Getting Started with Eudora 5.1 for Windows
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1. For Help press F1 The cursor should have changed to an I bar Move the cursor to the part of the window where you would like to start typing and click Type your message When you are ready to send the message click on the Send button If you decide not to send the message click on x on the menu bar SENDING A NEW MESSAGE Go to the Message menu and select New Message or double click on the New Message icon Your e mail address will automatically appear in the From line The following window will appear E Epdora Mo Recipient Mo Subject a Mi E TA File Edt Malbox Message Transfer Special Tools Window Help 8 9 amp come t e DAS l rr ap ee elelem 1 sm gi From john doe jdoehawaii edar Subject Or Bee Aultaachied ain i Out ie Trach FR mo recipient Mo LM Ae The cursor should be positioned on the To line Type the e mail address of the person you wish to send the message to on this line Page 10 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Press the Tab key to go to the Subject line Type the subject of your message here You may also tab to the Ce and or Bee lines for carbon copies or blind carbon copies Each person on the Ce line gets a copy of the message and everyone on the To and Ce lines can see who received the message Each person on the Bee line gets a copy of the message but no one on the To Ce or Bee lines will know he received a co2. ITS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES eee University of Hawai i WIN9X003 July 2003 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 For Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 Author Teresa Sakata latod On es ote Weed cuacldaess a chin tenn a a a a a E uence cule e a l POP and IMAP SETVE a EEE E E 2 PRC CUP OMMCIG isrener dats tat ol Oes a feeds etc Z C hapocs Froni Verona y Noanoa N SA Wcanaucese wecrmeuevaateosceeaneeeuens 3 SS Sr E eset E A E T E E TE AAE TE E E A TE T TT TE A EE 3 Wicredo l GLE Ud Ona hic E E Wacarssssaocnete sensi seen ueanadecdesumeeenennnecues 4 Genine Stare dency sca te Otsed sa datas ca nblaghaagetetaa a adidas Mee nieacacadlechte an e a 4 TiS DAMA O MN ss soins sgececlec E S O 4 Conduma Eudora aeiiae e an e r ie diucadee eea NESS 5 Usmo BU Olas nau E EE E Mesatcouueanasandesumeecnennaeceew 8 Crean aN iCkiae neona a eaae eoa e atetaecudladtse dex 12 reat oa iste Oi IS eena E 12 PUA CIC TS tas nits vai Riess Nadie Sulcnescenide a iE O E AAE ands 13 GOTH Gan ay cae 1 6 mee ere ere re po ee E A 14 Baton Baretin E a a e 14 Seline p a secure IMAP CONNECTIONS 9 5 c ses wis en E EEEE EEE 16 Seting p asccure POP CONMECLON asgeir e aee e a E ea Masts 16 TrOUBICSHOOMING sans se meauecucdeemesamenckeseceeecesamenevectedeete 17 CHEUNG PLCs id hse a Bs Stearn ches Dalen adhe iP ie cant a hahdi tls Peace cbt cPidae loc enlsus a a ea 17 Introduction This document is an introduction to Eudora version 5 1 and is written for the University of Ha
3. Secure Sockets when Receiving fi Avatlable STARTTLS Last SSL Info Composing Mail ou x Cancel 14 Click on the Incoming Mail icon If you selected the IMAP server configuration Page 6 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 your screen should look similar to this server configuration POP IMAF IMAP Mailbox Location Prefix a For new mail download Minimal headers only Full message except attachments over jo K When delete a message Mark it as deleted Move it to Trash Authentication style eer Passwords Kerberos C Cram MD5 Sending Mail Composing Mail loi Cancel POP users If you are using the POP configuration and will be checking e mail from multiple locations please check the Leave Mail on Server and Delete from server when emptied from Trash options 2 x Category server configuration of POP f IMAP V Leave mail on server Delete from server after E days M Delete from server when emptied from Trask Skip messages over 40 K in size Offline Authentication style Ea Passwords Kerberos Composing Mail APOP BPA leaf Cancel Your mail will be purged from the POP server when you delete it from Eudora If you have these features enabled please purge messages regularly as you might have disk quota problems on the server Note that your mailboxes on the different machines may get out
4. If you are sure you entered your password correctly wait a few minutes and try again If the problem persists report it to the Help Desk at 956 8883 Cy Dominant gt Resolving address for testo ts hawarnedu 03 48 39 PM Error getting network address for testol its hawanedu Cause requested entry not found 11004 This message may appear when you are attempting to send a message In this case you may want to check your incoming and outgoing mail servers These preferences can be found under the Tools menu in Options For the proper settings see section Configuring Eudora page 5 of this document If the problem persists report it to the Help Desk at 956 8883 Getting Help You can find online help for Eudora by going to the HELP menu and selecting Topics The Eudora Quick Start Guide and the complete Eudora user manual are available on the Web at www eudora com e mail docs index html For more information and tips on Eudora you can read the UseNet newsgroup comp mail eudora ms windows Or you can check the following WWW page which has online tutorials about Eudora www eudora com techsupport tutorials index html To search the Eudora Product Support Knowledge Base go to www eudora com techsupport For additional assistance please phone the ITS Help Desk at 808 956 8883 send e mail to he lp hawaii edu or fax 808 956 2108 The Help Desk s toll free phone number is 800 558 2669 Or see the ITS Helpdesk home
