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The KBiff Handbook

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Features

2. Installation

• 2.1 How to obtain KBiff
• 2.2 Requirements
• 2.3 Compilation and Installation

3. Using KBiff

• 3.1 The "profile"
• 3.2 Command Line Parameters

4. The Setup Dialog

• 4.1 Profile Name
• 4.2 Preference Tabs

5. The Popup Menu

• 5.1 (Un)Dock
• 5.2 Setup
• 5.3 Help
• 5.4 Check Mail Now
• 5.5 Read Mail Now
• 5.6 Stop/Start

6. Questions, Answers, and Tips

• 6.1 Are there other KDE-aware "biff" utilities?
• 6.2 What is the difference between a "profile" and a "mailbox" again?
• 6.3 How do I use my own pixmaps?
• 6.4 How do I use elm (or mutt or PINE) with KBiff?
• 6.5 Why won't KBiff play my newmail.au file?
• 6.6 Does KBiff work without session management?
• 6.7 Clicking on your email address in About does nothing!
• 6.8 When I use KBiff to monitor my mailbox, all other 'biff' utilities stop
• 6.9 How do I use Netscape Mail with KBiff?
• 6.10 KBiff truncates the initial slash in IMAP mode. Is this a bug?
• 6.11 I have this great feature I want implemented. What should I do?

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