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1. Note If you do enter an address in this field first test the address to be sure that mail sent to it is indeed delivered to you If you use an invalid return address no one can reply to your mail SMTP server none Specify the name of the computer which you want to use as your SMTP server If you leave this field blank Eudora uses your POP server as your SMTP server QUALCOMM Incorporated 89 Reference 90 Eudora User Manual Immediate send on If this option is on the rightmost button in the icon bar of the message composition window is labeled Send Clicking on this button immediately sends the message to the SMTP server If this option is off the button is labeled Queue and clicking on it places the message in the Out mailbox marked ready for delivery Q Send on check on If this option is on Eudora automatically sends any messages that are queued in the Out mailbox whenever it checks the POP server for new mail Word wrap on If this option is on a carriage return is not required at the end of each line of type in an outgoing message Eudora automatically wraps text to the next line with line breaks at roughly 76 characters per line This makes your mail more legible to recipients using line oriented mail systems It is strongly recommended that you turn this option on Fix curly quotes on If this option is on Eudora replaces all smart quotation marks in message text or attachments with convention
2. Put original To recipients in Cc field off If this option is on the addresses of the original message recipients are moved from the To field to the Cc field of the reply to all message Only the address of the original sender is placed in the To field 96 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Copy original s priority to reply on If this option is on a reply message generated by you will have the same priority as the original message Miscellaneous Settings These settings control miscellaneous functions Category Switch messages with Aa C Unmodified arrow keys Fonts amp Display J Alt arrow keys A gt Require confirmation for deletes Getting Attention O Close messages with mailbox O Empty Trash when exiting Say OK to alerts after 2 minutes Replying j q Automatically open next message E Miscellaneous e Advanced Network The Miscellaneous settings Switch messages with Unmodified arrow keys off If this option is on and there is an incoming message window open on the screen the keyboard arrow keys can be used to close the current message and open the next or previous message in the mailbox The up or left arrow key opens the previous message the down or right arrow key opens the next message If this option is off the arrow keys can be used to move the caret in messages Note Even if Unmodified arrow keys is on the arrow keys do not switch messages i
3. QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Help The Eudora Help menu and About Eudora screen are listed in this menu Contents Contents Fl Display the on line help contents Search for Help on Search for Help on How to Use Help Display a list of search topics QUEST News How to Use Help Eudora Forum Display the Microsoft Windows How to Use Help About Eudora Pro window About Eudora QUEST News Display a subscription dialog for the QUEST News mailing list Eudora Forum Display a subscription dialog for the Windows Eudora Forum mailing list About Eudora Pro Display the About Eudora Pro screen About Eudora Display the About Eudora screen QUALCOMM Incorporated 109 Appendix A Sources Anonymous ftp ftp qualcomm com QUALCOMM has an anonymous ftp server ftp qualcomm com that has information and software related to Eudora These are located within the quest directory Included are POP3 Ph and password changing servers current product information and more Eudora Information The information in this manual was correct at the time of printing However things happen very quickly in the electronic world meaning that some of this information may already be out of date For the very latest information about Eudora send e mail to eudora info qualcomm com The text of the message should consist of sub eudora your first name your last name Be sure you don t put
4. QUALCOMM Incorporated 19 Tutorial Eudora User Manual ss Stella Rondo 03 41 PM 8 21 95 A selected message summary is current Examples of current messages Replying To a Message 20 For any current incoming message an incoming message is one that someone has sent to you you may easily initiate a reply message to its sender without having to create a new message from scratch 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 gt 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 Stella Rondo Re Test Message 2 or r To Stella Rondo lt srondo gt From srondo apprentice qualcomm com
5. Cc Bcc Attachments Composition window 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14 Eudora User Manual Tutorial 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 When you finish your message referred to throughout this tutorial as your fest message the composition window should look something like the example below No Recipient No Subject or a E To srondo qualcomn com From srondo apprentice qualcomm com Subject Test Message Cc Bcc Attachments This to a vese seed H Example test message ready to send Sending a Message Notice the Send button in the upper right hand corner of the composition window To send a message in its current state simply click on this button Click it now No Recipient No Subject MEAE
6. MSW D if the encoding method of the message is BinHex Note that the Macintosh type from this map is empty This allows multiple types to be recognized with just one mapping The is nice for in maps because it allows you to cover a range of creator type pairs with one map You must be careful in using this type of map with an out or both mapping though because an outgoing attachment that matched this map would have a Macintosh creator but no Macintosh type Some Macintosh applications cannot open files with a missing type Microsoft Word for the Macintosh can open files without a type so this map is fine being marked both Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh is an example of a program that can t open a file with an empty type This is why there are two maps for Excel the fourth and fifth maps above The incoming map for Excel is like the one for Microsoft Word but the outgoing map explicitly defines the Macintosh type The last map shows that you can have both Macintosh creator type and MIME type subtype in one entry This map says that if an incoming message has an attachment that is encoded in MIME and has the application postscript type subtype or has a BinHex attachment with the Macintosh type of EPSF then the resulting file will have an extension of eps Similarly if an outgoing message has an attachment with the extension eps and if the MIME encoding is being used for the message
7. including the In Out and Trash mailboxes Note Mailboxes are searched in the order they are listed under the Mailbox menu until the current mailbox is reached Match Case Normally Eudora ignores capitalization when searching If you want Eudora to consider capitalization when searching check the Match Case option in the Find dialog When this option is checked Eudora searches for exact matches of character strings including any capitalization Summaries Only If you know the text you are searching for is included in a message summary check the Summaries Only option in the Find dialog When you click the Find QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference button Eudora searches for the text only in the Sender and Subject fields of message summaries as they appear in mailbox windows Eudora searches much faster when this option is checked Enter Selection Command If you don t want to actually type the text in the Find dialog for example the text is very long or complex highlight it in an existing message and then select Enter Selection from the Find submenu This automatically inserts the selected text at the insertion point in the Find dialog Then select the Find command from the Find submenu to start the search Stopping a Find If you want to stop Eudora from continuing a search click the Stop button on the progress window or press the Esc key Sorting Messages Within Mailboxes It is possible to so
8. 36 Server source code for 111 Entering 16 35 Forgetting 36 Remembering 36 Saving 36 88 Personal Information settings 86 Ph 82 Ph command field 82 Ph Server field 82 Server source code 111 Setting server 87 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Using Ph window for 83 Ph button 83 Ph setting 87 Play a sound option 95 POP 36 Server for 111 UNIX 111 VAX VMS 111 VM CMS 111 POP Account setting 12 36 85 86 88 POP server 39 117 POP3 117 Popper 111 Print command 100 Font settings 93 Priority 80 And Reply 81 Priority Popup Icon in icon bar 44 Progress window 15 Put it on the recipient list button 63 Put text attachments in body of message option 54 91 Q Queue button 32 Queue For Delivery command 32 34 Quick Recipient list 70 Adding email address to 72 Adding existing nickname to 66 69 71 72 Adding new nickname to 63 Removing entry from 73 vs Nicknames 69 Quit command And emptying Trash 45 With queued messages 33 With timed messages 34 Quitting 100 Quoted Printable Button in icon bar 28 Turning off 122 R R message status 43 58 QUALCOMM Incorporated Index Real Name setting 12 85 86 Redirect command 60 61 Redirect To submenu 73 Rejected Mail 79 Remove all button 50 Remove it button 50 Remove Recipient command 73 Removing a nickname 66 Removing mail folders 49 Removing mailboxes 49 Renaming a mail folder 51 Renaming a mail
9. The dialog then closes The name of the directory you just selected is now displayed on the Attachment Directory button If you ever want to specify a different directory to receive attachments simply click on this button and the dialog for choosing an attachments directory is redisplayed Attachments are decoded automatically and saved directly into the selected directory The name given your attachments is recorded in the message with which they came If you receive multiple attachments with the same name a number is appended to the end of each attachment s name Non Eudora Users Receiving Attachments If you send an attachment to someone who doesn t use Eudora the attached file is included at the end of the message in either MIME or Bin Hex format depending on how you choose to send it It is not usable until the recipient has decoded it using an appropriate decoding application QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Replying to Forwarding or Redirecting an Incoming Message This section describes the Reply Forward and Redirect commands found in the Message menu These commands are different from the Reply To Forward To and Redirect To commands found in the same menu This latter set of commands is used with the Quick Recipient list see the Using the Quick Recipient List section for descriptions of these commands Replying to a Message To reply to a current message select Reply from the Message menu A
10. messages sent by you cannot be edited To edit the subject of an incoming message open it from its mailbox window Notice that the subject is displayed below the title bar and above the message You can edit this text as you would any other text When editing is complete close the message The new subject is displayed in the message summary The contents of the Subject field of the message header remain unchanged Stella Rondo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2nd Test Message Return Path srondo qualcomm com Date Mon 21 Aug 1995 15 59 56 0700 X Sender srondof apprentice qualcomm com To srondo From Stella Rondo lt srondo gt Subject 2nd Test Message This is another test message Editing the subject of an incoming message al In a Stella Rondo 03 41 PM 8 21 95 ese re After Editing the subject Note If you reply to the message the original subject is used for the reply not your changed subject This gives you the freedom to put information useful to you into the summary without fear of your private notes being revealed to your correspondents Using the Ph Window 82 Eudora can access two different directory services Ph and Finger via the Ph window To display the Ph window select Ph from the Window menu The Ph window has two buttons one for Ph and one for Finger and three text fields one where you specify which server to use Server one where you type your query Command and one where you
11. of space the messages in the mailbox use or if the amount of space wasted in the mailbox is greater than 5 of the free space on the drive that contains it QUALCOMM Incorporated 45 Reference Eudora User Manual Transferring a Message to a Different Mailbox Messages may be transferred between any two mailboxes For any current message select the mailbox to which the message should be transferred from the Transfer menu The message is transferred from its previous location to the selected mailbox Transfer gt In gt Trash gt Testing Sl In Els A ECAC io i a da Stella Rondo Stella Rondo 10 23 AM 8 22 95 2 I m still testing A A a SSS E Transferring a message If you hold down the Shift key while transferring a message the message is copied into the new mailbox instead of transferred This is useful if you want to file a message in more than one mailbox Creating a Mailbox During Transfer To create a mailbox and transfer the current message into it at the same time select New from the Transfer menu instead of the name of a mailbox The New Mailbox Dialog is displayed New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in the Top Level Name the new mailbox Po O Make it a folder O Don t transfer just create mailbox Cancel New mailbox dialog Type in the new mailbox name and click OK The mailbox is created and added to the Mailbox and Transfer menus The current message is als
12. Mail Priority Combo Box The leftmost object in the icon bar is the Priority combo box For most messages the priority is Normal If you want to indicate that your message is of higher or lower priority than a normal message use this combo box Priorities are discussed in the Message Priorities section i Signature Combo Box The Signature combo box allows you to automatically attach your signature to the end of each message you send Signatures are discussed in the Creating a Signature section E Attachment Type Combo Box The Attachment Type combo box allows you to select what format documents that you attach to outgoing messages are encoded in Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME or Bin Hex MIME is best for recipients with MIME for more information on MIME see Appendix D and Bin Hex is most compatible with old Macintosh mailers and previous versions of Eudora Quoted Printable Encoding If this button is on quoted printable encoding may be used when sending messages that contain long lines of text or special characters When on it is used for all attachments It is recommended that this button always be on Text As Document If this button is on plain text files attached to messages are incorporated into the message as part of the message body Word Wrap If this button is on a carriage return is not required at the end of each line you type in an outgoing message Eudora automatically wraps t
13. To srondof qualcomm com Clicking the Send button 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 Progress Window Eudora s Progress window includes a Stop button In addition the Progress window can be moved around in the main window and will display in the same location each time until you relocate it QUALCOMM Incorporated 15 Tutorial Eudora User Manual Progress Messages left to send 1 Test Message The Progress window Checking for and Receiving Mail 16 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 Enter Password Please enter the cu
14. When you install Eudora it creates a number of files within the assigned directory In addition Eudora creates additional files as needed for mailboxes signatures and other settings The Eudora files are described below eudora ini Your Settings information is saved in the eudora ini file along with other information nndbase txt Your nicknames are saved in the nndbase txt file nndbase toc This file is the table of contents for your nicknames in mbx out mbx trash mbx These files hold your mail You ll see files like these for every mailbox you create Note These files are in UNIX mail format in toc out toc trash toc These files are the tables of contents for your mailboxes They make it much faster for Eudora to access your mail You ll see files like these for every mailbox you create Imos dat This file contains information about the messages on your mail server QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference eudora log eudoralog old Eudora can keep records of all mail transfers These records are kept in the eudora log and eudoralog old files The eudoralog old file is overwritten and a new eudora log file is created when the eudora log file reaches its approximately 100K maximum size To enable logging set the LogLevel entry in the Debug section of the EUDORA INI file signatur pce The signature is kept in the signatur pce file descmap pce Mappings between mailbox names and DOS 8 3 fi