5. Wide WWW at www hawaii edu help software pcsoft html Eudora is also on the ITS CD ROM which is available at the ITS Help Desk Keller 105 Getting Started Print out and read Installation and Configuration from the Web www hawaii edu help software pcsoft htm1 or Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 from the ITS CD ROM click ITS Documents More Documents Getting Starting with Eudora 5 1 before installing These instructions will help guide you through the installation process Installation With your copy of Eudora and this document you are ready to install Eudora 1 Close all Windows applications Disable your anti virus scanner 2 Insert the ITS CD ROM into the CD ROM drive It should automatically open the main menu Click on Install Software Close the Notepad window after you have read the installation instructions Click on Install Eudora 5 1 If you downloaded Eudora from the Help Desk web site locate eudora51 exe on your hard drive Double click on the eudora51 exe icon to launch the installer 3 Click Yes to start installing Eudora The Eudora Installer will launch Click Next The License Agreement will appear If you agree with its terms click Yes 4 You will be asked what you want installed If you wish you can uncheck PureVoice and Importers Click on Next 5 Itis recommended that you install Eudora in the default destination program folder C Program Files Qualcomm Eudora Click Next 6 Specify a folder
6. page at www hawaii edu help The ITS walk in Help Desk is located in Keller 105 and Keller 213 on the UH Manoa Campus The University of Hawai i is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 17
7. spaces up pressing tab in body of messages takes the cursor to the To line 8 down keep copy of message in Out mailbox after sending up donot keep copy of message 9 Sponsored and Paid modes only If this is on the message to your recipients includes a Notify Sender button that when clicked creates a message notifying you that the original message has been viewed This function does not work in all cases 10 If this is on invisible text symbols such as carriage returns tabs and spaces appear in the message You can see these symbols only in your composition window They do not appear in the message you send 11 Mood watch status 12 Click this button to send your message mil g Send 11 12 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 15 READING MESSAGES The button bar below appears when you are reading a message MMB o x Subject Hetl S 3 4 5 6 do i 2 Click and drag on this icon to move message to a different mailbox Click this button to convert the entire message text to a fixed width typewriter style font 3 down show full mail headers up show minimal mail headers 4 down message can be edited up message cannot be edited Message s priority blank is Normal It s informational only and was set by the message s sender 6 Subject of message NO m A Setting up a secure IMAP connection 1 Goto the Tools menu and select Options 2 On the le
8. use either POP or IMAP configuration This document is written for the IMAP configuration unless otherwise specified Requirements To run Eudora you need a PC running Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 It is recommended that you have the latest service pack for each operating system Eudora can be installed with about 12MB free hard disk space Depending on the amount of mail and or attachments you receive it might require more hard disk space You also need a UH username and your PC must be connected to the Internet Note For administrative computers Windows ME is not recommended and is supported on a limited best effort basis This operating system is mainly for home users Page 2 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 W1in95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 If you need a UH username you may come in to the ITS Help Desk in Keller 105 or Keller 213 to apply or point your web browser to www hawaii edu account or you may call 956 8883 for further information about obtaining one Changes From Version 4 3 x SSL SECURE SOCKET LAYER SUPPORT SSL provides method for encryption and authentication on the Internet against third party interception of your data based on a standard protocol Issues You should consider the following points when deciding whether or not to use Eudora e Eudora allows you to do all the things you normally do in Pine read reply forward save print etc with the advantage of a friendlier interface You do not have to lea
