This may not be news to some:
Click on KDE menu
Select Run Command
In the command, type mailto:yourfriend at isp.com
KMail will pop up a new message.
Convenient if you don't want to open the application to write an email.
<ALT+F2> is the short cut to get the 'Run Command' dialog box.
Jeff
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