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One of the useful features when you are using email clients, is “adding attachment(s)” item in right click menu.

— Send files to email

This feature does not exist in default KDE 4.x version but adding this item is really piece of cake:

First, go to the service directory:

cd ~/.kde/share/kde4/services

Create file `email.desktop`:

touch email.desktop

Add below configuration commands.

for KMail

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=dolphin
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/allfiles

Actions=Send_to_KMail
X-KDE-menu=Email
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action Send_to_KMail]
Name=Send file(s) with KMail
Exec=kmail --attach %U
Icon=kmail

for Thunderbird

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=dolphin
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/allfiles

Actions=Send_to_Thunderbird
X-KDE-menu=Email
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
Encoding=UTF-8
ServiceTypes=all/all

[Desktop Action Send_to_Thunderbird]
Name=Send file(s) with Thunderbird
Exec=thunderbird -P guest -compose "attachment=file://%U"
Icon=thunderbird

Now save the file and reopen the Dolphin file manager.
done!

Good luck

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Saeid Zebardast

I'm Senior software engineer with 5+ years of professional experience includes cross-platform proficiency with considerable knowledge of programming languages especially Java and programming paradigms such as OO and development methodologies. Also I'm MySQL DBA since 2006.