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diff --git a/doc/kmail/faq.docbook b/doc/kmail/faq.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f7ef1e682 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kmail/faq.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,590 @@ +<chapter id="faq"> + +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Daniel</firstname> +<surname>Naber</surname> +<affiliation><address> +<email>[email protected]</email> +</address></affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>David</firstname> +<surname>Rugge</surname> +<affiliation><address> +<email>[email protected]</email> +</address></affiliation> +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +<date>2004-07-14</date> +<releaseinfo>1.7</releaseinfo> +</chapterinfo> + +<title>Frequently Asked Questions (&FAQ;)</title> +<!-- TODO: split into categories? unfortunately this will produce several files, eg. with <section> --> + +<qandaset id="faq-set"> + +<!-- fixme: how to use old kmail mail data: copy files from +~/Mail (incl. hidden ones) to the new ~/Mail folder --> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Why are my filters not applied to incoming messages of &imap; accounts?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>Normal &imap; mode does not support filtering, but the new +disconnected &imap; account type does. You could try to use server-side +filtering (ask your admin for how to install filters on the server and in +which format), since &imap; is all about managing your email <emphasis>on the server</emphasis>. +Unfortunately, although there exists a mail filter language (Sieve, defined +in RFC3028), there is no standardized access protocol for installing or +editing server-side Sieve scripts. If such a protocol becomes available in +the future, &kmail; will most probably include support for it.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Using <application>PGP</application> or <application>GnuPG</application> +is very slow or it blocks &kmail;.</para></question> +<answer> +<para>&kmail; accesses <application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application> +synchronously, &ie; it blocks while <application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application> +works. This means that you might want to disable automatic retrieval +of unknown keys from a keyserver to make &kmail; look more responsive. +If you are using <application>GnuPG</application> 1.0.7 (or better) or upgraded from an earlier +version, then make sure to run <command>gpg <option>--rebuild-keydb-caches</option></command> +once and <command>gpg <option>--check-trustdb</option></command> after every import or refresh. +Both will speed up <application>GnuPG</application> immensely.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id="pgp-faq"> +<question><para>What should I know if I want to use +<application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application> with +&kmail;?</para></question> + +<answer><para>&kmail; provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for the basic + functions of these programs; still you should understand how these programs + work and what might make their use insecure. Some important issues:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para>You <emphasis>really</emphasis> should test if encryption works +before you use it. &kmail; partly relies on +<application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application>'s error strings, +which often change between different versions.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>&kmail; will not encrypt messages with an untrusted (unsigned) public key: if you want to encrypt to such a +key you should check the identity of the key owner and only then sign the key +with your secret key; if you do not want to or cannot check the identity +of the key owner but nevertheless want to encrypt the message then +please sign the key locally with <userinput><command>gpg</command> +<option>--lsign</option> <replaceable>keyID</replaceable></userinput>.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Trusting a foreign public key without checking it is not a good idea.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>&kmail; cannot encrypt and sign attachments if you are using +the built-in OpenPGP support. For encrypted and signed attachments you need +to have <link linkend="configure-security-crypto-backends">crypto +plugins</link> installed and configured.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Starting with GnuPG 1.0.7 you have to set your own key to +ultimate ownertrust: it is no longer implicitly done for you.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> <question><para>Where does &kmail; save my settings and my +mail?</para></question> <answer> <para>Most &kmail; settings are stored in +<filename>$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/config/kmailrc</filename>, where +$<envar>KDEHOME</envar> is typically <filename +class="directory">~/.kde</filename>; the identities are stored in +<filename>$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/config/emailidentities</filename> +and your mail is saved in <filename +class="directory">$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/apps/kmail</filename> (or +<filename class="directory">~/Mail</filename> if you upgraded from a +previous &kmail; version that used this location.) Note that some of the +files are hidden: remember to also copy those if you want to backup or +archive your mails.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id="faq-index-regeneration"> +<question><para>Why did &kmail; regenerate the index of a folder?