9. where you want Eudora to store mail settings address books etc destination data folder If you are already using Eudora on this computer make sure to specify the folder where your existing Eudora data files are stored The default destination data folder is C Program Files Qualcomm Eudora Click Next 7 The installer shows you the destination program folder and the destination data folder again Click Nextcontinue or Back to change 8 Click Yes to create a shortcut to Eudora on the desktop 9 Specify a name for the shortcut Click Next Page 4 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 W1in95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 10 Uncheck after install take me to the accessory download page and I would like to view the Eudora readme file Click Finish If you installed Eudora from the ITS CD ROM close the ITS Software window Configuring Eudora You need to configure Eudora for it to work correctly If you are upgrading from a previous version of Eudora you do not have to go through this section In our examples we will pretend that a user named John Doe who has a UH username of jdoe wants to configure Eudora Follow his lead but remember to enter your personal information l 10 Double click on the Eudora icon to start the program si Eudora Note if you have other e mail clients installed you will be asked whether you want Eudora to be your default mail program Check the don t ask me anymore box and click
10. Office Protocol POP and Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP In the POP configuration mail from the server is downloaded to your computer and is appended to your default Inbox Mail is then deleted from the POP server Mail processing is done locally on your PC If you are migrating from an earlier version of Eudora you should continue using the POP configuration in Eudora to process your incoming messages This will allow you to continue using the mail folders that you have saved locally on your PC in Eudora If you are using Eudora for the first time or are migrating from another mail program such as Pine we recommend that you use the IMAP configuration You may check this setting in Eudora by selecting the Tools menu clicking Options and then clicking Incoming Mail See the section Configuring Eudora page 5 Using IMAP configuration will leave e mail on your server You will use Eudora to manipulate your remote inbox and folders off the mail server Messages on the server can be marked as deleted but they will remain on the server until you purge your deleted messages If you check e mail from multiple computers e g school work and home you should use the IMAP configuration Your IMAP mailboxes will be synchronized across multiple computers so your message status flags e g new read replied forwarded etc will be the same when you check mail from the different computers If you check e mail from only one computer you may
11. Yes or No as you wish The Welcome to Eudora window appears that explains the three licensing modes Click OK to install in full featured sponsored mode with ads default The New Account Wizard should appear Click on Next to continue In the Account Settings window choose Create a brand new e mail account from the list of options and click Next Enter your full name John Doe in the Personal Information window and choose Next In the E mail Address window that appears enter your complete e mail address e g jdoe hawaii edu Click Next to continue In the Login Name window enter your login name your UH username jdoe Click Next to continue In the Incoming E mail Server window input mail hawaii edu Under Incoming Server select the server type that you are using If you are using Eudora for the first time or are migrating from Pine or need to manage multiple accounts we recommend that you use the IMAP configuration to manage your incoming mail If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Eudora continue to use the previous server configuration For further explanation of each configuration see section POP and IMAP Servers page 2 For IMAP users IMAP Mailbox Location Prefix should be blank Enter the name of the outgoing mail server also known as the smtp server that you are using in the Outgoing E mail Server window The outgoing server address is the same as the incoming mail server address mail hawaii ed
12. chment s name should now appear on the Attached line Click on Send to send your message Eudora will encode the attachment and send it RECEIVING ATTACHMENTS If someone has sent you an attachment you will see an icon with the name of the file at the bottom of the e mail message You can find the converted file in the following default folders C Program Files Qualcomm Eudora Imap Dominant INBOX Attach IMAP or C Program Files Qualcomm Eudora Attach POP When you forward a message with an attachment the attachment will be automatically forwarded unless you had deleted or moved the attachment file from the Attach folder To open the attachment double click on the icon at the bottom of the e mail message Note If you move your attachment from the designated Eudora attachment folder Eudora will not be able to find the attachment Quitting Eudora When you are finished with Eudora you can quit it by going to the File menu and selecting Exit If your Inbox is large it may take a few minutes to close Eudora Button Bars Here is a brief explanation of some of the button bars you might see in Eudora For a more detailed explanation please refer to the Eudora manual See the section Getting Help for information on obtaining the Eudora manual Page 14 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 MAILBOX WINDOW The button bar below appears at the top of any Mailbox window 1 Delete selected message
