| These features have been added
in KMail 1.8, which comes with KDE 3.4: |
- Optional columns in the message list: status, attachment, important, etc.
- Load external references for certain folders and on request
- Replace smileys by emoticons
- Show the sender's picture if it is in the address book
- Support for X-Face (b/w pictures in messages)
- Optional spam probability meter
- Configurable default character encoding
- Searching in IMAP messages fully supported
- Move IMAP folders
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- KWallet support
- New authentication methods for IMAP, POP3, SMTP: NTLM (Microsoft Windows) and GSSAPI (Kerberos)
- Optional compression of attachments
- Attach images from the clipboard
- New recipient editor and picker in the composer
- Quick folder switching via configurable shortcuts
- Anti-Spam Wizard supports additional tools
- Import mail from Evolution 2.x, Opera and Thunderbird")
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| These features have been added
in KMail 1.7, which comes with KDE 3.3: |
- Important: Support for 3rd-party CryptPlugs has been discontinued.
Support for the GnuPG cryptographic backend is now included directly in KMail.
- Antispam wizard
- Filter log
- Quick search
- Automatic mailing-list detection
- View/open message files
- HTML message composing
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- New filter criteria: in address book, in category, has attachment
- Cryptographic backend auto-configuration
- Sign/encrypt key separation
- Per-identity S/MIME key preselection
- Per-identity cryptographic message format preselection
- Per-contact crypto preferences
- List only opened IMAP folders
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| These features have been added
in KMail 1.6, which comes with KDE 3.2: |
- Important: Operations on the parent of a
closed thread are now performed on all messages of that thread.
That means it is now possible for example to delete a whole
thread or subthread by closing it and deleting the parent.
- KMail can now be embedded in the Kontact container application.
- Search Folders (a.k.a Virtual Folders)
- As-you-type spell checking is supported.
- Panel applet showing unread message totals.
- Per folder duplicate mail removal
- Drag and drop support of messages onto the composer
- Improved threading; threading by subject, sort stable deletion
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- Numerous search dialog improvements
- SMTP pipelining (faster mail submission).
- Separate reader window improvements, including new tool bar
- Configurable startup folder.
- IMAP messages are loaded progressively.
- IMAP attachments are loaded on demand.
- KMail can check your accounts for new mail on startup.
- Individual IMAP folders can be checked for new mail.
- Ignore Thread and Watch Thread.
- Messages can have more than one status.
- More flexible layout (no message pane or panes side by side)
- Disconnected IMAP.
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| General features: |
- Maildir support
- Address book
- Expiry of old messages
- Automatic encryption using OpenPGP (PGP or GnuPG)
- Supported protocols: POP3, IMAP (both also work with SSL and TLS)
- SSL/TLS support for POP3
- Pipelining for POP3 (faster mail download on slow responding networks)
- On-demand downloading or deleting without downloading of big mails on a POP3 server
- SMTP authentication
- SMTP over SSL/TLS
- DIGEST-MD5 authentication
- Nested mail folders
- Powerful mail filters
- Mailinglist aware folders
- Drafts folders
- Full support for mails in all languages and charsets supported by Qt
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- Import of other mail clients' folders
- Search dialog
- Support for reading HTML mails
- Editor supports spell checking, undo/redo
- Threaded messages view
- Multiple identities
- Colorfied indenting (i.e. text that's quoted has a different color)
- Background sending and downloading of mail
- KDE integration such as drag and drop
- Automatic popup address completion (similar to Konqueror)
- Support for custom colors and fonts
- UTF-7 support
- PGP/MIME (RFC 3156) support for GnuPG users
- S/MIME support
- Custom folder icons
- Custom date format
- ...
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