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Eudora for Macintosh

Minimum Requirements

Macintosh PowerPC or better
Macintosh OS 8.1 or newerr

Eudora is an email client that can be used to retrieve email from your UMM email account. Eudora contains all the common features of modern email programs and is preferred by many over Pine because of its graphical user interface, ability to display images and other attachments, and numerous other features not possible with a text-only email client such as Pine. If you usually will be retrieving your mail using a single computer that is connected to the campus network, whether on ResNet or in an office, Eudora is your best software alternative. Students, faculty, and staff members who wish to set up Eudora to manage their email should follow the following instructions.

Download Eudora from www.eudora.com, and remember the location of the downloaded file. Versions are available for various Windows versions and Macintosh. The following directions apply specifically to Macintosh versions.

To install Eudora:

Copy the Eudora software onto your hard disk.
Install Eudora
When the Eudora screen is displayed click Continue to display the Eudora README window. Click Continue After reading the license agreement click Agree.
You will be prompted with a Custom Install Screen, with the following options

Install Eudora for the first time
Update an existing Eudora to version 5.1
Download Acrobat 4.0 (5.5 megs)

Once You've chosen your option, select Install
Next select the folder you would like to Install Eudora to.

Configuring Eudora:

After installation, click on the Eudora icon.

If this is the first time you have run Eudora, a window will pop up asking if you would like to import setting and mail from another email application.

If you've have been previously checking your account on your personal computer using a different email program, click Yes. This will allow you to carry those settings over to your Eudora.

If this is your first time checking your account on your personal machine click No.

This brings up your settings window, where you'll want to input the following information:

For Getting Started

Checking Mail
Username	smith003
Mail Host	smith003.email.umn.edu
Sending Mail
Real Name	John Smith
SMTP Server	smtp.morris.umn.edu
Return Address	smith003@morris.umn.edu

For users who need to be able to read saved email messages from multiple computers:

Select Special and then select settings which will bring up the settings menu. Now select Checking Mail on the left side of the window. Now on the right side under Mail Management either:
1. place a check in the box next to "Leave on server for ___ day(s). This will delete the mail from server after the specified number of days.
2. place a check in the box next to "Delete from server when emptied from trash". This will delete the mail from the server when you empty your trash in Eudora.

Other areas of Interest

Receiving Mail

You can now check mail by going to the File menu and selecting Check Mail. You will be prompted for your password.

To have Eudora Automatically check your mail

Select Settings from the Special menu and select Checking Mail. Place a check next to the "check for mail every __ minutes option and enter number of minutes between mail checks.

To have Eudora save your password

Select Settings from the Special menu and select Checking Mail. Place a check next to the "save password" option".

Replying to a Message

To reply to a message, select Reply from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed with the sender's address and the original message already filled in.

Forwarding a Message

To forward current message, select Forward from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed with your address in the "From" field. Make any changes and enter the recipient's address in the "To" field. The message can then be sent or saved.

Sending Mail

To create a new message, select New Message from the Message menu. Fill in the recipient's email address in the "To:" field. Type message in the text area below and click Send.

Inbox

New mail stays in your Inbox until it is deleted or moved. You can return to the inbox by selecting In under the Mailbox menu. Try not to let too many messages pile up in this Inbox.

Deleting

To delete a message from the Inbox select the message, go to the Message menu and select Delete. Deleting a message really just moves the message to the trash folder in the Eudora folder (not to the Macintosh trash icon.) Periodically use the "Empty Trash" command available on the 'Special' menu.

Moving Mail

You can move messages with the Transfer menu. You can create new mailboxes by selecting New... from the Transfer menu.

Outbox

Outgoing messages stay in your Outbox until you delete them. Save unfinished messages at any time and return later by selecting Out from the Mailbox menu. Try not to let too many messages accumulate in this outbox.

Address Book

You can open the address book by selecting Address Book from the Special menu. To create a new Address Book entry click New. Enter a nickname for the entry. Click on OK. In the addresses field enter the complete email address of the people or person to be included in the nickname. In the Name field enter the real name of the person or group. To save the changes to your address book select Save from the File menu.

Attachments

When you receive an attachment, it is automatically decoded and saved in the Attachments Folder in your Eudora Folder. To open an attachment from the message window, double click the name of the attachment. This will launch the application that the file was created in. To specify a different folder to save attachments in select Settings from the Special menu and select the Attachments Settings. To change the folder, simply click the long button with the attachment folder name on it. This will bring up a window to select a folder. If you want to use the desktop for your attachments, click the desktop folder button, then click the white space around the other folders so that nothing is highlighted. Then click Use Folder. In the Settings screen, the long button name will now be named Desktop Folder.

To attach a file to a current outgoing message, select Attach Document from the Message menu. Find the document in the dialog box and click on the attach button.