2. Read Your E-Mails and Surf The Web

2.1. Managing E-Mail

You can manage all your e-mail using KMail, a complete and full featured mail client supporting multiple mail protocols (POP3, IMAP, SMTP), security enhancements, spam filtering, etc. We present its interface and basic usage, please refer to the KMail Home Page for more information.

Launch KMail by choosing InternetKMail from the main menu. The first time a wizard appears to setup your main mail account: fill it with the configuration information (account type, login and password, mail servers) provided to you by your ISP or network administrator.

Figure 2.2. Managing E-Mail with KMail

Managing E-Mail with KMail

Table 2.1. KMail Main Action Buttons

Compose a message: fill the recipient(s), message subject and body. Click on to add attachments. Click on to send the message immediately, or keep it pressed to display a list of sending options.
Get new messages for all defined e-mail accounts. Keep this button pressed to display a list of all defined accounts. Select the one you want to get mail from to retrieve messages only for that account.
Reply to the author of the selected message. A message-compose window pops up with some fields already filled.
Forward the selected message (send to a third party).

2.2. Browsing the Web

You can browse the web with Firefox, a state-of-the-art web browser supporting tab browsing, security enhancements, search suggestions, RSS feeds, multimedia online content (such as Javatm and Flash®), etc. Here we concentrate on its interface and basic usage, please refer to the Firefox Home Page for more information.

Launch Firefox by choosing InternetMozilla Firefox from the main menu. One of the main features of Firefox is tab navigation which allows you to browse many websites at the same time without opening another browser window (see Figure 2.3, “Tab-Surfing the Web with Firefox”). Just hit Ctrl+T to open a new tab and Ctrl+W to close the currently open one.

Figure 2.3. Tab-Surfing the Web with Firefox

Tab-Surfing the Web with Firefox