<chapter id="intro">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author
><firstname
>Daniel</firstname
> <surname
>Naber</surname
> <affiliation
><address
> <email
>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email>
</address
></affiliation>
</author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Andrew</firstname
><surname
>Coles</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>British English English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>
<date
>2004-07-13</date
> <releaseinfo
>1.7</releaseinfo
> </chapterinfo>

<title
>Introduction</title>

<para
>The &kmail; Team welcomes you to &kmail;, a user-friendly email client for the K Desktop Environment. Our goal is to make &kmail; a program that is 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 so that your setup goes smoothly.</para>

<para
>Since most people do not read documentation anyway, here is a collection of the most helpful tips:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
>You do not have to use your mouse to use &kmail;. Everything can be done by using <link linkend="keyboard-shortcuts"
>Keyboard Shortcuts</link
>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
>Although &kmail; can be considered reliable you should keep backups of your messages, &ie; just copy the files and folders in <filename class="directory"
>~/Mail</filename
> (including the hidden ones that start with a dot) to a safe place.</para>
</listitem>
<!-- TODO: add other tips for "invisible" features here -->

</itemizedlist>

<para
>&kmail;'s homepage can be found at <ulink url="http://kmail.kde.org"
>http://kmail.kde.org</ulink
>. There you will find useful links, &eg; to the user and developer mailing lists. Please report bugs in &kmail; using <menuchoice
><guimenu
>Help</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Report Bug...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>.</para>

<para
>We hope you will enjoy &kmail;!</para>

</chapter>