15. addresses The Quick Recipient list is used to add addresses to messages via the Message menu Nicknames do not need to be on the Quick Recipient list and not everything on the Quick Recipient list needs to be a nickname However you may have nicknames to which you often send mail and it makes sense to add these nicknames to the Quick Recipient list This is easily done from the Nicknames window Examine the Nickname field of the Nicknames window Notice that there is a margin between the first letter of each nickname and the edge of the field Now select a nickname and place the mouse over the margin between the nickname and the edge of the field The cursor changes into a miniature image of a menu Nicknames Nickname Address es Putting a nickname on the Quick Recipient list Click the mouse once and a bullet 6 is displayed in the margin area This bullet indicates that the nickname has been added to the Quick Recipient list QUALCOMM Incorporated 69 Reference Eudora User Manual Nicknames Nickname Address es Eudora e jnorth mist com John i The nickname is on the Quick Recipient list Click again and the bullet disappears removing the nickname from the Quick Recipient list The Quick Recipient list is discussed further in the Using the Quick Recipient List section If you rename or remove a nickname that is also on the Quick Recipient list the name on the Quick Recipient list
16. anything else in the body of the message including your signature Obtaining a POP Server If you would like to run a POP server on your own UNIX system we suggest you use popper Popper is available via anonymous ftp from ftp qualcomm com Popper versions are available for a number of UNIX systems VAX VMS systems may try the Multinet package from TGV or IUPOP3 available via anonymous ftp from ftp indiana edu For VM CMS users there is a port of popper available via anonymous ftp from vmd cso uiuc edu cd to the POPD directory Ph Server Source Code A server for the Ph protocol is available via anonymous ftp from ftp qualcomm com Password Change Server Three sample UNIX servers for Eudora s Change Password command are available via anonymous ftp from ftp qualcomm com Windows Sockets Products Demos of Windows Sockets 1 1 compliant stacks and applications are available via anonymous ftp from sunsite unc edu in the directory micro pc stuff ms windows winsock The are also available on ftp cica indiana edu in the directory pub pc wins winsock QUALCOMM Incorporated 111 Appendix A Sources Eudora User Manual Serial Line IP SLIP Information and applications regarding Serial Line IP SLIP are available via anonymous ftp from biochemistry cwru edu in the directory slip PC Speaker 112 If you want the new mail sound notification to work with the speaker that comes with your
17. new message window is displayed with the original sender s address automatically placed in the To field of the header The original sender s text is also automatically included at the beginning of the reply message prefixed by gt at the beginning of each line This text may be edited or deleted as needed Additional text may be entered into the reply just as in any outgoing message The a can then be saved for further changes or simply sent Justine Correa 12 34 PM 8 22 95 Lunch MA ime Return Path jcorrea qualcomm com y X Sender jcorrea fantasia qualcomm com jess i Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 12 34 51 0100 To srondo From jcorrea Justine Correa Subject Lunch Stella Can you make it to lunch Justine Justine Correa Re Lunch o jcorrea nals Correa Stella Rondo lt srondo qualcomm com gt Re Lunch Attachments At 12 32 PM 8 22 95 0100 you wrote gt gt Stella gt Can you make it to lunch A message and its reply QUALCOMM Incorporated 57 Reference Eudora User Manual An incoming message for which the Reply command has been used is identified by an R in its message summary stella Rondo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2 2nd Test Message je stella Rondo 10 24 AM 8 22 95 2 Testing the Queue R__ Justine Correa 12 34 PM 8 22 95 lea e y R indicates that the message has been replied to Modified Forms of Reply There are several variations of
18. option 76 Switch messages with settings 97 T Tab key Switching fields with 28 29 Tabs Button in icon bar 28 Replaced with spaces 28 Tabs in body of message option 90 Text As Document Button in icon bar 28 Title bar 27 To button 68 Toolbar 130 Eudora User Manual Forward Button 26 Nicknames Button 26 Print Button 26 Redirect Button 26 Reply Button 26 Trash mailbox 23 45 98 U UNIX mail 100 Unmodified arrow keys option 97 Use an alert dialog box option 95 Use asynchronous Winsock calls for option 99 Use Directory button 56 Use signature option 90 WwW When replying to all option 96 Window menu 108 Windows Sockets 111 Word Wrap 30 90 Button in icon bar 28 Word wrap option 90 X X Priority field 81 Z Zoom windows when opening option 93 QUALCOMM Incorporated
19. outgoing message headers By selecting with the mouse a nickname or address from the Quick Recipient list the address or nickname is automatically entered in the desired field The list may also be used to more easily reply to forward or redirect messages Eudora uses a single Quick Recipient list that can be accessed via the New Message To Reply To Forward To and Redirect To selections under the Message menu the Insert Recipient selection under the Edit menu and the Remove Recipient selection under the Special menu Message New Message Ctrl N Cutt Farward Rediveg Sead Again New Message To R Reply To Forward To Redirect To Send hamediatehy Cub rach FHe Crispi Crip The Quick Recipient list Creating the Quick Recipient List The Quick Recipient list should consist of the nicknames or e mail addresses of common correspondents Adding a Nickname to the Quick Recipient List To add a nickname to this list select Nicknames from the Special menu The Nicknames window is then displayed Notice that there is a margin between the first letter of each nickname and the edge of the field Now select a nickname and place the mouse over the margin between the nickname and the edge of the field The cursor changes into a miniature image of a menu QUALCOMM Incorporated 71 Reference 72 Eudora User Manual Nicknames Nickname Address es Eudora E Putting a nickname on the Quick Re
20. the Reply command Reply to all If you hold down the Shift key when selecting Reply from the Message menu the reply message is sent to the sender of the original message and to everyone who received it This is useful for carrying on group discussions electronically If the Reply to all by default option in the Settings dialog Replying is turned on Reply to all is the default and you must hold down the Shift key to reply only to the message sender When replying to all Include yourself If the Include yourself option in the Settings dialog Replying is turned on when you do a Reply to all your address is left in the address list of the new message and you receive a copy of your own reply If this option is turned off Eudora does not include your return address in the reply to all message Note To determine who you are Eudora uses the me nickname if you create one for yourself If not Eudora uses the contents of the POP Account and Return Address fields from the Settings dialog Cc original To recipients If the Put original To recipients in Cc field option in the Settings dialog Replying is turned on the addresses of the original message recipients are moved from the To field to the Cc field of the Reply to all message Only the address of the original sender is placed in the To field Forwarding a Message You may want to relay or forward messages to other users To do this select Forward from the Mess
21. work very well for you It also doesn t work well in lab environments where you might use any number of different PCs More Information If you want to know more about the Internet in general consult the book Internetworking with TCP IP by Douglas Comer 1988 Prentice Hall ISBN 0 13 470154 2 025 If you want to know more about SMTP RFC 822 POP3 and MIME the official standards are RFC 821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol by Jonathan B Postel RFC 822 Standard for the Format of Internet Text Messages by Dave Crocker RFC 1725 Post Office Protocol Version 3 by Marshall Rose RFC 1521 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions by Ned Freed and Nathaniel Borenstein You can find the RFC s by anonymous ftp to nic ddn mil see Internetworking with TCP IP for details 118 QUALCOMM Incorporated Appendix D MIME and Mapping What is MIME MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME serves two major purposes it allows mail applications to tell one another what sort of data is in mail and it also provides standard ways for mail applications to encode data so that it can be sent through the Internet mail system MIME Encoding The Internet uses the SMTP protocol to move mail around SMTP is limited to the US ASCII character set see Appendix C This is a problem for people who speak languages other than American English and so need accented characters or non American lett
22. ANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT QUALCOMM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED FURTHERMORE QUALCOMM DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS ACCURACY RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY QUALCOMM OR A QUALCOMM AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE SHALL QUALCOMM AND ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND THE LIKE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF QUALCOMM OR A QUALCOMM AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO T
23. Eudora Light Windows User Manual Bringing the P O to Where You Live This manual was written for use with the Eudora Light software version 1 5 2 September 1995 This manual and the Eudora software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved Permission is granted to copy both the Eudora software and the manual for use by individuals and by organizations for their internal communications needs provided that this notice is retained in all such copies Commercial distribution is prohibited except as expressly permitted in writing by QUALCOMM Incorporated For information on commercial distribution of Eudora Light send email to sdveris qualcomm com The Eudora Software was written by Jeff Beckley Eudora is a registered trademark of the University of Julia Blumin and Jerry Pickering Copyright Illinois Board of Trustees licensed to QUALCOMM 1991 1995 by QUALCOMM Incorporated All rights Incorporated reserved QUALCOMM is a registered trademark and Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft registered service mark of QUALCOMM Corporation Incorporated All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners Use of the Eudora software and other software and fonts provided and its software documentation is at your sole risk The Software and its documentation including this manual are provided AS IS and without warranty of any kind and QUALCOMM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARR
24. Exit Ctrl Q Using Save As to save several messages to one file Tip When Eudora receives a very large message from the POP server it splits that message into multiple smaller messages If you need to reassemble the original message use the Save As command Resending Rejected Messages Mail Transport Agents are computer programs responsible for routing e mail messages through networks If for some reason an e mail message can t be delivered to an intended recipient these programs return the message to the original sender A message is typically rejected because of an error in the recipient s address although there are many possible reasons The message sent back from the mail system usually includes cryptic information that may allow you to determine the reason for the message being rejected It also includes the text of the original message QUALCOMM Incorporated 79 Reference Eudora User Manual E MAILER DAEMON 02 34 PM 8 22 95 Returned mail User unknown RARS BE Subject Returned mail User unknown a Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 14 34 33 0700 From lt MAILER DAEMON gt Subject Returned mail User unknown To lt srondo gt he original message was received at Tue 22 Aug 1995 14 34 32 0700 from apprentice qualcomm com 129 46 50 19 The following addresses had delivery problens lt justinefqualcomm com unrecoverable error Transcript of session follows While talking to mailhost qualcomnm c
25. HE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY Acknowledgments The Eudora software was designed by Steven Dorner and written by Jeff Beckley Julia Blumin and Jerry Pickering this manual was written by Carolyn Gedney and revised by Jeff Beckley and Ron Durbin The manual was edited by Jeff Beckley Terri Costner Vicki Daughtry T Jenny Fornaca Scott Kenyon and Gene Schlaline Finally thanks to all the users and testers of Eudora whose suggestions have made it a much better program than it would otherwise have been About the Name Why the name Eudora When I was looking for a name for my new Post Office Protocol mail program I thought immediately of the title of a short story I d read years before Why I Live at the P O So I named the program after the author of the story Eudora Welty Why I Live at the P O can be found in a collection titled A Curtain of Green Harcourt Brace Jovanovich I highly recommend reading it and anything else you can find by Ms Welty Her stories are funny sad and fascinating she s surely one of the great American writers Steve Dorner September 1995 EP80 8104 1 A Contents Getting States cocina ii 11 System Requirements ias dado sus ce ass dada baaa dada aa rien 11 Instala Udo ple ieblsd 11 Js AAA RN 12 TU 14 Introduction da ara 14 Getting Heli 14 Creating an Outgoing Message aa diia da 14 o A E 15 Progress WIN dd Wisin e Ea Sa a a a a aSa 15 Checkin
26. Message Closing 98 Deleting 23 45 Unread Queued 45 98 Incoming 20 Forwarding 58 Redirecting 60 Redirecting amp From field 61 Replying to 20 57 Replying to all 58 96 CC original To recipients 58 Include yourself 58 Replying to all but not self 96 QUALCOMM Incorporated Index Sending again 79 To field 60 Window 44 Icon Bar 44 Message Body 44 Title Bar 44 Zooming windows 93 Outgoing 14 27 Adding addressees to with Nicknames window 68 Addressing with Quick Recipient list 73 Attachments field 29 54 55 Bec field 29 Body 29 30 Cc field 29 Changing status of 34 Closing 31 34 Creating 27 Creating from Nicknames window 68 Deleting 31 From field 14 29 59 60 Header 29 Saving 21 30 32 Sending 15 31 Sending one step 31 Sending two step 32 Subject field 15 29 To field 29 57 58 Zooming window 93 Priority 80 Transferring 46 Copying during 46 Creating mail folders during 47 Creating mailboxes during 46 Message menu 105 Message Summary 18 42 Changing subject of 81 Date in 43 Priority of messages 43 Sender Recipient in 43 Size in 43 Status of message 43 Forwarded 43 Not sendable 43 127 Index Queued 32 Read 43 Redirected 43 Replied 43 Sendable 30 43 Sent 35 43 Timed 33 Unread 37 39 43 Unsent 43 Subject in 43 Message Window Height setting 93 Message Window Width setting 93 Messages Incoming Recombining split messa
27. On or After you can use the time and date fields to fill in the time when the message should be sent The message is saved in the Out mailbox with a Q in the status column just as if it were a normal queued message However the message is not actually sent until the specified time arrives Note For the message to be sent at the correct time Eudora must be running when the message is due to be sent If Eudora is not running the message is sent the first time Eudora is run after the selected time has passed Sending Queued Messages on Check If the Send on check option in the Settings dialog Sending Mail is turned on every time a manual or automatic mail check occurs all queued messages are sent thus saving you the step of selecting Send Queued Messages Quitting with Queued Messages If you quit Eudora after you have queued messages but without sending them using Send Queued Messages Eudora gives you the opportunity to send the messages before you quit QUALCOMM Incorporated 33 Reference 34 Eudora User Manual Send Queued Messages 9 You have some message s waiting to be sent Do you want to send them now Quitting with queued messages If you quit with timed messages and the messages are due to be sent within the next 12 hours Eudora warns you and gives you the opportunity to send them Send Queued Messages You have some delayed message s due to be sent soon Do you want to send them now Jus
