Kmail is KDE's graphic mail client. In the past it had some problems, particularly IMAP support which I felt precluded it's use here. The current version that comes with Redhat 7.2 is now functional, though there are some problems. Some of the features of kmail include:

• IMAP support see Known Problems section
• Multiple folder support
• Selectable quoting for replies and forwards, simply highlight the text to quote
• Built in spell checker
• Inclusion of files
• Attachment of files
• Direct viewing of most attachments like Word docs, pdf, etc. by launching applicable viewer
• Built in filtering to remove junk mail
• Built in search function to search messages and folders

• Kmail gets a little slow on start-up if the inbox has more than 1000 messages in it.
• If you use NFS instead of IMAP for inbox access kmail will move /var/spool/mail/username messages to /users/username/Mail/inbox as they come in.
• You have to click a folder and then the inbox to check new messages if you use IMAP for inbox access. The check new mail function does not work.
• Transfering multiple messages at once from the inbox to a folder may cause kmail to crash if you use IMAP for inbox access. If you see this behavior, you may be able to fix it.
• Create a tmp folder.
• Move all the messages from the offending folder to the new folder by dragging and dropping them. Selecting multiple messages should work.
• Delete the original folder then recreate it.
• Drag the messages back.

This will create a new summary file which should fix the problem.

If you'd like to use kmail, I strongly encourage you to look at the Kmail Configuration web page.

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