imap-pop3">
<title>Options for both <acronym>IMAP</acronym> and POP3</title>
<para>&kmail; supports encryption via <guilabel>SSL/TLS</guilabel> and
<guilabel>STARTTLS</guilabel> (<guilabel>SSL/TLS</guilabel> should be preferred
if it is available).</para>

<para>For POP3 &kmail; supports:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Clear text</guilabel>, </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>PLAIN</guilabel>, </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>LOGIN</guilabel>, </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>CRAM-MD5</guilabel> (recommended
if <guilabel>DIGEST-MD5</guilabel> is not available),</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>DIGEST-MD5</guilabel> (recommended),</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>NTLM</guilabel>,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>GSSAPINTLM</guilabel> and </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>APOP</guilabel> authentication.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para><guilabel>DIGEST-MD5</guilabel>, <guilabel>CRAM-MD5</guilabel> and
<guilabel>APOP</guilabel> are secure on their own, the other
options are only secure when used together with <guilabel>SSL</guilabel>
or <guilabel>TLS</guilabel>.  You should only use <guilabel>Clear
text</guilabel> if your server does not support any of the other
authentication methods. Additionally, for <acronym>IMAP</acronym>
<guilabel>Anonymous</guilabel> is supported, but <guilabel>APOP</guilabel>
is not. Use the <guibutton>Check what the server supports</guibutton> button
on the <guilabel>Security</guilabel> tab
to automatically select the most secure settings supported by your server.</para>

<para>You are now ready to send and receive mail. For
<acronym>IMAP</acronym>, just open your folders in the
folder tree in &kmail;'s main window. &kmail; then connects to your
server and displays the messages it finds. For POP3 use
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Check
Mail</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="testing-your-setup">
<title>Testing your Setup</title>

<para>First, you should send yourself a message to test your
configuration. To send a message, either hit <keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>, select the
<guiicon>New Message</guiicon> icon  or select
the <menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>New
Message...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  The
<link linkend="the-composer-window">composer window</link> will appear. Fill in the
<guilabel>To:</guilabel> field with your email address and type
something in the <guilabel>Subject</guilabel> field. Send the message by
selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send Mail</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.</para>

<para>To check your email, select
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Check
Mail</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. In the lower right corner of the main
window, a progress bar will indicate how many messages are being
downloaded. If you receive the message you just sent, then
congratulations!  If, however, you receive any error messages while
testing your setup, make sure that your network connection is working
and recheck your settings at
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure
&kmail;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>