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>&kmail; regenerates the index of a folder whenever the index appears to be +out of date, &ie; whenever the contents of a folder are newer than the +index. &kmail; regenerates the index in this case in order to prevent +the loss or corruption of messages. Unfortunately, currently-deleted +messages might reappear and message flags (like important, etc.) might +be lost when the index is regenerated.</para> +<para>An outdated index can have several causes; the two most important causes +are: +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Some other program modified the contents of the folder: if you want +to use &kmail; together with procmail then please read <link + linkend="faq-procmail">this &FAQ;</link>. If you want to use &kmail; together with +another email client then please read <link +linkend="faq-other-muas">this &FAQ;</link>.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>If your mail folder (usually <filename class="directory">$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/apps/kmail/</filename> or <filename class="directory">~/Mail</filename>) +is on a volume which is mounted via NFS and if the clock of the NFS server is ahead of the +clock of your computer then the NFS server sometimes reports a wrong +file date for the index file. In this case &kmail; assumes that the index +is outdated although in reality it is not. To fix this problem +you (or your system administrator) have to make sure that the clock of +the NFS server and the clock of your computer are always in sync. One +way to achieve this is the use of the ntp daemon.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>I cannot add addresses to my address book after upgrading to KDE 3.x.</para></question> +<answer> +<para>You probably copied your old <filename>kmailrc</filename> file manually. That is not +necessary, there is a script that will do such things when you run KDE 3.x +for the first time. To fix the problem, remove the complete <quote>[AddressBook]</quote> +group and the addressbook option in group <quote>[General]</quote> in your +<filename>kmailrc</filename> file; however, chances are you will also encounter other problems +that the config update script would have solved.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id="faq-other-muas"> +<question><para>Can I use &kmail; together with a different email client, ⪚ +<application>mutt</application>?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>If you're using the mbox format for your folders it is not +possible to use a different email client while &kmail; is running. +With <application>mutt</application> there may also be problems +even if both programs are not running at the same time. We recommend to +use the maildir format in this case, this should solve all problems.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How can I convert my mailboxes from mbox to maildir?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>There is no automatic way to do that. You will have to create a new folder +in maildir format and copy the messages from the mbox folder into this +new folder. Remember to adapt any filter rules connected with the old folder before +you delete it.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How can I use a browser other than &konqueror; to +open links in messages?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>Change the <guilabel>File Associations</guilabel> for HTML files +using &kcontrol;.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How can I remove attachments from messages without removing +the message itself?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>This is currently not supported. As a workaround, move the +message to the drafts folder, double click on it in order to open +it in the composer, remove the attachments, save the message again to the +drafts folder, move it back to its folder. The disadvantage of +this workaround is that the date will be changed to the current date. +Some other headers might also be changed.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How can I make &kmail; check for new messages at startup?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>If &kmail; should always check for new messages at startup then +enable <guilabel>Check mail on startup</guilabel> on the +<link linkend="configure-accounts-receiving">Accounts configuration page</link>. +Otherwise start &kmail; with <command>kmail <option>--check</option></command>.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Why does &kmail; get slow / stop working when I try to +send big attachments?</para></question> +<answer> +<!-- fixme: update for 3.2 --> +<para>&kmail; is known to have problems with large attachments. We are working +on a solution for this problem for &kde; 3.2 but currently it temporarily consumes +virtual memory of about 10-15 times the size of the attachment. That +means that if you attach a 2MB file &kmail; might temporarily need about +20-30 MB of virtual memory (= RAM + swap space). If you do not have +enough virtual memory this will lead to problems.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Where can I get a list of changes between the versions of &kmail;?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>The welcome screen lists all important changes for your version. It is displayed when you +select <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>&kmail; Introduction</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Can I configure the location of my mail folder?