<chapter id="intro">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
<surname>Naber</surname>
<affiliation><address>
<email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email>
</address></affiliation>
</author>
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</authorgroup>
<date>2004-07-13</date>
<releaseinfo>1.7</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Introduction</title>

<para>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client for the
K Desktop Environment. Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is 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 so that
your setup goes smoothly.</para>

<para>Since most people do not read documentation anyway, here is a
collection of the most helpful tips:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>You do not have to use your mouse to use &kmail;. Everything can
be done by using <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts">Keyboard Shortcuts</link>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Although &kmail; can be considered reliable you should keep 
backups of your messages, &ie; just copy the files and folders 
in <filename class="directory">~/Mail</filename>
(including the hidden ones that start with a dot) to a safe place.</para>
</listitem>
<!-- TODO: add other tips for "invisible" features here -->

</itemizedlist>

<para>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink
url="http://userbase.kde.org/KMail">http://userbase.kde.org/KMail</ulink>. There you will
find useful links, &eg; to the user and developer mailing lists.
Please report bugs in &kmail; using
<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report
Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

<para>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para>

</chapter>