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Ask for confirmation before moving all messages to trash

Enable this option if you want to be asked for confirmation whenever you use Folder->Move All Messages to Trash.

Exclude important messages from expiry

Enable this option if important messages should never be deleted during message expiration, that is, during automatic deletion of old messages.

When trying to find unread messages

This option controls what happens if you press one of the shortcuts to go to the next or previous unread message (for example, Space). If you ask KMail to go to the next unread message although there is no unread message below the currently selected message then the following happens:

  • If Do not Loop is selected then nothing will happen.

  • If Loop in Current Folder is selected then KMail will search from the beginning of the current folder for an unread message. If none is found then nothing happens.

  • If Loop in All Folders is selected then KMail will first search in the current folder for another unread message. If none is found then KMail will search the next folder containing unread messages.

Correspondingly, if you ask KMail to go to the previous unread message.

When entering a folder

This option controls what happens if you open a folder.

  • If Jump to First New Message is selected then KMail will select the first message it finds that is marked as new.

  • If Jump to First Unread or New Message is selected then KMail will select the first message it finds that is marked either as new or as unread.

  • If Jump to Last Selected Message is selected then KMail will select the message that was selected when the folder was open the last time.

  • If Jump to Newest Message is selected then KMail will select the newest message by date.

  • If Jump to Oldest Message is selected then KMail will select the oldest message by date.

Mark selected message as read after...

When you select a new or unread message, KMail will change the message's status to read after the number of seconds entered here. If you disable this option, messages will keep their new or unread status.

Ask for action after dragging messages to another folder

When you drag a message to a different folder, a small popup will ask you if you want to move or copy the message. If you disable this option, the message will be moved immediately, without a popup.

By default, message folders on disk are...

Here you can set the default folder format that is used when you create a new folder.

Open this folder on startup

Here you can set the folder that should be selected by default if you start KMail. If you use only IMAP folders then you might want to set this to your IMAP inbox folder. If you do that, you can collapse the local folders in the folder list, and then they will stay collapsed when KMail starts.

Empty trash on program exit

The trash folder is cleared of messages when you quit KMail if this option is selected.

Groupware

Enable IMAP resource functionality

Makes it possible to store the entries from the Kontact applications (KOrganizer, KAddressBook and KNotes). This option has to be set whenever you are configuring Kontact as a TDE Kolab client. This option being enabled you will also need to add the appropriate resources from the Trinity Control Center (kcontrol) in the TDE Resources Configuration section. Kolab resources have to be added in case the resource functionality applies to a TDE Kolab client set-up.

Format used for the groupware folders

Choose the storage format for the groupware folders

  • Default format is Standard (Ical/Vcard) for calendar folders (Ical) and addressbook folders (Vcard). This makes all Kontact features available.

  • Kolab users should choose Kolab XML. This format uses a custom model that matches more closely to the one used in Microsoft Outlook(tm) and gives better compatibility.

Language of the groupware folders

Choose between the available languages to set the folder names of the IMAP storage to your local language. Note that this option is only aimed for compatibility with Microsoft Outlook(tm). It is not recommended to change its default unless you have to, since it makes changing languages impossible.

Resource folders are in account

Select the parent of the IMAP resource folders. You should select the name of your IMAP/DIMAP account. By default the Kolab server sets the IMAP inbox to be the parent.

Hide groupware folders

You should not need to see the folders that hold the IMAP resources. However if you want to see them, you can set that by enabling this option.

Mangle From:/To: headers in replies to invitations

Enable this option to make Microsoft Outlook(tm) understand your answers to invitations replies.

Send invitations in the mail body

Invitations use to be send as attachments to a mail. By enabling this option, you let the invitation mails to be sent in the text of the mail, which is necessary to send invitations and replies to Microsoft Outlook(tm).

Exchange compatible invitations naming

Microsoft Outlook, when used in combination with a Microsoft Exchange server, has a problem understanding standards-compliant groupware e-mail. Enable this option to send groupware invitations in a way that Microsoft Exchange understands. The invitation will be sent as an attachment with name ical.ics.

Outlook compatible invitation reply comments

When the user provides comments when responding to invitations, send the comment in way that Microsoft Outlook(tm) understands. If this option is not enabled, the response comments will not be seen in Outlook.

