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Am used to using the email provided by Yahoo. Would like to learn about email but this is not going well. Google and Kmail docs return this:

Setting up Network Connections

The settings under ‘Network’ (in the ‘Configure KMail’ menu) instruct KMail how to receive and send e-mail. There are two tabs, one each for sending and for receiving mail. Many of these settings vary depending on the system and network where your mail server is located. If you are not sure about the settings or which items to select, consult your Internet service provider or system administrator.

ISP does not tech support linux and I am the sys admin. so no help here.

Sending

Create outgoing mail boxes under the ‘Send’ tab. ‘Add’ gives the choice of either SMTP or sendmail. For most purposes, select SMTP here. After making this selection, a window appears in which to enter SMTP server data, such as ‘Name’, ‘Server’, and, if needed, the required authorization. A preprocessing command to run before sending each message can be entered in the corresponding field.

Selected SMTP but what server? where? Is my PC the server or is it my ISP, and What name goes in the 'name and server boxes?

Security settings are under the ‘Security’ tab. Specify your preferred encryption method here. If uncertain about which one to choose, click ‘Test server capacity’. The respective settings are then tested and applied. If necessary, consult your system administrator.
Receiving

clicked "test server" returned with "could not connect to server". Again, I have no sys admin.

Make settings for receiving e-mail under the ‘Receiving’ tab. Use ‘Add’ to create a new account. Choose between different methods for fetching mail, such as local (Mbox or Maildir format), POP3, or IMAP. Usually POP3 is suitable. After making your selection, a window appears in which to enter the POP3 server data. Enter the name of the server in the field at the top. In the other fields, enter the values provided by your Internet service provider or your system administrator. The fields ‘User’, ‘Server’, and ‘Password’ are required.

Where do I get the POP3 server data? ISP no help. Myself no help.

Sorry, but none of this is intuitive for me and this documentation is horrible for newbs. I have read some threads here and it appears that even those who claim to be newbs are throwing around networking terms like IMAP, POP, SMTP, transport name, host , recieve port, etc. They have at least had email working and are trying to do something exotic.

I have read Kmail docs and several howtos but no luck.

Any help configuring the network tab of Kmail would be appreciated.