28. PC you need to install the PC speaker driver This driver is available via anonymous ftp from ftp qualcomm com It s the file SPEAK EXE in the directory quest eudora windows utils This is a self extracting archive so just run it on your PC to produce the necessary files and instructions QUALCOMM Incorporated Appendix B Shortcuts Modifier Keys Many operations in Eudora can be affected by holding down one or more modifier keys Eudora uses the Shift and Ctrl keys as modifiers The Shift key is usually used to make an operation to reverse option settings Shift Insert a nickname inserts the full nickname expansion in the specified field Shift Finish Nickname inserts the full nickname expansion in the specified field Shift Save saves changes to any open windows Shift Queue or Send button brings up Change Queueing dialog Shift Reply toggles the Reply to all option in the Settings dialog Replying If the Reply to all option is turned on Shift Reply generates a reply to the sender only If the Reply to all option is turned off Shift Reply generates a reply to all addresses in the message header Shift Transfer sends a copy of the current message to the selected mailbox and retains the original message in the original mailbox Shift Copy unwraps removes the extra carriage returns the selection prior to copying it to the clipboard Shift Wrap Selection unwraps remo
29. Password supplied for srondo is incorrect Wrong 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 As long as it is running Eudora remembers your password If you don t want it to remember when for example you are away from your PC select Forget Password from the Special menu At your next mail check you are prompted for your password again Another password related option is Save password which is in the Settings dialog Checking Mail This option makes Eudora remember your password from one session to the next you NEVER have to enter your password again even if you quit and restart Eudora This option should only be used if your PC is in a secure location Finally the Change Password command in the Special menu can be used to change your POP server password if your POP server machine is running a compatible password change server You ll be asked to enter your old password once and your new password twice Note For information on password change servers see Appendix A of this manual Checking For and Receiving Mail 36 The POP server is the machine where your mail is received and stored until it is transferred to the Eudora program on your PC Your POP server account is specified in the POP Account setting in the Settings dialog Getting Started Note To best understand the functioning of the POP se
30. Subject Re Test Message Cc Bec Attachments At 03 41 PM 8 21 95 0700 you wrote gt This is a test message This is a reply to my owm test message Replying to a message QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Tutorial Do not send the reply message at this time Instead save it as described in the Saving an Outgoing Message section Saving an Outgoing Message Sometimes it is convenient to save an outgoing message either as a safeguard when typing long messages or for temporary storage so you can return to it at a later time for changes or additions before sending it 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 Out ENEE 01 53 PM 6 21 95 La Eudora helps
31. To move the insertion point from field to field press the tab key or click in the desired field with the mouse When entering information into the fields you can use the standard Windows text editing tools provided under the Edit menu Here is a brief description of the intended contents of each field To The intended recipient s e mail address or a nickname you have defined see the Creating and Using Nicknames section Multiple addresses are allowed but must be separated by commas From The sender s e mail address This is usually your POP account plus your real name You can use a return address other than your POP account by entering the desired address in the Return Address field of the Settings dialog Personal Information Subject Brief text indicating the contents of the message This field can be left blank though it is a breach of e mail etiquette to do so Cc E mail address or nickname of person to whom a copy of the message is to be sent Multiple addresses are allowed but must be separated by commas This field may be left blank Bcc Blind carbon copy Like addresses listed in the Cc field addresses listed here receive copies of the message Unlike addresses listed in the Cc field addresses listed here do not appear in the message header of the recipients This is useful when you want to send a copy of a message to someone without everyone else knowing you did so Multiple addresses are all
32. Winsock connection make sure both of these options are off Network timeout after seconds 45 This option allows you to set the number of seconds before a network connection will time out Network buffer size of bytes 4096 This option allows you to set the size of the buffer that Eudora uses to transfer information to and from the server Note If you are having trouble transferring large messages the size of this buffer may be decreased Cache network info This option causes Eudora to remember the results of previous database functions when using the Winsock connection method This speeds up database functions within a single Eudora session QUALCOMM Incorporated 99 Reference Printing Eudora User Manual Eudora can print a current message or messages your signature or the contents of the Ph window To print from within Eudora select Print from the File menu with the message or Ph window displayed Eudora automatically prints headers and footers on each page giving the window title page number and your return address Quitting Eudora To quit the Eudora program select Exit from the File menu If you have queued messages or timed messages due to be sent in the next 12 hours you are asked if you want to send them see the Quitting with Queued Messages section If the Empty Trash on Quit option in the Switches dialog is turned on quitting Eudora also empties your Trash mailbox Mail Storage 100
33. a a ole AO a Ea 53 Multiple Attachments icre en A od A A TA A 55 diia A E Rak oa E ee a 55 Receivine an Attachment 4 uti te diren eee laden 55 Non Eudora Users Receiving Attachments cccccccesssseseneennneeeeeeeeeennneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 56 Replying to Forwarding or Redirecting an Incoming Message ccoooocccnnoocnncnnnonnnnnonanannnnnnnns 57 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Contents Replyine toa Message soprar sche etna ce cad Sethe E aE AES TAE ESS 57 Modified Forms of Replicas 58 Forwarding a Message sI Re ae 58 Reda eC Ms e ta A et 60 Creatine and Using Nic ames as seers 62 Adding New INICKMAMES lidiar 62 Changing and Removing Nicknames ii nisin vay edie acces 66 Make Nickname Cominand A Ae ae Saa 66 Using the Nicknames Window to Address Mail oooooccnnnnoncccconooocnnocnnnnonnnnnnonannnnnnnnnnnno 68 Nicknames and the Quick Recipient List ccccccccceceeeeeseeneeenneeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 69 Finish Nickname COMME RA A Meee eee 70 Quick Recipient LASt reinha A Ake AL A A ae 70 Creating the Quick Recipient List a ica 71 Using the Quick Recipient List scan dns ap 73 Removing a Quick Recipient From the Listin Son aed 13 Finding Text Within Messa sa 73 Finding Text Within One Message ci ddan nie edie Heke 74 Finding Text Among Multiple Messages and Mailboxes ooooocccnnonccccnnooocnnnnnanannncnnnnnnnnon 76 Math Last at ce eu vd Senay Re dead a ached a ose RD 76 Sunimaries Only sh eae ee aera a
34. age menu for any current received message This transfers the header and body of the received message denoted with gt markers at the beginning of each line to the body of a new message window There you must fill in the empty To field in the message header with the address of the person to whom you want the message forwarded The existing text may be 58 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference edited and more text may be added to the message A forwarded message is identified in the From field as coming from you a Justine Correa 12 34 PM 8 22 95 Lunch Mg le seee Return Path jcorrea qualcomm com X Sender jcorrea fantasia qualcomm com Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 12 34 51 0100 To srondo From jcorrea Justine Correa Subject Lunch Stella Can To rdurbin qualcomn com From Stella Rondo lt srondo qualcomm com gt Subject Lunch Cc Bec Attachments Return Path jcorreafqualcomm com gt X Sender jcorreaf fantasia qualcomm com gt Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 12 34 51 0100 gt To srondo gt From jcorrea Justine Correa gt Subject Lunch gt gt gt S5tella gt Can you make it to lunch gt Justine Ron can you join us Forwarding a message An incoming message for which the Forward command has been used is identified by an F in its message summary QUALCOMM Incorporated 59 Reference 60 Eudora User Manual 03 2 Tes B Stella Ro
35. al quotation marks prior to sending the message attachment The smart quotation marks are special characters and this option allows messages to be sent without using quoted printable encoding Note If your recipients have MIME there s no reason to use this option Only turn it on if most of the people you correspond with don t use MIME May use Quoted Printable on If this option is on Eudora uses quoted printable encoding when necessary such as when messages that contain long lines of text or special characters are sent If this option is off quoted printable encoding is never used Keep copies of outgoing mail on If this option is on a copy of each sent message is kept in the Out mailbox their summaries are marked with an S in the Status column of the Out mailbox window If this option is off Eudora moves outgoing messages to the Trash mailbox after they are sent Use signature on If this option is on Eudora automatically attaches your signature file if you have one to the end of outgoing messages Tabs in body of message on If this option is on hitting the tab key within the message body results in Eudora inserting enough spaces to move the insertion point to the next tab stop Attachments Settings The Attachments settings determine how Eudora sends and receives attachments QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Encoding Method MIME D BinHex O Put text attachments in b
36. anual Tutorial Testing dd After Transfer Transferring a message Deleting a Message Messages are stored indefinitely in any mailbox until they are explicitly deleted or transferred to another mailbox Outgoing messages that were saved for further changes remain in the Out mailbox until they are either sent or deleted Any current message can be deleted 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated 23 Reference Introduction This section provides detailed explanations of all available Eudora functions Main Window Icon The main window icon displays when Eudora s main window is minimized It provides a unique indication of when new mail has been delivered when outgoing messages are queued or both Normal This is the normal
37. ately you can make a nickname out of the address list of a current message Open a mailbox and single click on the desired message to make it current Select Make Nickname from the Special menu The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname Once you have entered the name click OK If multiple messages are current 1 e you have several message summaries selected in a mailbox window addresses are taken from each message and all are put in the new nickname s expansion Special Make Nickname Ctrl K Add ag Recipient Remove Recipient gt s srono Empty Trash S _ srondo a Compact Mailboxe Using Make Nickname with current messages Note When an incoming message is current Make Nickname pretends to do a Reply to the current message and then takes all the QUALCOMM Incorporated 67 Reference 68 Eudora User Manual recipients from the reply message and uses them in the nickname expansion This means that Make Nickname acts just like Reply in regard to the Reply to all and Include yourself options in the Settings dialog Replying That is if the Reply to all option is turned on or you hold down the shift key the nickname is made for all of the recipients of the messages plus the sender not just the sender Similarly if the Include yourself option is turned off your address is not included in the new nickname s expansion Using
38. box 51 Reply 20 Reply command 57 58 Reply to all By default option 58 Reply to all option 96 Shift key and 96 Reply To submenu 73 Replying settings 96 Require confirmation for delete option 98 Requirements 11 Return address 14 Return address setting 86 89 Right Now button 33 S S message status 43 Save As command 78 Save command 21 30 65 66 Save password option 36 88 Say OK to alerts after seconds option 98 Send Again command 80 Send button 15 31 90 Send on check option 88 90 Send Queued Messages command 32 Avoiding 33 Sending mail 88 90 Sending Mail settings 89 Serial Line IP SLIP 112 Settings Advanced Network 98 Attachments 90 Checking Mail 87 Dialog 84 Fonts amp Display 92 Getting Attention 95 129 Index Getting Started 85 Hosts 86 Miscellaneous 97 Personal Information 86 Replying 96 Sending Mail 89 Settings command 12 Sharing a PC 101 Show all headers option 93 Show category icons option 93 Show status bar option 93 Show toolbar option 93 Show toolbar tips option 93 Signature 83 And redirect 61 Enabling disabling 90 Icon in icon bar 28 Menu command 83 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 117 Skip big messages option 40 Skip messages over K option 88 SLIP 112 SMTP 117 118 120 SMTP server setting 89 SMTP setting 87 Sorting 77 By date 78 Multiple criteria 78 Special menu 107 Subject Changing 81 Summaries Only
39. boxes be organized into folders but folders can be contained one within another To create a new mail folder select New from the Mailbox menu The New Mailbox Dialog is displayed Type the name of the new mail folder and check the Make it a Folder option Click OK to create the folder New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in the Top Level Name the new mailbox Cancel l Creating a mail folder The new folder name is displayed at the bottom of the list of mailbox names under the Mailbox and Transfer menus There is an arrow next to the name designating it as a folder and not as a mailbox You cannot transfer messages into this folder however since messages must be in mailboxes and you have not yet created a mailbox within the folder Therefore the New Mailbox Dialog is displayed again Now type the name of the mailbox you want to create within the newly created folder and click OK Creating a Mailbox Within a Folder To create a new mailbox within a particular folder select that folder from under the Mailbox menu and choose New from the submenu that is displayed The New Mailbox Dialog is displayed Type in the new mailbox name and click OK The mailbox is created and added to the Mailbox and Transfer menus You can also create subfolders in the same manner Just check the Make it a Folder option Opening a Mailbox To open a mailbox select the desired mailbox from the list of mailboxes under the Mailbox menu The mailbo
40. by the nickname Nicknames Nickname Address es MO bd e mist conj AE Entering an address for a nickname If you d like to add someone s proper name to the address that you specify just put it in parentheses after the e mail address Note Be aware that the proper name is put in the To field of mail messages along with the full address You may also type a series of many e mail addresses and even other nicknames separated by commas or returns Enter in the Address es section These QUALCOMM Incorporated 63 Reference Eudora User Manual multiple addresses are represented by the single entered nickname In this way a nickname can be used for a group mailing list Nicknames Nickname Address es Eudora John Steve Using a nickname as a mailing list Note The Nicknames window is the only place where it is permissible to use the Enter key to separate addresses Everywhere else you must use commas The Notes field can be used to enter any text you d like to associate with a nickname such as the addressee s company title or phone number Nicknames Nickname Address es Entering notes for a nickname Note The contents of the Notes field is not put in mail you send 64 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference One nickname can point to another nickname which can point to still another and so on eventually however the nickname must e
41. cipient list Click the mouse once and a bullet is displayed in the margin area This bullet indicates that the nickname has been added to the Quick Recipient list Nicknames Nickname Address es The nickname is on the Quick Recipient list Click again and the bullet disappears removing the nickname from the Quick Recipient list Adding an E mail Address to the Quick Recipient List To add a full e mail address to the Quick Recipient list select any text that makes up a full address then select Add As Recipient from the Special menu QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Special Make Nickname Ctrl K Add as Recipient Empty Trash Return Path jcorreafq Compact Mailboxes X Sender jcorrea fant Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 To srondo Forget Password Change Password Stella Do you know if Ron is available for lunch fe From Masda Justine subject Lunch Adding an address to the Quick Recipient list Using the Quick Recipient List The Quick Recipient list is displayed when you select New Message To Reply To Forward To or Redirect To from the Message menu To utilize the list select a recipient using one of these commands Releasing the mouse button performs the action new message reply forward redirect and the chosen recipient is automatically inserted in the To field of the new message header More than one nickname or address from th
