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 <chapterinfo>
 <authorgroup>
 <author>
 &Daniel.Naber;
 &Daniel.Naber.mail;
 </author>
 <author>
 &Scarlett.Clark;
 &Scarlett.Clark.mail;
 </author>
 <author>
 &David.Bryant;
 &David.Bryant.mail;
 </author>
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 </authorgroup>
 <date>2020-08-16</date>
 <releaseinfo>5.14.2 (Applications 20.04.2)</releaseinfo>
 </chapterinfo>
 
 
 <title>Introduction</title>
 
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 <screeninfo>&kmail; Welcome Screen</screeninfo>
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     <caption>
       <para>&kmail; Welcome Screen</para>
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 </screenshot>
 
 <para>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client by &kde;.
 Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is both beautiful and intuitive without sacrificing power. </para>
 
 <para>If you have never set up an email client on a &UNIX; system
 before, we suggest that you read through the <link linkend="getting-started">Getting Started</link>
 section first.</para>
 <sect1 id="features">
 <title>Some &kmail; Features</title>
 <para>Here is a brief guide to some of the great features available in &kmail;</para>
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem>
 <para>You do not have to use your mouse when working with &kmail;. Everything can
 be done with <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts">Keyboard Shortcuts</link>.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>Although &kmail; is very reliable, you should keep 
 backups of your messages, &ie;, use one of the export/archive options listed in <link
 linkend="backups">Backup Options</link> to back up your settings and email regularly.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>&kmail; makes it easy to import email from many different email applications.
 The options are described in <link linkend="import-restore">Restore and Import in &kmail;</link>.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>You can separate your messages into different categories by using &kmail;'s extensive <link linkend="folders">Folders</link> options.
     Features include special handling for specified folders: mailing lists, acl (&IMAP; only), and archiving.</para> <!-- todo: start a glossary -->
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>You can complement your folder setup with highly configurable <link linkend="filters">filters</link>.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>By default &kmail; will detect common email <link linkend="configure-security-email-scams">scams</link>.
 You can also fight SPAM and viruses by creating filters that work with external programs to scan email as it comes in.
 See <link linkend="the-anti-spam-wizard">Anti Spam</link> and <link linkend="the-anti-virus-wizard">Anti Virus</link>
 for details.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>It's easy to manage several email accounts by using different  <link linkend="configure-identity">identities</link>.</para>
 </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 <para>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para>
 <sect2 id="getting-help">
 <title>Getting Help</title>
  
 <para>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink url="https://userbase.kde.org/Special:MyLanguage/KMail">https://userbase.kde.org/KMail</ulink>. There you will
 find useful links (&eg;, to the user and developer mailing lists, and to the community wiki pages.) Please report any bugs in &kmail; using
 <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
 </sect2>
 
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