KMail is a base application of the KDE project http://www.kde.org. KMail can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/, the main ftp site of the KDE project, in the kdebase distribution.
In order to successfully compile KMail, you need the latest versions of
kdesupport and kdelibs. You will also need
automake and autoconf. All required libraries & apps can be
found on
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/.
In order to compile and install KMail on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KMail distribution:
% make -f Makefile.cvs
% ./configure
% make
% make install
Since KMail uses autoconf you should have not trouble compiling it.
Should you run into problems please report them to the