[kdepim-users] Configuring Kmail account (for receiving) in KDE v4.7

Anders Lund anders at alweb.dk
Fri Feb 3 08:34:09 GMT 2012


Fredag den 3. februar 2012 10:16:52 Stan Goodman skrev:
> The OS is openSuSE v12.1 x86_64, newly installed in a clean partition.
> 
> Configuring Kmail for sending was a snap; to do the same for receiving
> has me flummoxed.
> 
> In Kmail settings > Accounts > Receiving, I see a screen that offers me
> a choice between defining a Local folder or an Akonadi folder. No
> problem there -- I chose the local folder, and accepted the default
> folder name. What now? I do not see any clue about how to progress to
> actually configuring an account -- username, password, server name, etc.
> 
> The very ample Help screen is of no help, since it seems not to have
> caught up with v4.7, and it fails to mention this first screen at all. I
> have also found nothing through a 'Net search. Either I am missing
> something that is obvious to everyone else, or there is a bug on this
> screen.
> 
> How can I graduate to the actual configuration screens for the receive
> function?

If you press "add", there should be options for pop3 or imap servers

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