13. e 15 for details If you hover your cursor above the button a label will appear identifying the button CHECKING FOR MAIL 1 Go to the File menu and select Check Mail or double click on the Check Mail icon A window asking for your password will appear type your password and click OK Note if you quit Eudora after you configured it and set Eudora to check for mail automatically you will get the password prompt the next time you invoke Eudora without having to go to the File menu 2 The first time you check mail with Eudora it will sign on to your account check how many e mail messages you have then download all message headers If you have a large Inbox this could take some time From that point on it will only download new messages even if you quit and restart Eudora Page 8 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 3 When Eudora is finished downloading messages the In mailbox window will appear with a list of all your messages one line per message If the Inbox does not open double click on Inbox under lt Dominant gt ole Giaa O ww Oda oSplasmee Kevin 03 22 Phd B252 Pee i re Effective September 1 The Post Office 08 57 PMi 910 2 321 Mail error delivery problems with your mail kevin 07 50 AM 9 1372 ot re eudora 5 0 Kyler Kwock 04 10 Phd S1342 tes i words with silent letters 2 i Reid Oishi 05 45 AM 9142 1 continued 5 323K 31K 4 The first column shows the statu
14. e Tools menu and select Address Book 2 Click on the New button near the bottom left corner of the window 3 Type ina short easy to remember name for the list in the nickname box 4 Position the cursor in the labeled this nickname will expand to the following addresses Type the e mail address or nickname of the person you want to add to the list and press Enter Do this until all the nicknames or e mail addresses have been added to the list 5 When you are finished adding to the list close the Address Book window It will ask if you want to save the changes Click on Yes Page 12 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 From now on whenever you want to send a message to all the people on the list you created just type the name of the list on the To line Eudora will insert the correct addresses when it sends the message Attachments Warning Viruses are often spread via e mail attachments If you receive an attachment from a sender you don t recognize it s best to delete the message and the attachment Do not open or preview it If you receive an attachment unexpectedly from someone you know it s best to scan the attachment for viruses first before opening the attachment You may want to send files such as spreadsheets letters memos or documents to other people via e mail To do this you need to attach the file to an e mail message You may also receive attachments from oth
15. er people Eudora enables you to send and receive attachments relatively easily When you attach a file to an e mail message you need to consider e whether or not the receiver has the application you are using For example if you want to send someone a Microsoft Word file you need to make sure that the receiver has a way of reading the Word file either with Word or an application that can open Word files such as WordPerfect If the person does not have anything that can open a Word file you may have to save your Word document in a format the person can open e g text RTF e which e mail client the receiver is using If the receiver is using one of the ITS supported e mail clients Pine or Eudora you should not have any problems with the method described in this document However the receiver may be using another client that has not been tested by ITS If so you may have to do some experimenting to see which is the best way to send attachments to that person e the encoding method you use to send the file Most files such as spreadsheets or memos are in binary format E mail can only interpret text files Files will need to be encoded that is converted from binary format to text format before they can be sent via e mail There are several encoding methods the standard encoding for Internet mail is called MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Both of the ITS supported e mail clients Pine and Eudora support MIME enc
16. ft side click on the Checking Mail icon 3 Under Secure Sockets when Receiving select Required STARTTLS 4 Onthe left side click on the Sending Mail icon 5 Under Secure Sockets when Sending select Required STARTTLS 6 Click OK 7 You should now be able to send and receive email via a secure connection Setting up a secure POP connection 1 Goto the Tools menu and select Options 2 On the left side click on the Checking Mail icon 3 Under Secure Sockets when Receiving select Required Alternate Port 4 On the left side click on the Sending Mail icon 5 Under Secure Sockets when Sending select Required STARTTLS 6 Click OK 7 You should now be able to send and receive email via a secure connection Note there is a bug in Eudora when sending messages with SSL enabled After sending a message you might see something like this lt Dominant gt SSL 1 message left to send QUIT Page 16 Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Error reading from network Cause connection reset by remote side 10054 You can ignore this error Your outgoing mail message was sent in spite of this error Troubleshooting ay Dominant Checking for new messages in mailbox MBO 03 45 42 Pr Authentication failed You may have entered your password incorrectly Check mail again and type your password carefully Remember your password is case sensitive so make sure the caps lock key is not on
