Automatically insert signature

If checked, your signature as defined on the identity page is automatically included at the end of every message you create (i.e., new messages, replies, etc.).

Insert signature above quoted text

If checked, KMail will insert your signature at the top of the composer window, and not at the bottom.

Prepend separator to signature

If checked, KMail will insert "-- " (dash dash space) before your signature if your signature does not begin that way. (This separator line is a de facto internet standard.)

Remove the signature when replying

If checked, KMail will remove the signature from the original message when you compose a reply. Of course, if you have not selected the signature and the Only quote selected text ... option has been checked, KMail will omit the signature without referring to this setting.

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(s) to which you are actually replying. If this option is checked and you select nothing, KMail will quote the entire message.

Use smart quoting

If checked, KMail will break long lines but will try to keep the correct quoting (i.e., the “>” will always be at the start of the line).

Word wrap at column:

If checked, the word wrap option (Options → Wordwrap in the composer window) will be selected automatically. Use the spin box to set the maximum line length.

Reply or forward using the same visual format as the original message (plain text or HTML)

If checked, KMail will always enable the rich text editing toolbar if the message to which you are responding contains an HTML MIME header. If this option is not selected, the composer retains the toolbar state from the previous session.

Improve plain text version of HTML message

If checked, KMail will append footnotes to the plain text version of every message composed in HTML. These plain text footnotes will be clickable links pointing to any resources coded as anchor tags (aka links) in the HTML version of the message.

Automatically request message disposition notifications

If checked, Options → Request Disposition Notification 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 request them only when necessary.

Use addresses indexed from emails for autocompletion

If checked, KMail will include the addresses from all your saved messages in the list of autocompletion targets (e.g., when you start typing in the To: input field). These will appear as "Contacts found in your data". If you switch this off, only the matching KAddressBook entries and "Recent Addresses" will appear in the list. Use the spin box to limit the number of items displayed in the list.

Use recent addresses for autocompletion

If checked, KMail will include the addresses that have been used recently in the list of autocompletion targets (e.g., when you start typing in the CC: input field). These will appear as "Recent Addresses". If you switch this off, only the matching KAddressBook entries and "Contacts found in your data" will appear in the list. Use the spin box to limit the number of items considered "Recent".

Configure Completion ... button

Click on this button to open the autocompletion configuration dialog. You may adjust the order in which items appear, add or remove "Recent" addresses, and create a blacklist of addresses that should never appear as autocompletion targets. Notice that this dialog may also be invoked from a context menu by clicking the right mouse button in, say, the "To:" field of the composer.

Autosave interval

A backup copy of the text in the composer window is by default created regularly. This option lets you specify how often a backup copy is created. You can disable autosaving by selecting "No autosave".

Autocorrect Options

Simple Autocorrection

This allows you to configure KMail to automatically correct various common typographical errors. Check the boxes next to the autocorrection features you want.

Custom Quotes

You can replace double or single quotes with “smart” quotes by checking the appropriate box. You can also add a non-breaking space before specific punctuation marks in French text by selecting that option.

Advanced Autocorrection

You can customize automatic word replacement by selecting this option. To enter a custom string that will be replaced automatically, enter the word to be replaced in the Find box and enter the replacement word in the Replace box, then click the Add button. To remove a custom word from the list, highlight that entry and click Remove.

Exceptions

This dialog lets you create exceptions where you can tell KMail to ignore some periods (end of sentence) and two uppercase letters (e.g., KMail). Enter the exception and click the Add button. To remove the exception, highlight the string and click Remove.

General

There are three options under "General". If you want to preserve the aspect ratio of all images, select Keep ratio. KMail by default asks you if you want to resize before resizing. If you want the program to resize images without asking, unselect Ask before resizing. KMail will by default send the resized image in JPG format. If you would rather have such images sent in PNG format, select that from the Fallback to format: drop down box.

Image

Suppose you have a relative who can only receive image files of a certain size because of their email provider's limits. You can use the Reduce image to maximum dimension: option to select a size to shrink the image to, and enter their email into the filters on the Recipients tab. (The Recipients tab is discussed in further detail below.) If you need a custom size, choose the last option Custom from the width and height drop down boxes, and enter a number of pixels in the text box. You may also enlarge images by selecting Enlarge image to minimum dimension. The last option allows you to skip resizing images that are smaller than the specified file size.

Filename

Source filter

If you would like the resizing to be done based on the name of the file, select the appropriate filter here. Suppose you need to send your boss multiple images daily, and your boss requires all of them to be the same size. You could name your work images work1, work2 etc., then select Include all files whose names contains one of the patterns and enter work into the Pattern: text box. You can also exclude files in the same way by selecting Exclude all files whose names contains one of the patterns. The default behavior is no filtering.

Image Format

Select Resize all images with one of these formats to set a specific format to resize the image to.

• When this option is enabled, you must click the Select Format... button, then select a format from the dialog.

Resize filename

Select Rename resized images with the following pattern: if you would like your resized images to be renamed with a specific pattern. Enter the pattern into the text box. You may use:

%t set current time

%d set current date

%n original filename

%e original extension

%x new extension

Recipients

This tab is where you specify recipients who need to receive resized images. You must decide if you need multiple entries or only one, and enter the email(s) into the text box using the “;” as a separator when there are multiple items. You may also specify certain recipients for whom images ought not be resized. The default is no filtering.