Options without a user interface representation

Apart from the options presented in the configuration dialog, some options can only be set directly in the configuration file ($TDEHOME/share/config/kmailrc) or through KIOSK.

Send Message Distribution Notifications with an empty sender string (SendMDNsWithEmptySender)

Send Message Disposition Notifications with an empty sender string. Some servers might be configured to reject such messages, so if you are experiencing problems sending MDNs, make sure this option is set to false. To enable this feature, add a line reading: SendMDNsWithEmptySender=true to the [MDN] section of the kmail configuration file. If there is no such section, simply add "[MDN]" on a line by itself just above the option. Note that the default setting of "false" strictly speaking violates Internet standards, but is set that way for practical reasons, to avoid servers rejecting MDNs that KMail generates because they think they are SPAM.

Allow Semicolon As EMail Address Separator (AllowSemicolonAsAddressSeparator)

In RFC2822, the comma (,) is the only allowed separator for email addresses in fields like To, CC and BCC. This option allows to also use the semi-colon (;) as separator. This only affects the user interface, the created messages still use commas only and thus do no violate the standard. The option is enabled by default. To disable the feature, add a line reading (under [Composer] section):

AllowSemicolonAsAddressSeparator=false
MaximumAttachmentSize

This allows the maximum file size allowed for attachments in the mail composer to be limited. To limit attachments to 20 MB ins size, for example, add a line reading (under [Composer] section):

MaximumAttachmentSize=20
CloseDespiteSystemTray

This option allows you to configure the application to close fully, even if there is a system tray icon configured, which would normally keep the application running. To enable the feature, add a line reading (under [General] section):

CloseDespiteSystemTray=true
CheckOutOfOfficeOnStartup

With this option enabled, KMail will check on every startup if there is an active out-of-office configured and show a warning if this is the case. To disable the feature, add a line reading (under [OutOfOffice] section):

CheckOutOfOfficeOnStartup=false
Allow out-of-office settings to be adjusted by the user.

In case you don't want users to be able to upload their own out-of-office scripts to the server you can add:

AllowOutOfOfficeSettings=false

to the [OutOfOffice] section of the kmail configuration file. If there is no such section, simply add "[OutOfOffice]" on a line by itself just above the option.

Allow out-of-office scripts to be uploaded by the user, but no settings changed.

If you want to allow your users to upload their own out-of-office scripts but you do not want them to be able to change the domain to react to and the react-to-spam setting, you can add:

AllowOutOfOfficeUploadButNoSettings=true

to the [OutOfOffice] section of the kmail configuration file. If there is no such section, simply add "[OutOfOffice]" on a line by itself just above the option.

Default domain to limit out-of-office replies to.

When editing vacation (out-of-office) scripts, the user can specify a domain to limit the sending of such replies to. To pre-load this setting with a default value, add

OutOfOfficeDomain=myMailDomain.test

to the [OutOfOffice] section of the kmail configuration file. If there is no such section, simply add "[OutOfOffice]" on a line by itself just above the option. Applying defaults to the out-of-office configuration dialog via the corresponding button will restore this domain, in case the user has changed it.

Enable sending of out-of-office replies to messages marked as SPAM.

By default, out-of-office replies are not sent to messages marked as SPAM. To override this behavior, add

OutOfOfficeReactToSpam=true

to the [OutOfOffice] section of the kmail configuration file. If there is no such section, simply add "[OutOfOffice]" on a line by itself just above the option. Applying defaults to the out-of-office configuration dialog via the corresponding button will restore this setting, in case the user has changed it.

disregardUmask

This option allows you to disregard the users umask setting and use "read-write for the user only". To enable the feature, add a line reading (under [General] section):

disregardUmask=false
AutoLostFoundMove

Activate this option to automate the handling of not yet uploaded messages in disconnected IMAP folders that can not be uploaded. This can happen if the folder was removed from the server or your access rights have been restricted. Such messages will automatically moved to a newly created lost+found folder if this option is enabled, you will be ask how to proceed every time otherwise. To enable the feature, add a line reading:

AutoLostFoundMove=true

to the [Behaviour] section of the configuration file

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