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>Exit &kmail;, make a backup of <filename>~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc</filename>, +then open it with an editor and add ⪚ <userinput>folders=/home/username/.mail</userinput> +to the <quote>[General]</quote> section. Then move all your existing folders (including +the hidden index files) to the new location. The next time you start &kmail; will use +<filename class="directory">/home/username/.mail</filename> instead of +<filename class="directory">/home/username/.kde/share/apps/kmail</filename>. Note that &kmail; +will lose its filters if you change the mail folder's location but forget +to move your existing folders.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How can I use mail folders that are not in the normal &kmail; message folder location?</para></question> + +<answer><para>To add a whole mbox mail folder use +<userinput><command>ln</command> <option>-s</option> +<filename>/somewhere/Mail/.remotedir.directory</filename> <filename +class="symlink">/home/username/share/apps/kmail/.mymailboxfile.directory</filename></userinput>. +Note that it is not possible to use links to files, only links that point +to folders will work.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>I'm one of those people whose mails consist of 100 quoted lines +and one line written by myself. For some reason this annoys other people. Can +&kmail; help me and make everyone's life better?</para></question> +<answer><para>Sure. Just select a short relevant part of the original mail +with the mouse before you reply. Only this part will then be quoted in your +reply.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>For some messages the value in the <guilabel>Date</guilabel> field +is <guilabel>unknown</guilabel> or it is not correct.</para></question> +<answer><para>Probably the <quote>Date:</quote> header of these messages is +broken and &kmail; cannot interpret it. That is not a bug in &kmail; +but in the software that sent the mail.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>My signature has two dashes above it. What's up?</para></question> +<answer> +<para> +Separating the signature from the message body with two dashes and a space +on a single line is common usage. These symbols permit mail clients who recognize +them to trim the signatures from a reply. If your signature does not already have +this separator, &kmail; will automatically add it.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>&kmail; fetches the same messages over and over again.</para></question> +<answer><para>This happens if you have enabled +<guilabel>Leave fetched messages on the server</guilabel> +and your POP3 server does not support the UIDL command. There is currently +no workaround besides disabling +<guilabel>Leave fetched messages on the server</guilabel>. +A more detailed explanation can be found +<ulink url="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kmail&m=99220697415300&w=2">in this +mailing list post</ulink>.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Are there any known bugs in &kmail;?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>A list of submitted bugs is linked at <ulink +url="http://kmail.kde.org/">the &kmail; homepage</ulink>. Note that not all +these bugs are valid. All in all we think that &kmail; is a very robust piece +of software.</para> +<para><warning><para>However, you should not run &kmail; while another email client is already +accessing the files in <filename class="directory">~/Mail</filename>; if you try to do so, +you might lose messages. Note that you should make backups of your messages anyway.</para></warning></para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>&kmail; does not display <acronym>HTML</acronym> mail properly.</para></question> +<answer><para>References to external content like images, are disabled by +default, as they can be used to track whether and when you read a message. +Loading external references can be activated in the <guilabel>Security</guilabel> +tab in &kmail;'s configuration dialog; also Plugins (like <trademark +class="registered">Macromedia</trademark> <application>Flash</application>), +&Java; and JavaScript will not be displayed in &kmail; for security reasons +and there is no way to activate them.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Can I use two different versions of &kmail; at the same time? Can I go +back from a current version of &kmail; to an older one?</para></question> +<answer><para>You can only run one instance of &kmail; at once. We also recommend +to stick to a certain version and not switch back and forth between different versions. +Downgrading to an older version will probably cause problems, ⪚ because the index file +formats might have changed. Upgrading should never be a problem.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Does &kmail; support uuencoded files?</para></question> +<answer><para>Uuencoded attachments are supported, but inline uuencoded files are not.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>&kmail; crashed while I was writing a mail; is that mail is lost now?</para></question> +<answer><para>&kmail; tries to save your mail to +<filename>~/dead.letter</filename> in case of a crash. The next time you start +&kmail; the mail composer should appear with your mail again; If it does not, +try to open <filename>~/dead.letter</filename> with an editor. If it does not +exist then the crash was so bad that &kmail; could not save your mail.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>When I try to set a folder to be mailing list-aware, it does not do +anything when receiving an email from the list.</para></question> +<answer><para>Associating a folder with a mailing list has nothing to do with +filtering the mailing list messages — you have to add a new filter rule manually; however, once you associated a folder with a mailing list you can use <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reply to Mailing-List...