Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shorcut that performs a menu item function, it is listed after the menu item.
Creates a new Composer window.
Creates a new Mail Reader window.
Saves the currently displayed message.
Prints the currently displayed message.
Checks mail in the active account.
Submenu that lets you check mail from a particular account.
Opens the Settings window. You can configure the settings for your identity, accounts, network, PGP, the appearance of the Composer and Mail Reader windows, and various other settings here.
Opens up the Addressbook.
Opens the Filters window.
Closes the current Mail Reader window.
Exits Kmail.
Copies selected text to the clipboard.
Opens the New Folder dialog which lets you create new folders
Opens up the Modify Folder dialog which lets you change the settings for the selected folder.
Compacts the folder file to reduce its disk space usage. Use this command if your mailboxes seem to be much larger than they ought to be.
Moves all of the messages in the selected folder into the trash folder. If the selected folder is the trash folder, the messages are permanently deleted.
Removes the selected folder.
Selects the next message in the Headers pane.
Selects the next unread message in the Headers pane.
Selects the previous message in the Headers pane.
Selects the previous unread message in the Headers pane.
Opens up the Composer window with the contents of the selected message's Reply-To field in the To: field.
Opens up the Composer window and copies the contents of the selected message's Reply-To and To fields into the To: field and the cc: and bcc: fields into the cc: and bcc: fields of the Composer window.
Forwards the message to a new recipient.
Edits the selected message if it is editable.
Allows you to change the status of the selected message to one of the below:
Selects all of the messages in the current folder.
Moves all of the selected messages to a new folder.
Copies the selected messages into a new folder.
Moves the selected messages into the trash folder.
Sends the message again
Applies your filters to the selected messages
Views the message and its complete headers in plain text format in a new window.
Changes the number of headers that are displayed and the formatting of the headers in the Message pane.
Changes the way that attachments appear in the Message pane.
Invokes the KDE help system with the Kmail help pages displayed.
Displays essential information about Kmail.
Displays information about KDE.
Queues the message in the outbox for sending it later.
Sends the message immediately.
Inserts the selected text file into the message, starting at the cursor.
Opens up the address book.
Prints the message.
Opens up a new Composer window.
Opens up a new Mail Reader window.
Closes the Composer window.
These items are for cutting, copying, and pasting text. They work like in most editors.
Selects all of the text in your message.
Finds words, phrases, or expressions in the message.
Lets you replace words, phrases, or expressions in your message with other words or phrases.
Uses KSpell to check the spelling in the body of your message.
Sets the priority of the message to Urgent.
If you choose this option, you will receive a confirmation email once your message is successfully delivered to its destination mail server.
If you choose this option, you will receive a confirmation email once your message is downloaded and read by its recipient.
Allows you to configure Kspell, KDE's spellchecker.
This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields in the Composer window.
This menu lets you select attachment options.
Appends the contents of your signature file to the end of the message.
Inserts the contents of the selected file into the message starting at the cursor.
Attaches the selected file to the message using the encoding you select in the dialog.
Attaches the corresponding PGP key to your message using the default encoding.
Removes the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.
Saves the attachment that is selected in the attachment window to a file.
Displays the properties of the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.
Invokes the KDE help system with the Kmail help pages displayed.
Displays essential information about Kmail.
Displays information about KDE.