The K Desktop Environment

6.4. How do I use elm (or mutt or PINE) with KBiff?

You tried putting "elm" into the Mail Client edit box, didn't you? Whoops! 'elm', 'mutt', and 'PINE' all need a terminal to run in and KBiff does not supply one. The author uses the following as his Mail Client: kvt -vt_geometry 80x35 -caption Mail -no_scrollbar -e mutt &

If you use a graphical email client such as KMail or Netscape, then you simply need to put the name of the client in the edit box. No terminal is necessary.