Translations:KMail/FAQs Hints and Tips/130/en

• Prerequisites, make sure you have those before starting
  • libtranslate
  • perl
  • perl module Email::MIME
  • kmail
• Setting up a pipe filter
  • In Kmail go to Settings -> Configure filters
    • create a new filter and name it Translate
    • add a Filter Criteria that would be always true (e.g Subject -> Does not equal -> "321546543")
    • add a Filter Action Pipe Through

      ~/bin/mail_translate.pl

    • open the Advanced tab and un-check everything except for Add this filter to the Apply Filter menu, you can also set a shortcut and an icon here.
• Putting the script in place and configuring it
  • save the following script to a file named mail_translate.pl and put it in your ~/bin directory.