Email Clients

There are many options when it comes to email clients for Linux™ systems. With Kubuntu™, KMail is presented by default, either as a stand-alone client or as part of the Kontact personal information manager. Other popular Linux™ email clients include MozillaThunderbird, Evolution, Mailody, and even Mutt — a command line email client.

KMail

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KMail is the email component of Kontact — the KDE™ personal information manager. KMail by itself is similar in functionality to other popular email programs, while Kontact is as full-featured as the fanciest personal information managers, as it can be configured with calendars, address books, notes, an RSS reader, time tracking, journals, and simple project planning. The following are just some of the features of KMail:

  • IMAP, POP3, and SMTP support.

  • SSL, TLS, and Digest::MD5™ secure logon support.

  • PGP and GnuPG signatures and encryption support.

  • HTML reading, spam filtering, internal character sets, search and filter functions, spell checking, and robust searching.

More information on KMail and configuration can be found in The KMail Handbook. For the use of KMail within Kontact, also refer to The Kontact Handbook.