KMail is a wonderful email
client. While I've never
done a comparison study on
Linux email clients, I am in
love with KMail. I'd be
reluctant to switch.
One thing I like about both
KDE and KMail is the fact that
you can keep all your passwords
inside of something called KWallet.
Here's a Wikipedia article on KWallet:
KWallet
Here's something called the KWallet
Handbook:
The KWallet Handbook
Here are the steps that I use to integrate
KMail and KWallet together:
- Bring up KMail
- Find the menus at the
top of the screen - Find the Settings Menu
next to the Help Menu - Choose the Settings
menu - Click on Settings and
the Menu will drop down - Choose Configure KMail
from the drop-down menu - Look for a sidebar on the
left - Find Accounts underneath
Identtities in the sidebar - Choose Accounts
- Look for Modify on the
right - Choose Modify
- Enter your password for
your email in the box provided - Checkmark either Store SMTP
password or Store POP password
I glossed over sending versus receiving
somewhat in the interest of brevity. In my case,
receiving email requires a POP password and
sending email requires a SMTP password
Your email accounts are typically divided between
Sending and Receiving. To go from
one to the other look for the Receiving and
Sending Tabs at the top of the
Configure KMail dialog prior to choosing a
specific email account.
How does this relate to KWallet? Once you've
set yourself up this way, KWallet should kick
in and ask you for the KWallet password once.
Thereafter, KWallet takes over and your email
passwords are provided by KWallet.
In a sense, KWallet is a golden key that unlocks
all your email passwords, no matter how many you
have.
Correctly give the KWallet password and all
email passwords under the auspices of KWallet
will be filled in for you automatically.
Ed Abbott
