[Novices] K mail

[Mike Williams]

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>--- Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com> wrote:
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>>>> > Running Suse 9.1 and KDE desktop.  I am using
>>>> > Konqueror as my browser and would like to
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>>> experiment
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>>>> > with K-mail.  Does it have any automatic set up
>>>> > features or can anyone guide me through the set
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>>> up. 
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>>>> > Is it a good mail program?
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>>> I've never used kmail, but you setup most email
>>> programs
>>> the same.  Look though the menus and find the
>>> preferences,
>>> or create a new account, or whatever kmail calls it.
>>>  Fill 
>>> in all the required info (your name, your user name,
>>> your 
>>> ISP's server names, etc.) and it works.
>>> 
>>> If you haven't, you might want to check out
>>> Evolution for
>>> your email.
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>   BS
>I tried setting up an account once but buffalo'd by
>some of the questions.  Is my server name just the
>same as the after @  part of my e-mail address?  
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Not quite, but close.  The domain name (the stuff after the @) generally 
identifies the company that is providing your email.  The sending and 
receiving server names identify the actual machine out on the Net that 
yours will talk to.  A bit of googling suggests that for an 
sbcglobal.net email address, you will want smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com for 
outgoing server and pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com for incoming.

>Isn't
>my name and user name the same?
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Not necessarily.  Often you have a friendly name (Mike Williams), a 
login name (knightperson at zuzax.com), and a way for you to identify this 
email account to the mail program.  User name for the incoming server is 
probably <yourname>@sbcglobal.net.

>What and where is Evolution?
>Brock
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Evolution is one of the many email programs out there.  It's going to be 
similar to kmail, but you might like one better than the other.  Some 
people prefer Mozilla Thunderbird, which is yet another choice.