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</sect2>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="importing-mail-from-clients">
+ <title>Importing Mail from Individual Mail Clients</title>
+ <para>
+ Chances are, you already have your email in another mail program
+ and don't want to lose the information. The following section
+ describes how to import mail from specific mail clients.
+ </para>
+ <sect2 id="kmail">
+ <title>Importing Mail from KMail</title>
+ <para>
+ KMail is a full-featured mail client which is shipped with the
+ KDE desktop environment. KMail uses the standard mbox file
+ format, which means that importing your mail into Evolution is
+ easy.
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open <application>Ximian Evolution</application>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ or press
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+ <keycap>I</keycap>
+ </keycombo>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <guibutton>Import a Single File</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> and select the file
+ you would like to import from. By default, KMail stores
+ its information in the Mail directory of your home
+ directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When prompted for what folder in
+ <application>Evolution</application> to import to,
+ select a folder. You can also create a new folder and
+ drop it in there.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="ui-intro">
<title>What's What in Ximian Evolution</title>
<para>