42. ct t Return Path srondo qualcomm com Date Mon 21 Aug 1995 15 41 18 0700 X Sender srondo apprentice qualcomm com To srondo From Stella Rondo lt srondo gt Subject Test Message This is a test message Test message display 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 Current Messages Most Eudora commands can be applied either to an open message window or to highlighted message summaries in a mailbox window This allows Eudora users to apply commands such as Transfer Forward and Reply to messages without opening them first Whenever the term current message is used in this tutorial or in the Reference chapter it refers to a message that is open and is in the topmost window or whose message summary is highlighted within a mailbox window Stella Rondo 03 41 PM 8 21 95 Test Message MA Le subject Return Path srondo qualcomm com Date Mon 21 Aug 1995 15 41 18 0700 X Sender srondof apprentice qualcomm com To srondo From Stella Rondo lt srondo gt Subject Test Message his is a test message When a message window is open and front most it is the current message
43. d 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 Itis 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 12 QUALCOMM Incorporated Tutorial Introduction This tutorial introduces Eudora s basic functions There are a host of other operations that are not described here For detailed explanations of all available Eudora functions see the Reference chapter of this document Getting Help Look in this manual for the information you need by using the Index and Table of Contents 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 Creating an Outgoing Message A good way to familiarize yourself with Eudora is to create an outgoing message An outgoing message is one that you send to someone else 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 No precipient No Subject From Subject
44. d Eudora User Manual Reference Note For your convenience some settings appear in more than one category For example your real name appears in both the Getting Started and Personal Information categories Changing a setting in one category changes the setting in all categories Getting Started Settings The Getting Started settings provide Eudora with the minimum user account information necessary to send and receive mail Category POP account Real name Connection Method O Offline no connections Checking Mail Sending Mail Cancel E The Getting Started settings POP account none To receive mail with Eudora you must have an account on a computer that runs a Post Office Protocol version 3 POP3 or POP server This is the account to which your e mail messages are delivered before they are transferred to the Eudora program on your PC Enter your login name for this account followed by an O sign and the domain name of the computer For example if your login name for your POP account is jbdorn and the name of the computer is action com type jbdorn action com in this field Real name none Enter your real name here It is placed in the From field of your outgoing mail messages along with your return address Connection Method Select Offline if you don t want Eudora to attempt to make any connections QUALCOMM Incorporated 85 Reference Eudora User Manual Personal Informat
45. do Re Test Message Clicking the Queue button Either of these selections closes the message window if it was open saves the message in the Out mailbox and marks it as queued meaning ready to be delivered Queued messages are marked by a Q in the far left column of the Out mailbox a Out a 01 53 PH 0 2 95 o srondofqualcomn nd Test Message TTY A Queued message in the Out mailbox For the second step select Send Queued Messages from the File menu This sends the queued message or messages A progress window is displayed momentarily at the top of the screen indicating the progress of the transmission QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Timed Messages It is possible to tell Eudora to send a message at some specific time in the future To do this for the current outgoing message select Change Queueing from the Message menu The Change Queueing dialog is then displayed e srondofOqualcomm com 2ndTestMessage v To From Change Queueing Subject Cc Bcc Attachments Send Message O Right now O Next time queued messages are sent an is ate ji vy Time 09 32 AM Date 8 22 95 on t send Change Queueing dialog If you choose Right Now the message is sent immediately upon clicking the OK button If you choose Next Time Queued Messages are Sent the message is sent the next time queued messages are sent If you choose
46. dora i Eudora Gs Move gt gt Windows Eudo al lt lt Move lt lt Rename New Starting to remove a mailbox If the mailbox has any messages in it a dialog is displayed asking you to confirm the mailbox removal Click on the Remove It button to remove the mailbox Deleting Mailbox Mac Eudora has stuff in it You can t undo the removal Messages will NOT be put in the Trash Remove it anyway Mailbox removal dialog If you press the Ctrl key while selecting from a list of mailboxes folders you can select more than one mailbox or folder simultaneously When you click on the Remove button the mailbox removal dialog is displayed to verify the removal The dialog contains the name of the first mailbox you have selected If you click on Remove it Eudora removes that mailbox and then displays another dialog for the next mailbox If you click on Remove all all of the selected items are removed without any further prompts Note If you remove a mailbox in which messages are stored or a folder in which other mailboxes or folders are stored all messages mailboxes folders contained within the selected mailbox are also removed 50 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Renaming a Mailbox or Folder With the Mailboxes window open use the scroll bar and mouse pointer to locate the name of the mailbox folder that you want to rename Note You can perform this function using either of the two li
47. dth bieoaciekasinlaid Message window height Fonts amp Display Getting Attention Replying Miscellaneous Advanced Network Xx Zoom windows when opening O Show all headers even the ugly ones gt Show toolbar EX Show toolbar tips gt Show status bar O Show category icons Settings dialog with Category icons turned off 94 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Getting Attention Settings The Getting Attention settings determine what Eudora does when new mail arrives Category 4 q X Use an alert dialog box O ilb Fonts amp Display E Upen mailbox i E E Play a sound Getting Attention i Replying G Qu Miscellaneous Advanced Network The Getting Attention settings Use an alert dialog box on If this option is on Eudora uses an alert dialog to notify you when new mail is received Open mailbox on This option applies only to the arrival of new mail If it is on Eudora automatically opens mailboxes when new mail arrives and is placed in them It also scrolls to the end of the mailboxes and selects the first unread message of the last unread batch of messages If this option is off Eudora doesn t open mailboxes when new messages arrive Play a sound on If this option is on Eudora makes a noise when new mail arrives To select a sound wav file click on the field below the Play a sound option The Select sound file dialog is then displayed allow
48. e Mailbox or Folder If the Mailbox window isn t big enough to display all of your created mailboxes and folders use the scroll bar on the right side of either list to view the rest of the mailboxes and folders Double clicking on a folder denoted with an icon of a folder to the left of its name changes the current title of the list from Eudora to that of the chosen folder The contents of the list also change to the names of mailboxes and subfolders contained in the chosen folder 48 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Mailboxes Eudora gt gt Move gt gt Rename New Remove Opening a mail folder To move back out of the subfolder to the folder that contains it select the folder from the list title popup Mailboxes lt lt Eudora E E Remove Moving back out of a mail folder Removing a Mailbox or Folder With the Mailboxes window open use the scroll bar and selection tool to locate the name of the mailbox or folder that you want to remove QUALCOMM Incorporated 49 Reference Eudora User Manual Note You can perform this function using either of the two lists in the Mailboxes window It is not necessary to locate a mailbox or folder in both lists before deleting it Once the desired mailbox folder is found click on it once to select it Then click on the Remove button that is located below the list Mailboxes Testing E Mac Eu
49. e Quick Recipient list can be added to the To Cc and Bcc fields of any message To do this first place the blinking insertion point in the field where you want the nickname address to be inserted Then select the desired recipient from the Insert Recipient list under the Edit menu The chosen nickname address is placed at the insertion point and a comma is added if necessary to separate the new address from the ones previously placed in the field Removing a Quick Recipient From the List To remove a nickname address entry from the Quick Recipient list select it using the Remove Recipient option under the Special menu When you release the mouse button the selected recipient is deleted Note Removing a nickname from the Quick Recipient list does not delete it from the Nicknames window but removing a nickname from the Nicknames window deletes it from the Quick Recipient list Finding Text Within Messages Eudora incorporates a Find function that searches for specific text within a single message multiple messages or even multiple mailboxes To display the Find submenu of commands select Find from the Edit menu QUALCOMM Incorporated 73 Reference Eudora User Manual Cirit 6 Y i EPY Ciri Paste Eiri Pasie As Quotation Ciri Clear Select All Ctri A Finish Nickname Insert Recipient Cirit Find Ctrl F Find gain Ctrl G tater Selectien Cries Next Ctri Next Messa
50. e Settings dialog Checking Mail is turned on Eudora does not download messages that exceed 40k bytes Instead it downloads only the first few lines of such messages and adds a note at the bottom stating that the whole message has not been transferred This can be useful on slow connections To download the complete message turn off the Skip big messages option in the Settings dialog Checking Mail and check mail again Stopping a Mail Check If you want to stop a mail check in the middle because it is taking longer than anticipated click the Stop button in the progress window or press the Esc key Creating a Mailbox 40 To create a new mailbox select New from the Mailbox menu The New Mailbox Dialog is displayed New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in the Top Level Name the new mailbox Po O Make it a folder Cancel E New mailbox dialog Type in the new mailbox name and click OK The mailbox is created and added to the Mailbox and Transfer menus You can also create mailboxes using the Mailboxes window under the Windows menu see the Mailboxes Window section The Mailboxes window is most useful if you want to create several mailboxes at one time Creating a Mail Folder Eudora allows you to create mail folders in which you may keep one or more mailboxes and even other subfolders that hold additional mailboxes In other QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference words not only can mail
51. e ee 76 Enter Selection Command iei pennin A ahaa eet dee eit 77 Stoppins a Me aio Benet neers e aa Rees Neer eer nes SSD cere RE a E te REAP eter ap a EES 77 Sorting Messages Within Mailboxes 000 eater eed Ae 77 Savine a Message Ua Peren Senses secs as sa sae ovate de soars vas es ums tan E E A 78 Resending Rejected Messages ni arco 79 RES POIS E E EE T E E 80 Editing Message Subjects ys A A ws ee 81 UM mes Ps W 1G E eee 82 Use Par ia 83 Creatine a IO tods is 83 Settings DialOS add 84 e q A A A TEN 85 Personal Information SHINE io assess 86 Hosts O 86 Checking Mail CUNETA Ena 87 EAS O e 89 Attachments Settings it 90 F nts amp Display Seth fS n o a a e si SEA ia 92 Getting Attention Setting Sa A EA A A ee 95 A 96 Miscellaneous Sener A eae A a 97 Advanced Network Seine toos iii 98 A MeN REE Senne A oe ey me ME a 100 QUALCOMM Incorporated vii Contents Eudora User Manual QUEDE Eudora Jesiis a Eere cei ls 100 AA a Ea a aa E E Ea EE TEA EEE OAS EAS aE 100 c udora mion chide elo Re sn a a meas o aa e a a a E e AA 100 A aR eRe ne EAC ea A A a A A E E RRS 100 A E 100 in mbx OUt MDX trash MbX ooocccccnnnccnnncnnccnnnnnnccnnnnncncnnnnonaconcnnnnccnnnoncnnnnonacncncnnonanonona 100 IN COCs QUELOE ASCO E ii A dd AA AAA dc a ELIAS 100 NR E E EEA 100 eudora lo cudoralo old sia 101 SAn A AON a 81o E EEE SESE EE EEE E 101 GE SCA Peene ierarh er A ace 101 Sharing PC with Other Users icn ei ise aie Te AT eee E RSi 101 Summar
52. ect is displayed with the blinking insertion point situated at the start of the To field The composition window consists of the title bar the icon bar the message header and the message body No bi Hl No Subject Subject Cc Bcc Attachments Outgoing message window Title Bar The title bar provides information about incoming and outgoing messages including the name of the sender if it is an incoming message or addressee if it is an outgoing message the time and date the message was delivered or sent and a brief message summary New messages are labeled No Recipient No Subject until they are sent or queued Queued message do not have a time stamp until they are sent Icon Bar The icon bar consists of a series of objects that are displayed just under the title bar It allows you to control your message s priority override some of your preference settings for that message only and send or queue the message There are three combo boxes and five buttons Each of the five buttons may be turned on or off for the current message by clicking on it If there is a shadow around the button indicating that the button is depressed the button is turned on The popup menus and buttons are described below No dl aa No Subject The Icon Bar QUALCOMM Incorporated 27 Reference qa 28 Eudora User Manual Note The default settings for the icon bar are determined in the Settings dialog Sending
53. ed Index Symbols message status 43 RFC 1725 118 2220977 43 gt markers 20 58 e In Nicknames window 69 72 e message status 43 A Add As Recipient command 72 Advanced Network settings 98 Alerts Disabling 95 Timing out 98 Alt arrow keys option 97 Arrow keys 97 Composition windows and 97 Attach File command 53 Attachment Directory setting 91 Attachment Type Button in icon bar 28 Attachments 53 And duplicate names 56 Detaching 55 Multiple 55 Receiving 55 Receiving automatically 91 Attachments settings 90 Authentication Style option 89 Automatically open next message option 98 Bcc button 68 Bin Hex 28 BinHex 56 And plain TEXT documents 54 Bounced mail 79 C Cache network info option 99 QUALCOMM Incorporated Cc button 68 Change Password command 36 Change Queueing command 33 34 Check for mail setting 88 Check Mail command 37 38 Checking mail 16 36 88 90 Automatic 37 Minimum interval 37 Automatically opening a mailbox 95 Entering password 16 35 Manual 38 Sound on new mail 95 Stopping 40 Checking Mail settings 87 Clear command 55 Close messages with mailbox option 98 Commas 63 73 Compact Mailboxes command 45 Composition window 14 Copy original s priority to reply option 97 Current message 19 D D message status 43 60 Delete command 23 45 Delete key 55 Don t transfer just create button 47 E Easy Del
54. ed indefinitely in the In mailbox until they are deleted or transferred to another mailbox Leave Mail on Server Option During a mail check Eudora normally transfers your incoming messages from your account on the POP server to your PC and deletes them from the POP server This may prove awkward for people who sometimes want to read mail from a secondary PC It results in non consolidated storage of messages if you read mail through a secondary PC you wouldn t be able to act on that mail from your primary PC The Leave mail on server option in the Settings dialog Checking Mail solves this dilemma If this option is turned on Eudora transfers all of your new messages from the POP server to the PC you are presently using presumably a secondary PC while keeping copies of those messages in your account on the POP server On the next mail check from the secondary PC Eudora ignores the copies of previously read messages and looks for new ones QUALCOMM Incorporated 39 Reference Eudora User Manual When using your primary PC you would then turn the Leave mail on server option off so that all messages new ones as well as copies of old ones you read through other PC systems are transferred to and consolidated on the one primary system The Leave mail on server option should be used with care since it can result in a buildup of messages on the POP server machine Skip big messages Option If the Skip big messages option in th