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or +<menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Message to Mailing-List...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +and the mailing list address will be set in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field. +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>My SMTP server requires authentication; Does &kmail; support this?</para></question> +<answer><para>There are two common techniques used for <acronym>SMTP</acronym> authentication: +<quote>SMTP after POP3</quote> and <quote>SMTP Auth</quote>. +<quote>SMTP Auth</quote> can be set in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab +of the SMTP configuration dialog. +To use <quote>SMTP after POP3</quote> you have to collect all your messages in the +<guilabel>outbox</guilabel> and send them just after you have fetched new mail. +You can make &kmail; send the queued messages automatically with the +<guilabel>Send messages in outbox folder</guilabel> option on the +<link linkend="configure-accounts-sending">Accounts configuration page</link>. +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id="faq-procmail"> +<question><para>Can I use &kmail; and <application>procmail</application>?</para></question> +<answer><para>Yes, but it is important to do it the right way or you might lose +mail. In order to use <application>procmail</application> and &kmail; you need +to set up &kmail; so that it will fetch new +mail from the spoolfiles in which <application>procmail</application> +drops your mail. Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> set up procmail to deliver +mail in a &kmail; folder, this cannot work.</para> + +<para>For each procmail spoolfile you then need to create an account +from which &kmail; will fetch new mail; you also need to make sure you +specify the right lockfile name for this account. When setting up an +account, &kmail; will do some minimal parsing on your +<filename>.procmail</filename> file, and will try to list every +spoolfile it has found, and also the lockfiles next to the +<guilabel>procmail lockfile</guilabel> item. procmail lets the user +specify lockfiles in three different ways, so there is no way to +establish a correspondence between the spoolfiles and lockfiles; so it's +really up to you to make sure you specify the right lockfile for each +spoolfile.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Spellchecking does not recognize non-English +characters.</para></question> +<answer><para>Before you can use spellchecking the first time, you have to +configure it. You can do so in the composer window's menu +under <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Spellchecker...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can set +the dictionary and the encoding there.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I use my +<application>Eudora</application>/&Netscape;/<application>Outlook</application>/... +mail folders in &kmail;?</para></question> +<answer><para>See the section <link linkend="importing">Using other Mailbox +files With &kmail;</link>.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>Can I use encryption with my normal (non-<acronym>SSL</acronym>) +POP3 account?</para></question> +<answer><para>If your POP3 server runs an +<application>ssh</application> daemon, you can use ssh to tunnel your +POP3 connection using the following command:</para> + +<para><userinput><command>ssh</command> <option>-L 11000:127.0.0.1:110 +user@host</option></userinput></para> + +<para>Modify your &kmail; configuration to fetch the mail via +POP3 from <userinput>localhost</userinput> and ssh will tunnel +the connection for you. + +<note><para>If non-encrypted messages have already been sent +via Internet, the only advantage of using <application>ssh</application> is +that your <emphasis>password</emphasis> will be sent encrypted to the POP3 +server.</para></note> + +<!-- fixme: add link to http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html --> + +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id="faq-file-locking"> +<question><para>Does &kmail; lock the folders it uses?</para></question> +<answer><para>&kmail; does not lock the files in <filename +class="directory">~/Mail</filename>.</para> +<para>To avoid the risk of losing mail <emphasis>if using a local +account</emphasis> it is necessary to ensure that &kmail; uses the same type of +locking as your mail delivery agent.</para> + +<para>There are five different locking options you can use:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Procmail lockfile</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Mutt dotlock</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Mutt dotlock privileged</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>FCNTL</guilabel> (default)</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>none (use with care)</guilabel></para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para><guilabel>Procmail lockfile</guilabel> will use a small utility that comes +with <application>procmail</application> called <command>lockfile</command>. You +can use this if your mail folder is in a folder where you have write +permission. This will not work on your <filename +class="directory">/var/spool/mail/user</filename> file in most cases. It will +create <filename>.lock</filename> files on your account when &kmail; is checking +for new mail. Please note that this will only work if +<application>procmail</application> is installed on your system.