Install Eudora as follows:
If you wish your mail files to reside somewhere other than where the executable resides, then you can set the mail directory by specifying the directory as the first parameter on the command line of the Program Item that you create for Eudora.
This is also useful if you want to have multiple users on one PC, each with their own mail directory. Eudora will use the directory on the command line first. If that isn't present, the directory where the executable resides will be used.
Note: Always keep the Help file in the same directory as the executable.
After you have installed Eudora, double-click on its icon to open the program. Before you can actually use Eudora, you must give it some necessary pieces of information. To enter this information, select Settings... from the Special menu. The Settings dialog is then displayed with the Getting Started settings selected.
To use Eudora, you must have an account on a computer that runs a POP3 server. This is the account to which your e-mail messages are delivered before they are transferred to the Eudora program on your PC. In the POP Account field, type your login name for this account and the full (domain) name of the computer, separating them with an "@" sign. For example, if your assigned login name is "jbdorn," and the name of the computer where you receive e-mail is "awesome.com," type "jbdorn@awesome.com" in this field.
In the Real Name field, type your real name. Your name, as it appears here, is displayed in parentheses after your return address in your outgoing mail. It is also displayed in the sender column of all messages sent by you.
For a quick introduction to the program's basic functions, see the Tutorial chapter of this document; for detailed explanations of all available Eudora functions, see the Reference chapter.
Look in this manual for the information you need. If you still have unanswered questions, contact your company's Eudora support coordinator.
To Find out how to use your keyboard to enter Eudora commands (as opposed to selecting the command in the Eudora interface), select Contents from the Help menu and click Shortcut Keys.
From the Message menu, select New Message. A new composition window is displayed with the blinking caret situated at the start of the To: field.
Since it is easiest to experiment with Eudora by sending a message to yourself, type your own e-mail address in the To: field.
Note that the From: field has been automatically filled in (and can't be altered). This is the message return address; it should be your own POP3 server account address.
Press the [tab] key or point and click the mouse to move the caret down to the Subject: field. Typically, this field should contain some brief text indicating what the message is about. For this message, type the words Test Message.
Move the caret past the remaining Cc:, Bcc:, and Attachments: fields down into the large area below them. This area is reserved for the actual body of the message. Here you may type in whatever text you want.
The composition window immediately closes, and the progress window is momentarily displayed at the top of the screen. Eudora uses the progress window to report on the progress of lengthy operations. In this case, it indicates that the message is being transferred out onto the network.
There are two ways to check your POP server to see if you have any new mail. One way is automatic and is determined by the Check for mail every ? minutes option in the Settings dialog (Checking Mail). The alternative is to check for mail manually whenever you want by selecting Check Mail from the File menu. Do this manual check now.
Each time the Eudora program is opened, your password is requested prior to the first mail check, whether it is conducted automatically or manually. Upon the first check, such as now, a dialog is displayed requesting the password of your POP account.
Note: Your POP account password is provided to you by your company's Eudora support coordinator.
Type in the password and click OK. If you make a mistake before clicking OK, simply backspace and re-enter the password correctly. If your password is rejected, repeat the manual check by selecting Check Mail from the File menu and re-entering your password.
Note: Remember that the Eudora password may be case- sensitive (depending on your POP server), so it must be typed in exactly or it is rejected. If you are having trouble entering your password, verify that the [Caps Lock] key is off.
After successfully entering your password, a progress window is momentarily displayed at the top of the screen indicating that an attempt to reach your POP account is being made.
If there is a network problem between you and the POP server, an alert is displayed (see below). Consult with your Eudora support coordinator to rectify the problem.
Note: If you ever have a problem of this type, the numbers in the ()'s are very important. Record these numbers for reference when reporting the problem.
If there is no mail waiting at your account on the POP server, the You have no new mail alert is displayed. This means that the message you sent yourself in the previous exercise has not been delivered to your POP account yet. Click OK.
Keep selecting Check Mail from the File menu until your test message arrives. If the message doesn't arrive in a minute or two, notify your Eudora support coordinator.
When mail is found waiting in your POP account, the progress window remains at the top of your screen, allowing you to monitor the transfer of messages from the POP server to your PC. This is followed by the new mail alert.
Click OK. The In mailbox window is displayed with your test message summary listed inside.
Messages are listed in mailbox windows as individual message summaries. A message summary is divided into fields containing the status and priority of the message (these are discussed in the "Reference" chapter), the name or address of the sender, the time and date the message was sent, its size in K (K = 1024 bytes), and the contents of its Subject: field.
To select (highlight) the message summary, single-click anywhere on the summary. To open the message, double-click on its summary. Do this for your arrived test message to display it on your screen.
Incoming messages are stored indefinitely in the In mailbox until they are deleted or transferred to another mailbox (as described later in this tutorial).
To close the message, either double-click the close box in the upper left hand corner of the message window or select Close from the File menu. The In mailbox can also be closed in the same fashion.
Open the In mailbox by selecting In from the Mailbox menu. Single-click on the message summary of your test message to highlight it. From the Message menu, select Reply to initiate a reply to this message.
Note: Select Reply, not Reply To; the Reply To menu item is for use with the quick recipients list, which is described in the "Reference" chapter.
A new composition window is displayed, with the sender's address (in this case, your own) automatically placed in the To: field of the header. The original sender's text, preceeded by the time and date the original message was sent, is automatically included in the body of the message (prefixed by ">" at the beginning of each line). This text may be edited as needed. You may enter more text in the reply message just as in any outgoing message. At this time, move the insertion point to the area below the original message and type in some additional text.
Do not send the reply message at this time. Instead, save it as described in the "Saving an Outgoing Message" section.
To save any current outgoing message, such as your new reply message, select Save from the File menu. This doesn't close the composition window but it does save the version of the message (as it appears at the time of the save) in the Out mailbox, which holds all outgoing mail.
As long as an outgoing message has not been sent out on the network, you can make changes to it. For example, if you want to also send the message to another person, you can add his/her address to the To: field (any two addresses in a single field must be separated by a comma). Having saved your reply message, close the reply message window. Open the Out mailbox (from the Mailbox menu, select Out) to view the message summary. Saved messages are identified by a bullet (· ) in the far left column of the message summary.
First, create a new mailbox while simultaneously transferring your test message into it. From the Mailbox menu, select In to open the In mailbox. Single-click on your test message summary to highlight it (making it the current message). Then, select New... from the Transfer menu. The New mailbox dialog is displayed.
Any name can be typed in the new mailbox title field, but for this example, type Testing. Click OK to create the new mailbox. Because your test message was highlighted when you selected New... from the Transfer menu, it is automatically transferred into the Testing mailbox. To verify this, select Testing from the Mailbox menu.
Current messages can also be transferred between existing mailboxes. To demonstrate this, move your original test message from the Testing mailbox back into your In mailbox. Highlight the test message summary (click on it once in the Testing mailbox window) and then select In from the Transfer menu.
Open your test message from the In mailbox. Then, select Delete from the Message menu. Next, open the Out mailbox and select (without opening) the message summary of the reply message you generated previously. Again, select Delete from the Message menu to remove the message from the Out mailbox.
As a safeguard, the Delete command doesn't actually delete messages but transfers them to the Trash mailbox. So, if you suddenly realize you mistakenly deleted a message, it can be recovered from and transferred out of the Trash mailbox.
All messages stored in the Trash mailbox are automatically deleted when you quit Eudora. To manually delete messages held in the Trash mailbox, select Empty Trash from the Special menu.