55. ee parts the content type the content subtype and the parameters In this case the content type is text meaning the message contains mostly legible text The content subtype is plain which means there aren t any formatting commands or anything like that embedded in the text Finally charset iso 8859 1 is a parameter in this case it identifies the character set the message uses The major content types are text legible text image pictures and graphics audio sound video moving pictures message messages or pieces of messages multipart several different kinds of data in a single message Practical Issues There are really only two things you sometimes need to do with Eudora and MIME One is that it may occasionally be necessary to turn off quoted printable encoding Another is that you may want to know how to define mappings between PC file extensions MIME types and Macintosh types QUALCOMM Incorporated 121 Appendix D MIME and Mapping Eudora User Manual Turning Off Quoted Printable Encoding Eudora automatically uses quoted printable encoding if your mail contains special characters Eudora also uses quoted printable encoding for attached plain text files If your recipients don t have MIME quoted printable may hurt more than it helps If that s the case just turn off the QP button in the message icon bar when you are sending text files to those recipients No Recipient No Subject Turn
56. elect Signature from the Window menu A blank Signature window is displayed Type your signature text in this window QUALCOMM Incorporated 83 Reference Eudora User Manual Signature stella Rondo QUALCOMM Incorporated srondo qualcomm com 800 2 EUDORA Typing a signature When you are finished typing the signature close the Signature window An alert is displayed asking if you want to save the changes to your signature Click Save You may modify your signature at any time by repeating this procedure In order to activate your signature on an outgoing message click on the Signature icon in the icon bar No Recipient No Subject ely or ree eb e Cy a Rondo lt srondo qualcomm com gt Cc Bec Attachments Activating your signature in the icon bar Note The signature text is not displayed at the end of messages you create but your recipients see it Settings Dialog 84 The Settings dialog allows you to configure Eudora To display the Settings dialog select Settings from the Special menu The Settings dialog contains the following categories of settings and options Getting Started Personal Information Hosts Checking Mail Sending Mail Attachments Fonts amp Display Getting Attention Replying Miscellaneous and Advanced Network Each of these categories is described below The default settings are listed in brackets after the name of each setting option QUALCOMM Incorporate
57. en message windows by selecting the desired priority from the Priority combo box on the icon bar The selected priority icon is then displayed in the combo box Stella Rondo 03 41 PM 8 21 95 Test Message srondo qualcomm com 2 Highest a tinal 21 Aug 1995 15 41 18 0700 This is a test message Assigning a priority to a message You can also change the priority of the current message s by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing a number key from 1 to 5 1 Highest 5 Lowest When you send mail with a priority other than Normal Eudora adds an X Priority header to the mail The header lists the assigned priority Note All new messages are created with Normal priority even replies to messages whose priority you have changed The exception to this is that if the sender of a message gives it a priority other than normal and the Copy original s priority to reply option in the Settings dialog Replying is turned on Eudora gives your reply the same priority as the original message This occurs even if you reassign the priority of the sender s message after you have received it You can however change the priority of your response by re assigning it manually Editing Message Subjects Sometimes the subject of a message is not clear or descriptive Eudora allows you to edit the subject of any incoming message QUALCOMM Incorporated 81 Reference Eudora User Manual Note The subjects of outgoing messages
58. eo mpeg both doc MSWD in xls XCEL out xls XCEL XLS4 both eps EPSF application postscript 122 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Appendix D MIME and Mapping A map marked in only tries to match the map to messages that you receive A map marked out only tries to match the map to messages that you send A map marked both tries to match the map to both incoming and outgoing messages The first map says that any incoming MIME message that has a part type of image and subtype of gif will get saved to a file with the extension gif It also specifies that outgoing messages that have an attachment with the file extension gif will get the MIME type of image and subtype of gif if the encoding method of the message is MIME The second map is similar to the first map in structure but uses a different file extension and MIME type and subtype You can use map entries to move between PC file extensions and Macintosh creator and type as well The third map says that if an incoming message has an attachment with the Macintosh creator MSWD which is the Macintosh creator for Microsoft Word then the file extension of the attachment when saved to disk should be doc the file extension that Word for Windows uses Since the map is marked as both it will also give attachments with the extension doc on outgoing messages the Macintosh creator of
59. ers or for people who want to use special symbols like the bullet MIME provides a way around this restriction It offers two encodings quoted printable and base64 These encodings use US ASCII character codes to represent any sort of data you like including special characters or even non text data Quoted printable is used for data that is mostly text but has special characters or very long lines Quoted printable looks just like regular text except when a special character is used The special character is replaced with an and two more characters that represent the character code of the special character So a bullet in quoted printable looks like 95 However there are some other things that quoted printable does For one since it uses an to mean something special equal signs must themselves be encoded as 3D Second no line in quoted printable is allowed to be more than 76 characters long If your mail has a line longer than 76 characters the quoted printable encoding will break your line in two and put an at the end of the first line to signal to the mail reader at the other end that the two lines are really supposed to be one Finally a few mail systems either add or remove spaces from the ends of lines So in quoted printable any space at the end of a line gets encoded as 20 to protect it from such mail systems Let s try an example Here s a passage of text tha
60. es When you use Redirect your signature file described in the Creating a Signature section is not added to the message when it is sent unless the message was originally created by you Eudora considers the message to be originally from you if the address in the From field exactly matches your return address setting or if you have not entered a return address in the Settings dialog Personal Information your POP account setting Easy Repeat Canned Messages Using Redirect If you find yourself sending the same message over and over again to different people you can keep a canned copy of that message and send it easily using the Redirect command To do this first compose a new message as you normally would but leave the To field blank Save the message and 1f desired use the Transfer menu to move it from the Out mailbox into another mailbox named Canned Messages perhaps When you want to send the message to someone locate the message and open it or simply highlight it in the mailbox window select Redirect from the Messages menu fill in the To field and send the message QUALCOMM Incorporated 61 Reference Eudora User Manual Creating and Using Nicknames When addressing messages Eudora supports the use of nicknames in place of full user names A nickname sometimes called an alias is an easily remembered shorter substitute for an actual e mail address or group of addresses Typically nickname
61. ete option 45 Edit menu 103 Empty Trash command 23 45 Empty Trash on Quit option 45 Empty Trash when exiting option 98 Encoding Method option 91 Enter key 44 Enter Selection command 77 Errors Bounced mail 79 Eudora Information 111 125 Index F F Message status 43 59 Field 14 File menu 102 Find 73 Match Case option 76 Multiple messages 76 Next button 76 Next Mailbox button 76 Next Message button 76 Stopping 77 Summaries Only option 76 Within a message 74 Find button 74 75 Finger 82 Setting server 87 Using Ph window for 83 Finger button 83 Finger setting 87 Finish Nickname command 70 Fix curly quotes option 90 Font settings for printing 93 For screen 92 Fonts amp Display settings 92 Forget Password command 36 Forward command 58 Forward To submenu 73 ftp qualcomm com 111 G Getting Attention settings 95 Getting Started settings 85 Guess Paragraphs option 78 H Help 14 Menu 109 Hosts settings 86 Icon bar 27 Attachment Type combo box 28 Keep Copy 28 126 Eudora User Manual Priority combo box 28 Queue button 29 Quoted Printable 28 Send button 29 Signature combo box 28 Tabs in Body 28 Text As Document 28 Word Wrap 28 Icon bar Incoming Message Window Priority popup 44 Subject 44 Ignoring previously read messages 39 Immediate Send option 32 90 In mailbox 37 39 Include Headers option 78 Include Self option 68 Include yourself o
62. ext to the next line with line breaks at roughly 76 characters per line Tabs in Body If this button is on hitting the tab key within the message body results in Eudora inserting enough spaces to move the insertion point to the next tab stop This mimics the way tabs work on many terminals If this button is not on hitting the tab key returns the caret to the To field of the message header Keep Copy If this button is on a copy of each sent message is kept in the Out mailbox their summaries are marked with an S in the far left column of the Out mailbox window indicating that they have been sent These messages are saved until they are deleted or transferred to a different folder QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Send or Queue If the Immediate Send option in the Settings dialog Sending Mail is turned on the rightmost button in the icon bar is labeled Send Clicking the Send button immediately sends the message Otherwise this button is labeled Queue and has the same function as the Queue for Delivery command under the Message menu upon clicking this button the message window closes and the message is held in the Out mailbox marked ready for delivery Message Header Outgoing message headers consist of six fields To From Subject Cc Bcc and Attachments Each field holds a different piece of information The To Subject Cc and Bcc fields can be directly edited
63. f there is a message composition window topmost on the screen Alt arrow keys off If this option is on you can switch messages as described in the Unmodified arrow keys section above by holding down the Alt key and then pressing the arrow keys Note The Alt arrow keystrokes do work when composition windows are open on the screen QUALCOMM Incorporated 97 Reference 98 Eudora User Manual Require confirmation for deletes on If this option is on Eudora alerts you when you are deleting messages you haven t read or transferring queued messages out of the Out mailbox Close messages with mailbox off If this option is on closing a mailbox window closes all open messages from that mailbox Empty Trash when exiting off If this option is on Eudora empties the Trash mailbox whenever you exit the application If Empty Trash when exiting is off Eudora only empties the Trash when you select Empty Trash from the Special menu Note If you want to remove some messages from the Trash mailbox but don t want to empty it entirely highlight the summaries you want to delete and select Delete from the Message menu The selected messages are deleted Say OK to alerts after 2 minutes on Many network problems are temporary When a problem occurs while Eudora is transferring or checking your mail you are notified in the same way you would be if you were receiving new mail If this option is on these notifications aut
64. g for and Receiving Mali a NA a 16 Current Messages diras cid GR aed Gad a Ga td es 19 Replying Toca Mesas errors sencor ore aa een ee eana asear eor ohi 20 Saving an Outgoing Message vivia dial diiniita redacta 21 Transferring a Message Between Mailboxes sssssesesssersessrerssessrressreesssereessserersserressesssree 21 Deleting a Messi Ensen ti a GU EEES EK T ET TEAKS E 23 A eN o 25 e A 25 Main Window A O es nin eoep eta a e e ooi e sei pagigi 25 Nordic 25 New A A A A AE 25 Quecucd Messages dais ido ii dd ia 25 New Mail Qu icd Messages spp isdan ia isla 25 Main Window Toolbar edicto ripio indicadoras 25 ds A A A A IN A A RAS 26 New Message Button uscar diia dd 26 Reply B tton O 26 Forward Buttons iaa 26 Redirect DUO onea dent a e a Held a a a O E as 26 Nicknames Buttons icedi ai iea ii edna da ad 26 o A OS 26 Creating an Outgoing Message sciiesisecassvadictsaviaives dene aid a isiiaaflarss 27 A O O AO 27 Icon Bitacora dista 27 A A O eE NEERA 29 Message Bodom ali 30 Saving an Outgoing Message for Later Changes ccccccnnnnnoncccnnnnnocnnnconnnnnnnnnnnnonnnanannnnnnnonons 30 Sending A Messareruua dica la 31 QUALCOMM Incorporated v Contents Eudora User Manual vi A sete sciousness 5 cea asc ene r a ah bene A Gaerne ES 31 TWONP S eNd cesta A A R EE 32 Timed MICS SAS A eee aa canal oe ya aa ROLE 33 Sending Queued Messages o 33 Quitting with Queued Messages imita 33 Editing a GUILE message nense pe a a a a a a eaa 34 Cha
65. ge Next Mailbox The Find submenu Finding Text Within One Message To search for text within a single message open the message and make sure it is current Then select Find from the Edit menu and select the Find command from the submenu The Find dialog is displayed with the blinking insertion point located in the text field Match case z Next message j Next mailbox i Summaries only The Find dialog Type the text you want to find in the text field When finished entering the desired text click the Find button Finding text 74 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Starting at the beginning of the open message Eudora searches the current message for the specified text If no match is found the not found alert is displayed O Testing not found Unsuccessful search If the search is successful the message is scrolled to the first point where the match is found and the matching text is highlighted Justine Correa 02 05 PM 8 22 95 Test Message 2 LE Subject Return Path jcorrea qualcomm com g X Sender jcorrea fantasia qualcomm com E Date Tue 22 Aug 1995 14 05 12 0100 To srondo From jcorrea Justine Correa Subject Test Message This message is intended to demonstrate the Eudora Find function ij testing l 2 3 Successful search To continue searching in the same message for the next occurrence of the text click the Find button in the Find dial
66. ge alert is displayed To rectify the problem review the POP server field in the Settings dialog Getting Started for correctness If there is no obvious error contact your company s Eudora support coordinator T Error getting network address for qualcom com Cause host not found 11001 Error while checking mail 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 No New Mail alert is displayed Click OK You may check for mail again later 38 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Sorry you don t have any new mail No New Mail alert If there is new mail it is transferred automatically from the POP server to Eudora on your PC A progress window is displayed at the top of your screen allowing you to monitor the mail transfer If the Use an alert dialog box option in the Settings dialog Getting Attention is turned on the New Mail alert is displayed stating that new messages have been delivered 0 You have new mail New Mail alert Depending on your settings the In mailbox window may display Mail arrives in the In mailbox Unread messages in the In mailbox are designated by a bullet in the far left column of the message summary Double click anywhere on a message summary to open the message Incoming messages are sav
