Instant Messaging With Kopete - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - KDE Getting Started Manual

on a Web site. If you accept by clicking Remember, the
password will be stored on your hard disk in an encrypted
format. Next time you access this site, Firefox will automat-
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To review or manage your passwords in Firefox, click Edit
→ Preferences → Security → Saved Passwords....
E-Mailing and Calendaring
For reading and managing your mails and appointments,
you can use Kontact as your personal information manage-
ment tool (PIM). Kontact combines KDE applications like
KMail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into a single interface.
This gives you easy access to your e-mail, calendar, address
book, and other PIM functionality. Kontact can also manage
multiple e-mail accounts, such as your private e-mail and
your business ones.
Starting Kontact for the First Time
To start Kontact, press Alt
access one of the components, click the corresponding icon
in the left sidebar.
Before you can send or receive mails, you must configure
an e-mail account. When starting KMail for the first time,
a configuration wizard appears that assists you in setting
up your account: Select the Account Type you want to create
(like IMAP or POP3), enter your Account Information like
name and e-mail address, and enter your Login Information
for the e-mail account. In the last step, enter the Server In-
formation for incoming and outgoing mail and click Finish.
If you want to modify your e-mail account (for example, if
you need to change any ports or want to add a second ac-
count), click the Mail icon, then select Settings → Configure
KMail to open the configuration dialog. If you are not sure
about the settings or items to select, consult your Internet
Service Provider or system administrator.
To write a new mail, click the Mail icon in the Kontact main
window and press Ctrl + N
you have finished your mail, click Send to send it immedi-
ately. In case you have configured multiple e-mail accounts,
keep the Send button pressed, then select the account from
which you want to send the mail.
and enter kontact. To
+ F2
to open the mail composer. After

Instant Messaging with Kopete

Kopete is an online messenger application that allows mul-
tiple partners connected to the Internet to chat with each
other. Kopete currently supports a number of common
messenger protocols, such as AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM),
Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise® Messenger, ICQ, Jabber*, MSN,
SMS, and Yahoo!*. To be able to use instant messaging (IM),
you must register with a provider offering IM services and
configure a Kopete account.
To start Kopete, press
To configure an account, proceed as follows:
1. Select Settings → Configure.
2. Choose Accounts and click Add Account.
3. Select your messaging service. Generally, this is mostly
determined by what service your friends are using.
4. Enter your account information. If the messaging ser-
vices requires registration but you do not have an ac-
count for this service yet, click Register New Account.
In the browser window that opens, enter your user data
to register.
5. Switch back to Kopete and enter the data received on
registration with the messaging service. This usually
consists of the nickname or e-mail address and a pass-
word. Complete the configuration of your account by
clicking Finish.
If you decided to go online after configuring your account,
you can now add contacts in the main Kopete window.
Otherwise, first click File → Set Status → Online and enter
your password if you are prompted for it. When you are
connected, click File → Add Contact and select the Kopete
account for which you want to add contacts. Enter the
contact data or search for a contact and click OK.
To view all your contacts, even if they are offline at the
moment, select Settings → Show Offline Users.
To start a chat with someone, click the desired contact and
type your message in the lower part of the chatting window.
Press Enter to send the message. The upper part of the
window displays the messages you have sent and received.
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and enter kopete.
Alt + F2