17. n you want to turn into a nickname either click once on the message in the In mailbox window or read the message 2 Go to the Special menu and select Make Address Book Entry The address book entry nickname full name first name last name e mail address will be filled in using the information from the person s message If you don t like the default nickname same as the full name type in a short easy to remember name for the address Click OK OR 1 Goto the Tools menu and select Address Book 2 Click on the New button near the bottom left corner of the window 3 Type ina short easy to remember name for the person in the Nickname box In the Personal tab type in the full name first name and last name in the appropriate boxes 4 With the cursor positioned in the box labeled this nickname will expand to the following addresses type the person s full e mail address e g harrypotter hogwarts edu 5 Close the Address Book window It will ask if you want to save the changes Click on Yes From now on whenever you want to send mail to that person just type the appropriate nickname on the To line and Eudora will replace it with the real address when the message is sent Creating a Distribution List A distribution list is similar to a nickname but it is composed of several e mail addresses You would create a list if you often send the same e mail message to a certain group of people 1 Goto th
18. oded attachments and will automatically encode the attachment for you e The size of the attachment In general do not send attachments larger than 1MB in size The recipient may have trouble downloading a very large attachment especially if he is using a dial up connection The maximum attachment file size that you can send via the UH mail server is 7MB In light of these considerations check with the receiver beforehand regarding the application software e mail system and encoding scheme available to him If you do send the attachment send it with these considerations taken into account and inform the receiver in the accompanying e mail message about a the type of file being attached and Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 13 b the encoding scheme being used SETTING UP 1 Go to the Tools menu and select Options Scroll down and click on the Attachments icon 2 For Encoding Method choose MIME 3 You can also set the encoding method message by message Click on the third down arrow from the left in the button bar of the message window and choose MIME SENDING ATTACHMENTS 1 Create anew message or reply to an existing message and type your message as you normally would 2 To attach a document go to the Message menu and select Attach File or double click on Fes the Attach File icon E 3 A dialog box will appear Locate the file you want to attach then click on Open 4 The atta
19. of sync and flags such as R read and F forwarded will not appear across machines Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 7 15 Scroll down to the Attachments icon and click on it Check Delete attachments when emptying Trash 2 x Encoding method all f MIME Sending Mail BinHe re l Uuencode Attachment director Composing Mail Aj Put test attachments in body of message Internet Dialup Receive MIME digest as a mailbox attachment IM Delete attachments when emptying Trash Delete automatic attachments Never After sending message o Rephing E f When message emptied from Trash Attachments EY x Cancel You and John Doe have completed the setup Click OK to close and save the Options window For IMAP users Once you have completed the account setup you may need to refresh your mailbox list in Eudora To do this right click on the Dominant personality in the left side window and choose Refresh mailbox list Also if you frequently use Pine to access your UH mail account you may need to resynchronize your inbox on occasion You do this by right clicking on the mailbox you would like to resynchronize and selecting Resynchronize mailbox Using Eudora Double click on the Eudora icon on the Windows desktop to launch Eudora You may either use menu options or double click on icons on the button bar to do various tasks See section Button Bars pag