67. ge composition window Its function is identical to the New Message command under the Message menu see the Creating an Outgoing Message section Reply Button This button generates a reply to the current message or message summaries Its function is identical to the Reply command under the Message menu see the Replying to a Message section Forward Button This button generates a forward message for the current message or message summaries Its function is identical to the Forward command under the Message menu see the Forwarding a Message section Redirect Button This button generates a redirect message for the current message or message summaries Its function is identical to the Redirect command under the Message menu see the Redirecting a Message section Nicknames Button This button displays the Nicknames window Its function is identical to the Nicknames command under the Window menu see the Creating and Using Nicknames section Print Button This button prints a current message signature file or Ph window Its function is identical to the Print command under the File menu see the Printing section QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Creating an Outgoing Message An outgoing message is a message you send to someone else To create an outgoing message select New Message from the Message menu A new Outgoing message window entitled No Recipient No Subj
68. ges 79 Outgoing Attaching file to 53 Timed 33 Saving to files 78 Using Redirect to repeat 61 MIME 28 120 Base64 encoding 120 Content type header 121 Macintosh creators 122 Macintosh types 122 Mapping 122 Quoted printable encoding 120 Types 122 Miscellaneous settings 97 Move button 52 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 28 120 N Network buffer size of bytes option 99 Network timeout after seconds option 99 New Message command 14 27 New Message To submenu 73 New command 21 40 41 46 47 Next button 76 Next command 76 Next Mailbox button 76 Next Mailbox command 76 Next Message button 76 Next Message command 76 Next message going to 97 128 Eudora User Manual Next time_ button 33 Nicknames 62 Changing existing 66 Expansion 62 Putting on recipient 69 Putting on recipient list 66 69 72 Removing 66 Removing and Quick Recipient list 70 Removing from Quick Recipient list 70 12 Renaming and Quick Recipient list 70 Saving 65 66 vs Quick Recipient list 69 Nicknames window Adding names to nicknames 63 Adding nicknames 62 Address es box 62 63 New button 62 Notes box 62 64 Using to add addressees to message 68 Using to send mail 68 Nicknames command 62 o In Nicknames window 69 72 o message status 43 O On or After button 33 Open mailbox option 95 Out Mailbox 21 30 34 35 Outgoing message window 27 P Password Changing
69. he Quick Recipient list Forward To Forward the current message to someone on the Quick Recipient list QUALCOMM Incorporated 105 Reference Transfer Eudora User Manual Redirect To Redirect the current message to someone on the Quick Recipient list Queue For Delivery Send Immediately Save the message in the Out mailbox and mark it as queued ready to be delivered or send it immediately Note This menu item toggles based on the Immediate Send option in the Switches dialog Attach File Attach file s to the current message Change Change Queueing and Priority options Delete Transfer the current message to the Trash mailbox also used for deleting messages from the Trash mailbox This menu lets you transfer current message s to the selected mailbox Transfer gt In gt Trash New gt Customer Support gt Testing gt Eudora 106 In Transfer the current message s to the In mailbox Trash Transfer the current message s to the Trash mailbox New Display New Mailbox dialog to create a new mailbox Current message s may be transferred into it Your Mailboxes Transfer the current message s to the selected mailbox that was previously created by you QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Special Reference This menu provides additional Eudora functions Special Make Nickname Ctrl K Add as Recipient Remove Recipient gt E
70. he current message s Ph window or Signature Print Setup Set printing options Exit Exit the Eudora application QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Edit This menu provides text editing and sorting tools Edit Undo Undo Ctrl4Z Reverse the last editing action taken on a piece of text Cut Ctrl X Cut Copy Ctrl C Delete selected text and place it on clipboard Paste ssh Copy a As Quotation Ctrl Copy selected text and place it on clipboard lear Paste Select All Ctri A Place contents of clipboard at insertion point Wrap Selection Finish Nickname Ctrl Paste as Quotation ee a Insert Recipient Place contents of clipboard at insertion point with a gt at the beginning of each line to denote quoted text Clear Delete selected text Select All Select entire contents of message or mailbox Wrap Selection Insert carriage returns at the end of each line of the current selection With the Shift key unwrap text Finish Nickname Complete the text of a nickname in a message header Insert Recipient Insert the chosen nickname address from the Quick Recipient list at the insertion point Find submenu Search for designated text or character string within message s Sort submenu Sorts message summaries in a mailbox Hold down the Shift key to reverse the order of the sort QUALCOMM Incorporated 103 Reference Mailbox Eudora User Manual This menu lets you open a mailbo
71. he icon bar is on In these cases the message is left in the Out mailbox and is annotated with an S in the far left column of the Out mailbox indicating that the message has been sent Out AE HEEE O srondofqualcommn nd Test Message TTY Copies of outgoing messages saved in the Out mailbox Password Protection There is password protection on mail checks to your account on the POP server Each time the Eudora program is opened your password is requested prior to the first mail check whether it is conducted automatically or manually If automatic checking is set in the Settings dialog Checking Mail a dialog requesting your POP server account password is displayed upon first opening Eudora If automatic checking is disabled the same dialog is displayed at the time of your first mail check Enter Password Please enter the current password for srondo apprentice qualcomm con Password dialog Type in your 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 an error message is displayed indicating that you have entered the wrong password see below Select Check Mail from the File menu to redisplay the password dialog QUALCOMM Incorporated 35 Reference Eudora User Manual T There has been an error transferring your mail said PASS lt shhhh Don t tell anyone gt and then the POP server said ERR
72. heights are automatically adjusted to the height of the message text Zoom windows when opening on If this option is on new message windows automatically open to their zoomed size The zoomed size is computed on a window by window basis For message windows zoomed size is just long enough to display all of the message but no longer than the main window and as wide as the Message Window Width setting Composition windows zoom to the height specified by the Message Window Height setting Show all headers even the ugly ones off If this option is on Eudora displays the complete message header of incoming messages including the routing information Show toolbar on If this option is on the main window toolbar is displayed see the Main Window Toolbar section Show toolbar tips on If this option is on holding the mouse pointer over a button in the main window toolbar displays a very brief description of that button s function Show status bar on If this option is on Eudora displays a status bar at the bottom of the main window The status bar provides a brief description of menu items and toolbar buttons Show category icons on This option allows you to turn the Category icons in the Settings dialog on and off QUALCOMM Incorporated 93 Reference Eudora User Manual Category Getting Started Screen Font Personal Information4 Hosts Print Font Checking Mail Sending Mail Message window wi
73. ing off Quoted Printable Encoding Mapping Between File Extensions MIME Types and Macintosh Types Since Eudora needs to have the appropriate extensions on attachment filenames in order to open them up from the message Eudora has the ability to map between file extensions MIME types and subtypes and Macintosh creators and types Messages received by Eudora can grab the MIME type subtype and or Macintosh creator type from an attachment and map that into the correct file extension Also on outgoing messages Eudora can make sure that attachments are encoded with the correct MIME type subtype and or Macintosh creator type depending on the file extension of the attachment being sent Eudora knows about some MIME types However since new MIME types are being defined all the time it may be necessary to add to Eudora s knowledge from time to time Adding new mappings between the various types only requires editing the EUDORA INI file with a text editor There is a section in the EUDORA INI file labelled Mappings followed by some entries one per line Each entry is called a map A map defines when the mapping should occur which can be in out or both followed by an equal sign and five parameters These five parameters are in order the PC file extension the Macintosh creator code the Macintosh type the MIME type and the MIME subtype Here are some sample entries Mappings both gif image gif both mpg vid
74. ing you to select a sound QUALCOMM Incorporated 95 Reference Eudora User Manual Replying Settings The Replying settings determine what Eudora does when you are generating replies to incoming messages Category O Reply to all otherwise when Shift is down Aa Fonts amp Display When replying to all A O Include yourself O Put original To recipients in Cc field Getting Attention O Copy original s priority to reply Miscellaneous Advanced Network Cancel E The Replying settings Reply to all otherwise when Shift is down off If this option is on selecting Reply from the Message menu creates a message addressed not only to the sender of the original message but also to all of its recipients If this option is off the Shift key must be depressed when creating the reply message if you want to do a reply to all Otherwise the reply message is only addressed to the original sender When replying to all Include yourself off If this option is on when you do a Reply to all as described above your address is left in the address list of the new message and you receive a copy of your own reply If this option is off your address is removed from the reply message and you do not receive a copy of the reply Note To determine who you are Eudora uses the me nickname if you have one If not it uses the contents of the POP Account and Return Address fields from the Settings dialog Getting Started
75. inger none Enter the host name of your Finger server here If you leave this blank Eudora uses your SMTP server as your Finger server Checking Mail Settings The Checking Mail settings determine how Eudora checks for and receives your incoming mail messages QUALCOMM Incorporated 87 Reference 88 Eudora User Manual Checking Mail Check for mail every fo minutes C Skip big messages E Send on check O Save password Sending Mail C Leave mail on server Attachments d Authentication Style Aa O Passwords O APOP Fonts amp Display A Getting Attention The Checking Mail settings POP account none This is your POP account address Check for mail every minute s 0 If you enter a number in this field Eudora checks your POP server for new mail at regular intervals and transfers any mail addressed to you to your PC The number you enter specifies the number of minutes between checks of the POP server It s a good idea to set this at no less than 15 minutes Checking mail more frequently puts an unnecessary drain on your POP server This option only works when Eudora is running Setting this field to O disables automatic checking Skip big messages off If this option is on Eudora does not download the entire texts of messages over 40k but only downloads the first few lines This can be useful on slow connections Note See the Incoming Message Window section for information on how to d
76. ion Settings The Personal Information settings provide Eudora with your personal information Category POP account strondo qualcomm com Checking Mail Sending Mail The Personal Information settings POP account none This is your POP account address Real name none This is your real name Return address none Normally Eudora uses your POP account as your return address If you wish to use a return address other than your POP account enter it here Note If you do enter an address in this field first test the address to be sure that mail sent to it is indeed delivered to you If you use an invalid return address no one can reply to your mail Hosts Settings The Hosts settings provide Eudora with information about your servers 86 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Category ta at lr OP account Sending Mail il Attachments AA Fonts amp Display The Hosts Settings POP account none This is your POP account address SMTP none To send mail a computer with an SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server program is necessary You need not have a login on this computer but you must have access to it through your network If the computer on which you have your POP account is also an SMTP server leave this field blank Otherwise specify the name of the computer that you want to use as your SMTP server Ph none Enter the host name of your Ph name server here F
77. is because the required From header is missing The Date column displays the date and time the message was sent or for timed messages the date and time the message is scheduled to be sent The Size column displays the size of the message in K K 1024 bytes The Subject column displays the subject of the message The sender originally typed this information into the message header but it can be modified by you see the Editing Message Subjects section QUALCOMM Incorporated 43 Reference Eudora User Manual Incoming Message Window 44 To open a message double click on its message summary or if the message summary is current highlighted press the Enter key The incoming message window is then displayed a Stella Rondo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2nd Test Message Mg e Subject 2nd Test Message Return Path srondo qualcomm com Date Mon 21 Aug 1995 15 59 56 0700 X Sender srondo apprentice qualcomm com To srondo From Stella Rondo lt srondo gt Subject 2nd Test Message his is another test message Incoming message window example The incoming message window consists of the title bar the icon bar and the message body Title Bar The title bar provides information about the message including the name of the sender the time and date the message was delivered and the message subject Icon Bar The icon bar consists of a series of objects that are displayed just under the tit
78. is also changed or removed Finish Nickname Command The Finish Nickname command under the Edit menu is another nickname related function designed to save typing in header fields It allows you to type only a portion of a nickname in the To Cc or Bcc fields of a message with Eudora completing the typing task To use this option type only the number of characters in the nickname that make it unique with respect to other nicknames in the appropriate field of the message header Then select Finish Nickname from the Edit menu The partial text of the nickname is automatically completed in the header field For example if you type an S in the To field and you only have one nickname that starts with the letter S the Finish Nickname function completes the nickname in the message header However if you have multiple nicknames that begin with the same letter s the Finish Nickname command only completes the nickname to the last common character You must then type in the distinguishing characters Note If you hold down the Shift key while finishing a nickname the nickname s expansion is inserted instead of the nickname itself Quick Recipient List 70 It may be more convenient to address a message by selecting a nickname or full address from a predetermined Quick Recipient list This eliminates the need to QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference type frequently used nicknames or addresses in the fields of
79. k Cancel The Fonts 8 Display settings Screen Font Courier New 9 This field lists the font to be used for displaying the text of your Eudora messages and mailbox windows It also lists the point size of the font To change the selection click on this field The Font dialog is then displayed allowing you to select a new font and size T Courier New T Fences Fixedsys T IBMPCDOS Modern Eudora Light The Font dialog 92 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Print Font Courier New 12 This field lists the font to be used when printing messages using the Print command It also lists the point size of the font To change the selection click on this field The Font dialog is then displayed allowing you to select a new font and size Message Window Width 80 This field specifies the width of new and received message windows in characters If you leave this field blank the default value is 80 This setting has no effect on what your mail looks like when it is sent When mail is sent Eudora wraps at or before 76 columns Note If you use a proportional font Eudora sets the window width based on the average width of the characters in the font Message Window Height 20 This field specifies the height of new and received message windows in lines If you leave this field blank the default value is 20 Note If the Zoom windows when opening option is turned on received message window
