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<chapter id="applications">
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<title
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>&kde; applications</title>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>&kppp;</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>Many &kde; users report problems using &kppp;. But before you complain about &kppp;, make sure you have already checked the following:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Can you dialup to your <acronym
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>ISP</acronym
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> without using &kppp;? If you cannot, then perhaps &kppp; is not the culprit after all.</para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Have you gone through the &kppp; documentation at least three times and followed its instructions and trouble-shooting suggestions?</para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>The &kppp; documentation can be accessed through the <application
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>&kde; Help Centre</application
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>. Last, but not least, the &kppp; homepage is at <ulink url="http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/"
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>http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/</ulink
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>.</para>
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<para
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>Now, if you still encounter problems, here's what might help you solve them:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry
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><term
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>How do I change the &MTU; setting in &kppp;?</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Open up the &kppp; dialogue box and select <guibutton
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>Setup</guibutton
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>. Choose an existing account and click <guibutton
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>Edit</guibutton
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>, or <guibutton
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>New</guibutton
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> to create a new dialup account. Select the <guilabel
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>Dial</guilabel
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> tab and click <guibutton
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>Arguments</guibutton
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>. Type what you want to change in the Argument textbox (⪚ <userinput
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>mtu 296</userinput
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>) and click <guibutton
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>Add</guibutton
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>. When you are satisfied, click <guibutton
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>Close</guibutton
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>.</para>
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<para
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>To check whether the options <quote
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>took</quote
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>, do one of the following:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>In a terminal window, run <userinput
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><command
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>/sbin/ifconfig</command
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> ppp0</userinput
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> and look at the reported &MTU; in the output. It should match your request.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Add <option
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>debug</option
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> and <option
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>kdebug</option
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> (each on a separate line) to your <filename
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>/etc/ppp/options</filename
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> file and restart your &PPP; session. You will find debugging messages in <filename
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>/var/log/messages</filename
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>, including &MRU; and &MTU; settings.</para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>If you want, the &MRU; and &MTU; settings can be added to the <filename
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>options</filename
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> file, one complete setting per line, no quotes or dashes.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>&kppp; connects at a slower speed than normal.</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The following might do the trick:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Try executing <command
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>setserial spd_hi</command
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>.</para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The default &MTU; value is 1500, which maybe too large for a dialup connection. Try changing it to a smaller value like <userinput
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>296</userinput
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> or <userinput
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>576</userinput
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>.</para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Check in your <filename class="directory"
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>$<envar
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>HOME</envar
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>/.kde/share/config</filename
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> for the <filename
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>kppprc</filename
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>. Ensure the correct modem speed is actually defined there.</para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>&konsole;</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>How do I page-up or page-down?</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Use <keycombo action="simul"
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> <keycap
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>Shift</keycap
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><keycap
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>Page Up</keycap
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></keycombo
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> and <keycombo action="simul"
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><keycap
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>Shift</keycap
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><keycap
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>Pg Dn</keycap
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></keycombo
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>. </para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>How do I perform a simple <quote
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>copy</quote
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> from &konsole; to anything else?</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>When I do a <command
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>ls</command
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>, first I select with the mouse the desired text, press <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>C</keycap
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></keycombo
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>, then I make the target application active, point the mouse to the relevant part and press <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>V</keycap
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></keycombo
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>. Alternatively, highlight the text by dragging with the &LMB; down and paste by clicking with the &MMB; (or both buttons if you are using a 2 button mouse with 3 button emulation). </para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Why can't &konsole; find the <quote
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>9x15</quote
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> and the 2 <quote
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>console</quote
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> bitmap fonts installed with &kde;?</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><application
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>FontConfig</application
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> must find the three fonts installed in: <filename class="directory"
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>$<envar
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>KDEDIR</envar
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>/share/fonts</filename
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>. If the &kde; install does not install these fonts in a directory that already exists (⪚ <filename class="directory"
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>/usr/share/fonts</filename
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>) then you must add this directory to the configuration file <filename class="directory"
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>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename
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>. This should be the first line after <quote
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><fontconfig></quote
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>. For example: <programlisting>
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<fontconfig>
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<dir>/usr/kde3/share/fonts</dir>
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</fontconfig>
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</programlisting
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> After adding the directory, run (as root): <userinput
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><command
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>fc-cache</command
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> -v</userinput
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> and check that it found the directory.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>&kmail;</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>&kmail; has its own home page at <ulink url="http://kmail.kde.org"
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>http://kmail.kde.org</ulink
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> where an <acronym
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>FAQ</acronym
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> is available.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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