20. py Move the I bar anywhere under the solid line to begin typing your message When you are finished typing your message click the Send button FORWARDING MESSAGES To forward a message to someone highlight the message in the In mailbox window or read the E gt message Then go to the Message menu and select Forward or double click on the Forward icon Another window will appear and you will have to fill in the To and Subject lines as you an would for a new message You can also edit the message you are forwarding or add in a few words of your own When you are finished click on the Send button KEEPING COPIES OF OUTGOING MAIL Eudora keeps a copy of all messages you send The copies are saved in your Out mailbox You can open your Out mailbox by going to the Mailbox menu and select Out or by double clicking on Out in the left hand column of the Eudora window Be sure to periodically check your Out mailbox and delete copies you no longer need as they are taking up hard drive space on your PC Note If you are using Pine and Eudora messages sent from Eudora will not be accessible in your Pine Sent mailbox unless you ce yourself DELETING MESSAGES Highlight the message you want to delete then go to the Message menu and select Delete or evni double click on the Delete Message s icon You can also use this method to delete a message il you are currently reading A red X will appear in the server status column for
21. rn UNIX commands e Sending and receiving attached documents is much easier with Eudora e Performance typing reading will seem faster since your mail is processed on your PC e You can check mail from multiple locations and your mailboxes will be synchronized across multiple computers when you use the IMAP configuration HOWEVER e Eudora uses resources on your PC such as RAM and hard drive space e Anyone who has access to your PC could read your e mail especially important for POP users who share a PC with others e POP user Since your e mail is stored locally on your PC and not on the mail server you must backup and archive your e mail yourself If your hard drive crashes and you do not have your Eudora folder backed up you may lose all your e mail e tis also possible for the POP user to leave mail on the server so that mail can be viewed both by using Eudora and Pine However it is the user s responsibility both POP and IMAP users to maintain the account size Each user s disk allocation is 20MB It is necessary that mail gets deleted on a timely basis to ensure that this quota is not exceeded Otherwise the user will not be able to send or receive e mail For leaving mail on the server see Advanced Eudora 5 1 for Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9x008 section Leaving Mail on Server Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 3 Where do I get Eudora You may download Eudora from the World
22. s 9 Open previous message s 2 Open In mailbox 10 Open next message s 3 Open Out mailbox 11 Attach file to message 4 Check for new mail 12 Find message s 5 Create new message 13 Open Address Book 6 Reply to selected message s 14 Print selected message s 7 Reply to all recipients of selected message s 15 Get help on an item click on button then click on the item you want help on 8 Forward selected message s 16 Pure Voice allows you to attach voice messages to your e mail NEW OR REPLY TO MESSAGES The button bar below appears when creating new messages or replying to messages lt none gt v rme for lest go E qj 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Message s priority blank is Normal It is informational only and changing the priority will not make your message get to receiver any faster or slower 2 Whether or not to include a signature in message This icon means the standard signature will be included 3 Attachments format Click and hold down the mouse button on the arrow to change the format In the above example any attachments to the message would be encoded using MIME 4 down recommended MIME Quoted Printable QP encoding will be used if necessary up MIME QP encoding will never be used 5 down text attachments will be sent separately from message up text attachments will be included in the body of message 6 Toggle message word wrap on off 7 down pressing tab in the body of message inserts
23. s of the messages empty the message has been read T unread message you have replied to answered this message you have forwarded this message If a message came with an attachment you will find an icon in the third column the message came with an attachment The rest of the columns show who your message is from the date it was sent the size of the message in kbytes the server status of the message and the subject of the message The numbers in the lower left corner of the window show how many messages are in this mailbox how much hard drive the mailbox is using and the accumulated size of deleted messages In the example 5 messages occupy 323k of hard drive space and deleted messages are 31k bytes in size When the accumulated size of deleted messages exceeds the size of the mailbox Eudora will automatically purge the deleted messages If you set Eudora to check for mail every so many minutes e g every 5 minutes it will automatically connect to the server every 5 minutes and download new messages You will not need to type in your password again Eudora remembers your password until you quit If you did not set Eudora to check mail every so many minutes you will have to go to the File menu and choose Check Mail anytime you want to see if you have new mail READING MAIL In the In mailbox window highlight the message you want to read by pointing to any part of the message and clicking once Press the Enter key to di