80. kname To change a nickname s corresponding e mail address es and notes click once on the desired nickname to select it The addresses and notes associated with the nickname are displayed in the Address es and Notes fields and may be directly edited To remove the nickname click once on the desired nickname to select it Click the Remove button When finished editing or making deletions select Save from the File menu to save the changes If you close the Nicknames window without saving the changes a dialog is displayed asking whether the changes deletions you just made should be saved or discarded Make Nickname Command The Make Nickname command can be used to make a nickname in two different ways From the Nicknames window itself use Ctrl click to select several different nicknames and then choose Make Nickname from the Special menu The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname Once you have entered the name click OK to create the new nickname with the selected nicknames in the Nicknames window as its QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference addressees This is an easy way to make a group nickname out of existing nicknames Special Make Nickname Ctrl K dd as Recipient Remove Recipient Empty Trash Compact Mailboxes Forget Password Change Password Nickname Address e Using Make Nickname in the Nicknames window Altern
81. l E Ctrl F Ctrl G Ctrl H Ctrl I Ctrl K Ctrl L Ctrl M Ctrl N Select all Move window behind all other windows Copy Delete message Queue Send an outgoing message Open Find window search for message Find again Attach file to outgoing message Open In mailbox Make nickname Open Nicknames window Check mail New message QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Appendix B Shortcuts Ctrl P Print message Ctrl Q Quit Eudora Ctrl R Reply to message Ctrl S Save contents of topmost window Ctrl T Send queued messages Ctrl U Open Ph window Ctrl V Paste Ctrl W Close message Ctrl X Cut Ctrl Z Undo QUALCOMM Incorporated 115 Appendix C Mail Transport Introduction Eudora uses Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP to transfer your outgoing mail to your SMTP server machine which in turn uses SMTP to send your mail to the world at large Mail from the world at large arrives on your Post Office Protocol POP server where it waits for Eudora to pick it up with Post Office Protocol version 3 POP3 The mail Eudora sends and receives is constructed in accordance with RFC 822 and RFC 1521 MIME Check Mail Your Macintosh POP SMTP Server SMTP Send Queued Messages The World at Large Eudora mail transport overview Outgoing Mail When you send an e mail message to so
82. l arrives the minimize icon also changes when new mail arrives Note For the sound alert to work you may need a sound driver for the PC speaker see Appendix A for a source for this driver When you receive notice that new mail has arrived select Eudora from the task list or press Alt Tab to switch to Eudora Mail usually arrives in the In mailbox The messages are listed in the order they are received with the most recent message listed last riii Stella Rondo 03 41 PM DATE ATT Stella Rondo 2 nd Test Message LL Unread messages in the In mailbox If the In mailbox is not already open select In from the Mailbox menu Unread messages are designated by a bullet in the far left column of the message summary Double click anywhere on a message summary to open the message Incoming messages are saved indefinitely in the In mailbox until they are deleted or transferred to another mailbox QUALCOMM Incorporated 37 Reference Eudora User Manual Manual Checking You may check for mail manually at any time by selecting Check Mail from the File menu If you haven t successfully entered your password since opening the Eudora program you are prompted for it A Progress window is displayed momentarily at the top of the screen as the POP server 1s checked Progress Connecting to the Mail Server The Progress window during a mail check If there is a problem reaching the POP server an error messa
83. le bar These include the priority popup and the Subject field Priority Popup For most messages this is just an empty box normal priority If you want to indicate that this message is of higher or lower priority than a normal message use this popup Priorities are discussed in the Message Priorities section Subject This is the message subject that was assigned by the sender It can be edited directly on the icon bar see the Editing Message Subjects section Message Body The message body contains the message header and text information as well as descriptions of any attachments Attachments can be opened from within the message window by double clicking on the attachment title see the Automatically Opening Attachments section QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Deleting a Message As a safeguard against inadvertent deletions two steps are required to delete a message in Eudora For any current message choose Delete from the Message menu This does not actually delete the message but transfers it to the Trash mailbox To delete messages from the Trash mailbox select Empty Trash from the Special menu Quitting the program also empties the contents of the Trash mailbox when the Empty Trash when exiting option in the Settings dialog Miscellaneous is turned on Finally if you want to delete just a few messages from the Trash mailbox highlight them and select Delete from the Message menu o
84. le names are stored in the descmap pce file Sharing a PC with Other Users If you are sharing a PC with other users make a separate mail directory and create a separate program item for each user The directories can be named whatever you like and put anywhere you like including on floppies or network drives To tell Eudora which directory to use specify that directory as the first parameter on the Command Line of the Program Item Properties dialog Program Item Properties Description Command Line eudora exe c joesmail Working Directory Shortcut Key s O Run Minimized Change Icon Specifying a mail directory QUALCOMM Incorporated 101 Reference Eudora User Manual Summary of Eudora Menu Commands File This menu provides basic file and mail program functions Close Ctrl W Save Ctrl S Save As Send Queued Messages Ctrl T Check Mail Print Print Setup Ctrl M Ctrl P Exit Ctrl Q 102 Close Close the current window Save Save changes to the contents of the topmost window This applies to composition windows signature windows and the Nicknames window Save As Save the current message s to a plain text file Send Queued Messages Send all messages that have been queued for delivery Check Mail Pick up new mail from the POP server The time in parentheses if displayed indicates the next time Eudora will automatically check for mail Print Print t
85. may merely appear to be out of order because the time stamp is the local time at the location where the messages originated For example a message sent at 11 30 EST is listed before a message sent at 10 00 PST because 11 30 EST actually occurs before 10 00 PST Saving a Message to a File 78 Eudora allows you to save a current message s to a separate text file on your PC To do this first display the desired message or highlight its summary in the mailbox window Then select Save As from the File menu The Save As dialog is displayed allowing you to choose a name and location for the file File Name Directories Cancel O Include Headers O Guess Paragraphs The Save As dialog Note the two options at the bottom of the dialog Guess Paragraphs instructs Eudora to remove extraneous carriage returns from the message leaving returns only at the ends of paragraphs Include Headers instructs Eudora to retain the message s header information in the saved document If this is unchecked only the body of the message is saved Once you ve made all of your choices click on the OK button in the dialog QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference If you select multiple messages from a mailbox window and select Save As all of the messages are saved to a single file File Close Ctrl W Save Save As Check Mail Print Ctrl P 5 22 95 3 Returned mail Us Print Setup
86. meone Eudora uses SMTP to send the mail to your local SMTP server computer That computer then sends the mail to your addressee s computer also usually by means of the SMTP protocol Why doesn t Eudora talk directly to your addressee s computer For one thing it would take a lot longer for your mail to leave your PC because your PC would have to call up each addressee s computer and deliver your mail For another some computers are hard to find it s much better to let another computer QUALCOMM Incorporated 117 Appendix C Mail Transport Eudora User Manual hunt for your addressee than to make your PC do it Finally sometimes your addressee s computers won t be available when you want to send mail The SMTP server handles this by holding your mail until the other computer is ready to accept it eliminating the inconvenience of having unsent messages hanging around on your PC Incoming Mail When somebody sends you mail other computers use the SMTP protocol to deliver the mail to your POP server Your POP server puts mail in your mail drop where it stays until the Eudora program picks it up When you check your mail Eudora uses POP3 to pick up your mail and move it to your PC Why doesn t Eudora use SMTP to receive your mail SMTP works best when the computers it knows about are always ready for mail Unless you wanted to run Eudora and your PC 24 hours per day seven days a week SMTP wouldn t
87. mpty Trash Compact Mailboxes Eorget Password Change Password QUALCOMM Incorporated Make Nickname Create abbreviations for addresses in the current message Add As Recipient Add selected text to the Quick Recipient list Remove Recipient Select a recipient from this menu and the recipient is removed from the Quick Recipient list Empty Trash Delete all messages from the Trash mailbox Compact Mailboxes Reclaim unused space in all mailboxes Settings Display the Settings dialog Forget Password Make Eudora ask for your password the next time it checks for mail Change Password Change your password on the POP server computer This requires a special server 107 Reference Eudora User Manual Window All Eudora window titles are listed in this menu Select one to open it or bring it to the front Window Cascade Tile Horizontal Tile Vertical Shift F5 Shift F4 Arrange Icons Send To Back Ctrl F6 Mailboxes Nicknames Ctrl L Ph Ctrl U Signature 108 Cascade Cascade open windows Tile Horizontal Tile open windows horizontally Tile Vertical Tile open windows vertically Arrange Icons Arrange all icons at the bottom of the main window Send to Back Send the topmost current window to the back of all displayed windows Mailboxes Display the Mailboxes window Nicknames Display the Nicknames window Ph Display the Ph window Signature Display the Signature window
88. nd click OK to complete the transfer The new folder name is displayed at the bottom of the list of mailbox names under the Mailbox and Transfer menus There is an arrow next to the name designating it as a folder and not as a mailbox Mailboxes Window Mailboxes and mail folders provide a structured way for Eudora users to organize received messages The Mailboxes window allows you to create new mailboxes and folders and to remove and rename them You may also want to move mailboxes and folders from one folder to another one QUALCOMM Incorporated 47 Reference Eudora User Manual To accomplish any of these tasks choose Mailboxes from the Window menu The Mailboxes window is displayed Mailboxes Testing Eudora The Mailboxes window The window has two identical listings with scroll bars These list the names of the mailboxes and folders you have created folders are identified by a folder icon to the left of the folder name This list is similar to that displayed under the Mailbox and Transfer menus except that the In Out and Trash mailboxes aren t included Underneath each of the lists are buttons labeled Rename New and Remove Between the lists are two additional buttons labeled Move each pointing from one list to the other Double clicking on any of the mailboxes in a list opens that mailbox window on the screen Individual messages can be selected opened and otherwise manipulated from there Finding th
89. nd in a real address or group of addresses For example Eudora contains John in its expansion and John is itself a nickname for jnorth mist com Nicknames Nickname Address es Eudora Tl jnorchaise com John Nicknames Nickname Address es Eudora Steve Homoyo i John John Steve eudora hot line qualcomm com Notes This is my list of important Eudora addresses l O One nickname using another nickname Once you ve finished typing addresses and notes you can click the New button again to make another nickname When finished making additions or changes select Save from the File menu to save the changes If you close the Nicknames window without saving the changes a dialog is displayed asking whether the additions changes you just made should be saved or discarded A Save changes to Nicknames Saving changes to Nicknames QUALCOMM Incorporated 65 Reference 66 Eudora User Manual Changing and Removing Nicknames To change a nickname select Nicknames from the Window menu Click once on the desired nickname in the Nickname field to select it Then click the Rename button A dialog is displayed allowing you to change the nickname You may also add or remove the nickname from the Quick Recipient using the Put it on the recipient list option Once the changes are completed click OK Nickname Address es John e Steve What do you wish to call it Renaming a nic
90. ndo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2 2nd Test Message je stella Rondo 10 24 AM 8 22 95 E Stella Rondo 2 Testing the Queue F__ dustine Correa 12 34 PM 8 22 95 FP indicates that the message has been forwarded Redirecting a Message Eudora provides a way to redirect messages that you decide were more appropriately sent to someone besides yourself To do this select Redirect from the Message menu for any current incoming message A new message window is displayed and you should type in the appropriate recipient in the To field of the header The address in the From field is that of the person who originally sent the message by way of your address In addition there are no gt markers at the beginning of each line of the original text However you may edit or add more text to the message No Recipient Lunch or Eb a rdurbin qualcomn com jcorrea Justine Correa by way of Stella Rondo lt srondo qualcomm com gt Subject Lunch Cc Bec Attachments Do you know if Ron is available for lunch bust ine Redirecting a message An incoming message for which the Redirect command has been used is identified by a D in its message summary QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference In o ea se a Stella Rondo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2 Justine Correa ee 4 SS A D indicates that the message has been redirected EA e D Justine Correa Redirect and Signatur
91. ne 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated 11 Getting Started Eudora User Manual Eudora Configuration 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 Category N ae POP account iT E JID Getting Started Real name fal gt gt gt Personal Information fey Connection Method A El Offline no connections Hosts Checking Mail Sending Mail Cancel i The Settings dialog Getting Started 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 fiel
92. nging the Status of a Queued Mess 34 Keeping Copies of Outgoing Messages ccccccceesssseseneeaeeeeeeecesessneeeeeeeeeeeeseeneeenaaaees 34 PASS WOrd Proc io 35 Checking For and Receiving Mall asocio 36 Automate Checkins a ad 37 Mangal A ON 38 Leave Mail on Server Opos a e R ee ested ae 39 Skip Dis messages OOM lilas 40 Stopping a Marl Checkins A A A A RE 40 as PA A E E ROA O 40 Creating a Mail Bold E 40 Creating a Mailbox Within a Poll idos 41 Openinga NO eh Bi ed A AL A R a aR 41 Anatomy of a Mailbox Window A A AAA 42 Title Bat A lees tees A Ria sted aaa 42 Message Ummm ados 42 Inc mins Message WINdO WR ANA E AS E 44 A A A SRT ECS 44 Ibon Bafia psen oer e EEE EERE oe aa lean A S ieee setae dias 44 Message Body nole E E E 44 Delete EC SS ARG onen onee IA IA 45 Compacting Mailboxes Recovering Storage Space ccooooocoonoccnccccononnnnononannncncnnnnnnna conos 45 Transferring a Message to a Different Mailbox eesssssessessseresssrertrsssrressrressserersssrressssreree 46 Creating a Mailbox During Transfer siii iii lactantes 46 Creating a Mailbox Folder During Transfer aula A 47 Wiailboxes WIN A ee OR a he 47 Finding the Mailbox or Folder usina eevee ya ceive ded 48 Removing a Mailbox or Folder dust iaa 49 Renaming a Mailbox or Polder tai A it A 51 Creating a New Mailbox or Bold A Reese aeons 51 Moving a Mailbox from one Folder to Ano0therT oooocnnnoocccnnnnoncncnnnoonannncnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnonannnos 52 A aa aaa E E a a
