On 2024-05-04 21:12:52 William Morder via tde-users wrote: > On Saturday 04 May 2024 18:48:46 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote: > > In kmail, Settings => Composer contains "Templates" and "Custom > > Templates" tabs, and Folder => Properties also has a "Templates" tab. It > > seems to me I remember someone here saying that he uses templates to > > autofill the To field of new emails; which of these three provides that > > capability? The Help Center manual for kmail mentions none of them, but > > has information for a "Phrases" tab in Settings => Composer, which I > > suppose was superceded by the templates? > > > > Leslie > > -- > > Platform: Linux > > Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) > > Desktop Environment: Trinity > > Qt: 3.5.0 > > TDE: R14.1.1 > > tde-config: 1.0 > > Yes, I create email templates for my most frequent correspondents; for > example, the TDE mailing list. > > See attachment for a screenshot of an email template. > > At the top left corner in Kmail > 1) Click File, then navigate through New to New Message: > then create a new message. > 2) In the new email itself (before sending), look again at the top > left corner, click Message, then Save as Template. > 3) Return to Kmail main page. At top left corner again, click file, > then New Message from Template. All your fields will be filled in. > > The advantage here is not just time-saving, but also it helps not to send > to other people's private email addresses, but rather to the mailing list. > Also, I like to send a bcc to myself, so that I know emails are getting > sent and received (i.e., no network issues, etc.). > > Bill Interesting; none of the fancy settings dialogs for templates are capable of doing that, and the Help Center description of the kmail File menu entry shows File => New Window without the other three options. Thanks for explaining how it really works. :-) Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.1 tde-config: 1.0 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