24. splay the message or You may double click on the message you want to read Tip To go to the next message hold down the Alt key and press the right arrow key REPLYING TO A MESSAGE Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 9 If you want to reply to the message you are reading go to the Message menu and select Reply or double click on the Reply icon A new window will open with the text of the message you are replying to included and designated by the character The e mail address of the person who sent you the message will be filled in for you on the To line The subject line will consist of the original message s subject line prefixed with re Tip If you want to reply to all of the people the original message was sent to select Reply to E All instead of Reply from the Message menu or double click on the Reply All icon lt gt Eudora Kevin re eudora 5 0 z iol x FE File Edit Mailbox nx iee Transfer iii Tools Window Help lj x le rome oP Blg E 4 Gg a E j AlB FU amp To Kevin lt urasaki hawaiil edu gt From john doe lt jdoe mail hawaii edu gt Subject re eudora 5 0 Ce Bec Attached lt Dominant gt Yes can I ll give you a call John At 07 58 AM 9 13 2000 1000 you wrote Can you make the meeting tomorrow Bob yin E Out g Trash IEE Kevin re eudora EE E num fore
25. the deleted message You must purge deleted messages to remove them from the server To purge messages go to the Message menu and click on Purge Messages All messages marked as deleted in the current mailbox will be purged To delete multiple messages at the same time hold down the Control key then click on the messages you want to delete Release the Control key Go to the Message menu and select Delete To completely remove the messages from your mailbox go to the Message menu and select Spurge Messages For POP users The deleted message will be moved to the Eudora Trash Folder Click on Special and Empty Trash to remove messages from your hard drive PRINTING MESSAGES Highlight the message in the In mailbox that you want to print then go to the File menu and select Print or double click on the Print icon You can also use this method to print a message you are currently reading Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 11 Creating a Nickname Nicknames associate long complicated e mail addresses with short easy to remember and easy to type names If you communicate often with someone it may be a good idea to create a nickname for that person so that you do not have to type in a long address each time You may enter a person s e mail address for the nickname by either selecting a message from the person or by typing his e mail address in as shown below 1 Select a message from the perso
26. u Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Page 5 Leave allow authentication checked 11 Click on Next to continue and select Finish to exit setup 12 After exiting setup you will be prompted to enter your password for your UH username Click Cancel Check your settings by going to the Tools menu and clicking on Options Your Getting Started screen should look similar to this Category spun i Sessserervarereereess ra Real name john doe Return address jidoe hawai edu Mail Server Incoming mail hawaii edu Login Name jidoe SMTP Server Outgoing Composing Mail IY Allow authentication ia Cancel Sending Mail 13 Click on the Checking Mail icon The Check for mail every minutes box determines how often Eudora automatically checks for new mail For example if you enter 5 in the box Eudora will automatically check for new mail every 5 minutes while the program is open If you leave the box blank or zero Eudora will never check for mail automatically you can still check for mail manually If John Doe wants Eudora to check for new mail every 10 minutes he would enter a 10 in the box Your screen should look similar to this 7 Category Mail Server mail hawaii edu Login Name idos Check for mail every fi g minutes T Dorit check without a network connection T Don t check when using battery s W Send on check Sending Mail Save password
27. wai i UH user with an IBM or compatible personal computer PC and a UH username For information on finding out more about Eudora see the section Getting Help page 17 Eudora is a free e mail program distributed by Qualcomm Inc MODES Eudora 5 1 is distributed in three different modes Eudora is installed in sponsored mode by default You will be able to change your mode after installing Eudora by clicking Help Payment amp Registration Sponsored Mode Sponsored mode is the full featured Eudora e mail program provided at no cost This version of Eudora includes six free technical support calls per year On screen advertisements are displayed that avoid the obstruction of the user s e mail workspace This document is written in Sponsored Mode unless otherwise specified Getting Started with Eudora 5 1 for Win95 98 ME NT 2000 WIN9X003 Paid Mode This mode is the full featured version of Eudora without advertisements Only after the payment process has been completed will Eudora provide a registration code that is used to activate the full featured version of Eudora without advertisements Light Mode From the Sponsored mode users have the option to switch to Light mode The Light mode does not include any advertisements however this mode does not include all features as in the Sponsored and Paid modes POP and IMAP Servers There are two primary configurations for incoming mail that you can choose when setting up Eudora Post
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