Composer Page
- Automatically insert signature
If checked, your signature as defined in the identity page is automatically included at the end of all messages you create (i.e. new messages, replies, etc.).
- Use smart quoting
If checked, KMail will break long lines but will try to keep the correct quoting (e.g. the “> ” will always be at the start of the line).
- Only quote selected text when replying
If checked, KMail will quote only the selected text in the message window, instead of the complete message, when replying. With this, it is possible to quickly generate replies that quote only the relevant paragraph to which you are actually replying, and omits the other paragraphs that are not relevant to the context.
- Remove the signature when replying
If checked, KMail will remove the signature from the quoted text when replying to a message. This is useful since it reduces the amount of quoted text, which makes it easier to read the reply.
- Automatically request message disposition notifications
If checked, → will default to on. Check this option only if you know what you are doing. MDNs are considered a nuisance (or are simply ignored) by a lot of people. It is better to decide to request them on a message-by-message basis.
- Word wrap at column
Lets you turn word wrapping on and off in the composer window and lets you set the column at which words will be wrapped (you probably should not need to change the default value, which is
78).- Autosave interval
A backup copy of the text in the composer window can be created regularly. This option lets you specify the interval used to create the backup. You can disable autosaving by setting it to the value
0.- External Editor
If you do not like the Composer you can use a different editor. Note that the composer window will still open and the external editor will open as soon as you type just one character in the body of the message. If you are done, save the text and exit the editor. The text will now appear in the composer window, where you can send it. Note that your editor may not return immediately, you have to use e.g.
gvimfor gvim.-f%f
Here you can add, edit, and delete custom message templates to use when you compose a reply or forwarding message.
Message templates support substitution commands, by simply typing them or selecting them from the menu.
These are global (default) templates. They can be overridden by per-identity templates or per-folder templates if they are specified.
Here you can add, edit, and delete custom message templates to use when you compose a reply or forwarding message. Create the custom template by typing the name into the input box and press the + button. You can bind a keyboard combination to the template for faster operations.
Message templates support substitution commands, by simply typing them or selecting them from the menu.
There are four types of custom templates: used to Reply, Reply to All, Forward, and Universal which can be used for all kinds of operations. You cannot bind a keyboard shortcut to Universal templates.
This section contains a list of prefixes for “Reply” and “Forward”. If you receive messages that use prefixes different to the standard ones, you can add them here so KMail will recognize them. This way KMail can ignore them for sorting messages and when setting the subject of a reply or a forwarded messages, and optionally replace them with “Re:” or “Fwd:” respectively.
Here you can manage the default charsets used for your own messages. Every message you send will be checked if it is written in one of the listed charsets, starting at the top of the list. If it is, this charset will be used. If it is not, a dialog will show up and tell you that you manually have to choose a charset using → .
If you select Keep original charset when replying or forwarding (if possible), the original message's charset will be kept, unless there are now characters that cannot be represented using that charset.
Check the Use custom message-id suffix checkbox if you want KMail to generate Message-Id's with a custom suffix. Enter the desired suffix in the Custom message-id suffix field. Please make sure that the suffix that you specify is world-wide unique. The best thing is to use the name of a domain which you are the owner of. If you do not check Use custom Message-Id suffix then KMail will automatically generate the complete Message-Id. If you do not know what this is all about do not check this option.
The Define custom mime header fields list sets the headers that KMail will use for its outgoing messages. You can both invent new fields and overwrite existing ones. This feature is only useful for advanced users.
If you have to send attachments with filenames containing non-English characters to users of Outlook™ or Outlook Express™ then you might want to check the Outlook-compatible attachment naming option. KMail will then encode the attachment names in a non-standard way that is understood by Outlook™.
Note that KMail will create non-standard compliant messages, and consequently it is possible that your messages will not be understood by standard-compliant mail clients. So, unless you have no other choice, you should not enable this option.
Check the Enable detection of missing attachments checkbox if you want KMail to warn you whenever you are about to send a message without attachments although the message text contains certain words which indicate that you wanted to include an attachment. The list of key words can be modified.