</para> + +<para><guilabel>Mutt dotlock</guilabel> and <guilabel>Mutt dotlock +privileged</guilabel> will both use a small utility that comes with +<application>mutt</application> +called <command>mutt_dotlock</command>. <guilabel>Mutt dotlock</guilabel> +can be used in the same way as the <guilabel>Procmail lockfile</guilabel> +option, with the same limitation with regards to the <filename +class="directory">/var/spool/mail/</filename> folders. However, the +<guilabel>Mutt dotlock privileged</guilabel> option can create lock files +in the <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> folder. +<command>mutt_dotlock</command> is a setgid program and this option will +run it in setgid mode. Please note that these options will only work if +<application>mutt</application> is installed on your system.</para> + +<para><guilabel>FCNTL</guilabel> will use the +<function>fcntl()</function> system call.</para> + +<warning><para>Usage of FCNTL locking might cause system lockups when the mail +spool file is on an NFS mounted device.</para></warning> + +<para>If you do not want to use any locking, the <guilabel>none</guilabel> option +is what you want. However, there are risks of losing mail when no locking is +used.</para> + +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I leave messages on the server?</para></question> +<answer><para>See the <link linkend="popfilters">Download filters</link> chapter. +If you want to leave all messages on the server: open up the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &kmail;...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> window. Click on the <guilabel>Network</guilabel> page. Select your +account from the account list and click the <guibutton>Modify...</guibutton> +button. This dialog contains the <guilabel>Leave fetched messages on the server</guilabel> +setting which you must enable.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I automatically insert a text footer within my +messages?</para></question> +<answer><para>The text footer is also called a signature (not to be confused +with a cryptographic signature). Select +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &kmail;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +Look in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> page for the <guilabel>Signature</guilabel> +tab and add your signature there. Then go to the <guilabel>General</guilabel> +tab on the <guilabel>Composer</guilabel> page and enable +<xref linkend="configure-composer-general-append-signature"/></para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I set up &Sendmail; to work with +&kmail; if I have a dial-up connection?</para></question> + +<answer><para>First you should check if your distribution +can do this for you. It probably has already been set up during +installation.</para> + +<para>If that is not the case, you may want to have a look at <ulink +url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Mail-Queue.html">the Mail Queue +HOWTO</ulink>.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>I've seen demonstrations of remote control behavior with &kmail;. +Is there any documentation on the available interfaces?</para></question> +<answer><para>You can get a list of functions by using this command in a shell: +<userinput><command>dcop</command> +<option>kmail KMailIface</option></userinput>. Some documentation is also +available in <filename>kdenetwork/kmail/kmailIface.h</filename> and +<filename>kdenetwork/kmail/mailcomposerIface.h</filename>.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>When I reply to a message, only a part of the message is quoted. How come?</para></question> +<answer><para>This can happen when the message contains two dashes and a space on a single line. This is seen as the start of the signature. The remaining part of the message will not be quoted, because when you reply to a message KMail strips the signature.</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>I am only using &imap;, can I get rid of those Local Folders in +the folder list or at least keep them collapsed all the time?</para></question> +<answer><para>No you can not get rid of them. The local folders function as a +fallback when the &imap; server is unreachable. Although you only use &imap;, +&kmail; uses the outbox for sending the messages. If we hide all local folders +you won't be able to fix messages in the outbox which can not be send for some +reason. But it is possible to keep the local folders collapsed. What +you have to do is go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem> +Configure &kmail;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and go to the section Misc, +there you can setup the folder on startup. If you change that to a folder on +the &imap; account, the Local Folders will stay collapsed when &kmail; starts. +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + <qandaentry id="faq-decrypt-on-read"> + <!-- ideally, this should be in the documentation of the --> + <!-- reader window, but oops, there's no documentation of --> + <!-- the reader window >:-( (mmutz) --> + <question> + <para> + How do I enable permanent decryption of read messages? + </para> + </question> + <answer> + <para> + The global reversal of encryption is considered extremely + insecure. Shared access to messages for multiple persons + should be implemented using semantic solutions (⪚ by + defining roles like <quote>department + manager</quote>). + </para> + <para> + In case it is imperative to use it in the insecure mode, it + has to be manually enabled in the file + <filename>$KDEHOME/share/config/kmailrc</filename> by adding + the following directive in the <literal>[Reader]</literal> + group: + <programlisting> + store-displayed-messages-unencrypted=true + </programlisting> + </para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + +</qandaset> + +</chapter> |