93. noooonoonnnnnnnnonononnnnnnncnnnnnnanannnnnnnnnnos 122 Mapping Between File Extensions MIME Types and Macintosh Types 0 122 nn aana aean EAEan aai aaaea aa EnEn Eanan i aAa 125 QUALCOMM Incorporated ix Getting Started System Requirements In order to use the Eudora electronic mail e mail program hereafter referred to as Eudora the following system requirements must be satisfied L IBM PC or compatible minimum 286 processor LI Microsoft Windows 3 1 or later L Ethernet card or modem for serial connection LJ WinSockAPI 1 1 compliant networking package LJ Account on a computer with a Post Office Protocol version 3 POP3 server Installing Eudora Install Eudora as follows 1 Create a new directory on your PC for the Eudora files CAEUDORA is a good choice 2 Copy the Eudora Light executable file EUDORA EXE and help file EUDORA HLP into the directory you created in step 1 3 Add the following environment variable to your AUTOEXEC BAT file SET TMP C TMP or some temp directory Make sure that this directory exists 4 Run Windows and add Eudora as a Program Item to a new or existing Program Group If you want 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 o
94. o transferred into 46 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference the new mailbox However if you check the Don t transfer just create mailbox option the mailbox is created but the message isn t transferred into it You can also create mailboxes using the Mailboxes dialog under the Window menu see the Mailboxes Window section or using the Mailbox menu see the Creating a New Mailbox section The Mailboxes window is most useful if you want to create several mailboxes at one time Creating a Mailbox Folder During Transfer Eudora allows you to create mail folders in which you may keep one or more mailboxes and even other subfolders that hold additional mailboxes In other words not only can mailboxes be organized into folders but folders can be contained one within another To create a new mail folder during message transfer select New from the Transfer menu instead of the name of a mailbox The new mailbox dialog is displayed Type the name of the new mail folder and check the Make it a Folder option Click OK to create the folder New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in the Top Level Name the new mailbox Cancel E Creating a mail folder Your message can t be transferred however since messages must be in mailboxes and you have not yet created a mailbox Therefore the new mailbox dialog is displayed again Now type the name of the mailbox you want to create within the newly created folder a
95. ody of message Fonts amp Display Attachment Directory Getting Attention The Attachments settings Encoding Method MIME This option allows you to select what format documents attached to outgoing messages are encoded in MIME or BinHex MIME is best for recipients with MIME and BinHex is most compatible with old Macintosh mailers and previous versions of Eudora Put text attachments in body of message off This option causes Eudora to place any plain text attachment you send directly in the message body as if it were typed in manually Attachment Directory none Eudora automatically places file attachments that come with messages into the specified Attachment Directory To change the setting single click on the directory name button the default is blank A dialog is displayed allowing you to select the attachment destination directory Note If you do not select an attachment directory attachments are placed in your Eudora directory QUALCOMM Incorporated 91 Reference Eudora User Manual Fonts amp Display Settings The Fonts amp Display settings determine how Eudora displays messages Category a Screen Font Fonts amp Display E Print Font Message window width Getting Attention Message window height XX Zoom windows when opening C Show all headers even the ugly ones gt Show toolbar EX Show toolbar tips gt Show status bar EJ Show category icons Miscellaneous Advanced Networ
96. og or select the Find Again command from the Find submenu These commands are equivalent and limit the search to the QUALCOMM Incorporated 75 Reference 76 Eudora User Manual same message Repeating these commands cycles through the matches in the open message only Finding Text Among Multiple Messages and Mailboxes The Next Next Message and Next Mailbox commands are located in the Find submenu under the Edit menu or as buttons in the Find dialog Match case Next message l Next mailbox Summaries only The Find dialog Next The Next button or Next command allows you to search for the next match of the specified text until it is found either in the same message or among all messages in the current mailbox Note The Next command initiated in an open mailbox even with message s selected searches for the specified text among all messages contained in that mailbox The search begins with the first message in the mailbox Next Message The Next Message button or Next Message command begins the search at the message after the current message Eudora continues to search until it finds a matching character string even if it has to open more than one message or a new mailbox Next Mailbox The Next Mailbox button or Next Mailbox command begins the search for the specified text in the mailbox following the current mailbox The search is conducted among all messages in that mailbox and any subsequent mailboxes
97. om gt gt gt RCPT To lt justinefqualcomm com gt lt lt lt 550 lt justine qualcomm com gt User unknown i lt justinefqualcomm com gt User unknown A rejected message If you choose to resend the message Eudora deletes the error messages and added text and recovers the original message so that you can make any corrections To do this for the current message select Send Again from the Message menu This eliminates the inserted extra text and reformats the message as it originally appeared You can then make changes or additions and resend the message 1f desired Message Priorities 80 Eudora allows you to assign priorities to your messages These priorities are for sender recipient reference purposes only and they do not affect the way Eudora handles the messages There are five priority levels available each represented by a small icon Priorities range from 1 highest to 5 lowest Priority 3 is assumed for messages that have no assigned priorities and it is not displayed 2 Highest priority High priority lt blank gt Normal priority v Low priority Y Lowest priority Message priorities are displayed in the Priority column of the mailbox window QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference mx Stella Rondo 03 59 PM 8 21 95 2 2nd Test amp MAILER DAEMON 02 34 PM 8 22 95 3 Returned mail Us Message priorities displayed in the mailbox window Priorities can be changed in op
98. omatically go away after 2 minutes This allows Eudora to try the communication again This setting is most useful if you have automatic mail checking enabled Automatically open next message off If this option is on deleting or transferring the current message opens the next message in the mailbox but only if it is unread Advanced Network Settings These settings control some of Eudora s advanced network functions They should not be modified without first consulting with your Eudora support coordinator or service provider QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Category Aa Fonts amp Display l O All non database functions Use asynchronous W insock calls for O Database functions Getting Attention Network timeout after seconds Replying Network buffer size of 4096 bytes De tado gt Cache network info Miscellaneous A A E Advanced Network The Advanced Network settings Use asynchronous Winsock calls for This option allows you to select asynchronous calls for All non database functions or Database functions when using the Winsock connection method There are two methods of making Winsock calls using TCP IP stacks blocking and asynchronous Because of the ability to handle error conditions more gracefully asynchronous is the preferred method when using Eudora However some TCP IP stacks do not handle asynchronous calls correctly If you re experiencing trouble with your
99. ou had typed it in manually Multiple Attachments Multiple files may be sent with a single message but each file to be attached must be selected as described above Detaching a File To detach a file before the message is sent out click anywhere on the name of the file in the Attachments field of the composition window This selects the entire attachment name Then press the Delete or Backspace key or select Clear from the Edit menu Receiving an Attachment Attachments you receive are automatically decoded and placed in your Eudora directory unless you specify an attachment directory in the Settings dialog Attachments To do so select Settings from the Special menu and then select the Attachments settings Encoding Method N MIME Attachments E BinHex Aa O Put text attachments in body of message Fonts amp Display Attachment Directory Cancel The Attachments settings Click on the Attachment Directory button to display the Select a directory dialog QUALCOMM Incorporated 55 Reference 56 Eudora User Manual Select a directory File Name Directories c incoming i cgminiyw hlp aaa a eudora exe kernall exe mci htm images mcil htm mci2 htm mci3 htm winlitel doc List Files of Type Selecting an attachments directory Double click on the name of a directory to select it its name should be displayed above the list Then click the Use Directory button
100. owed but must be separated by commas This field can be left blank Attachments List of documents being sent along with the message Specify these through the Attach Document command under the Message menu see the Attachments section To delete an attachment from a message select it by single clicking on QUALCOMM Incorporated 29 Reference Eudora User Manual the attachment title and press the delete key You cannot enter information directly into this field This field can be left blank Message Body After filling in the fields move the insertion point to the space below the message header Type the body of the message here Feel free to use the standard Windows text editing tools provided under the Edit menu see the Summary of Menu Commands section If the Word Wrap button on the icon bar is turned on you don t need to press Enter at the end of each line of text The text wraps to the next line automatically If this option is not set be sure to type Enter at the end of each line or your message may not be legible on the recipient s computer To use tabs in the message body press the Tabs in Body button in the icon bar Saving an Outgoing Message for Later Changes 30 Sometimes it is convenient to save an outgoing message either as a safeguard when typing long messages or so you can return to it later to edit or add more text To save the message while the outgoing message window is open selec
101. ownload messages that have been skipped Send on check on If Send on Check is on Eudora automatically sends any messages that are queued in the Out mailbox whenever it checks the POP Server for new mail Save password off If Save Password is on you never have to enter your password to check your mail even if you quit Eudora and restart it because your password is stored on your PC Only use this option if your PC is in a secure place QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Leave mail on server off Eudora normally transfers your incoming messages from your account on the POP server to your PC and then deletes them from the POP server If this option is on Eudora transfers incoming messages to your PC and also keeps copies on the POP server Authentication Style Passwords Eudora supports the use of two network authentication technologies Passwords and APOP Ask your e mail administrator which one is being used at your site Sending Mail Settings The Sending Mail settings determine how Eudora sends your outgoing mail messages Category Return address Po Sending Mail SMTP server Attachments Aa Fonts amp Display Xx May Use Quoted Printable l E Keep copies of outgoing mail 4 gt Use signature Getting Attention Xx Tabs in body of message Replying The Sending Mail settings Return address none If you wish to use a return address other than your POP account enter it here
102. provides the mailbox name Message Summaries Disjoint selections in a mailbox window 42 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Message Summary Columns Each message summary is divided into six columns Status S Priority P Sender Recipient Who Date Size K and Subject The Status column displays the message status which is one of the following e The message has not been read all mailboxes except Out or is queueable but has not been queued Out mailbox only lt blank gt The message has been read all mailboxes except Out or is not yet able to be queued because it has no recipients Out mailbox only Reply has been chosen for the message Forward has been chosen for the message Redirect has been chosen for the message num y The message has been sent outgoing messages only The message was transferred from the Out mailbox before being sent The Priority column displays the message priority which is one of the following 2 Highest priority High priority lt blank gt Normal priority v Low priority Lowest priority For more information on message priorities see the Message Priorities section The Sender Recipient column shows the sender of the message for incoming messages or the recipient or intended recipient for outgoing messages Note Bugs in some POP servers mail transport systems cause Eudora to display the sender of incoming messages as This
103. ption 58 Insert Recipient submenu 73 K Keep Copies 34 Button in icon bar 28 Keep Copies of Outgoing Mail option 90 L Leave mail on server option 39 Mail folder Creating 40 Creating during transfer 47 Creating with the Mailboxes window 51 Mail Storage 100 Mailboxes 100 Contents 100 Mailbox Compacting 45 Thresholds for automatic 45 Creating 40 Creating during transfer 21 Creating mailboxes in folders 41 Creating with Mailboxes window 51 Mailbox window Disjoint selection in 42 Range selection in 42 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Moving with Mailboxes window 52 Opening 41 Opening a message from 19 Opening on new mail 95 Transferring messages between 21 46 Copying during 46 Creating mail folders during 47 Creating mailboxes during 46 Waste space in 45 Mailbox menu 104 106 Mailboxes command 48 Mailboxes window 47 Creating a mail folder with 51 Creating a mailbox with 51 Moving a mailbox with 52 Moving around in 48 New button 51 Opening a mailbox from 48 Remove button 50 Removing mail folders with 49 Removing mailboxes with 49 Rename button 51 Renaming a mail folder with 51 Renaming a mailbox with 51 Selecting multiple mailboxes 50 Mailing list 64 66 67 Make it a Folder button 41 47 Make Nickname command 66 Using in Nicknames window 66 Using with current messages 67 Match Case option 76 May use Quoted Printable setting 90 Menu cursor 69 71
104. r hit the Trash Button on the toolbar Deleting a message that s already in the Trash removes it from Eudora completely Also if the Require confirmation for deletes option in the Settings dialog Miscellaneous is turned on any attempt to delete a message that you have never opened or a Queued message that hasn t been sent results in Eudora asking for confirmation before proceeding with the deletion Delete Messages 9 You haven t read sent all of those messages Put them in the Trash anyway Cancel Warning for deleting unread or unsent messages Compacting Mailboxes Recovering Storage Space Even after a message has been deleted with the two step process described above the storage space which that message originally required is still taken Normally Eudora recovers this space automatically when it becomes troublesome However if disk space is very tight you can force this to happen earlier than usual In order to reclaim the wasted storage space in all mailboxes select the Compact Mailboxes from the Special menu Mailboxes can also be compacted individually using the Mailbox Size button in the the lower left corner of the mailbox window To force Eudora to recover wasted space for a current mailbox click on this button Note Eudora compacts mailboxes automatically when you close them under either of two conditions Mailboxes are compacted if the amount of wasted space in the mailbox is greater than the amount
105. rrent password for srondo apprentice qualcomm con Password Password dialog 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Tutorial Progress Connecting to the Mail Server Progress window 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 T Error getting network address for qualcom com Cause host not found 11001 Problem transferring mail 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 No New Mail alert is displayed This means that the message you sent yo
106. rt the message summaries in a mailbox window according to the contents of any of the message summary columns To do this first open the mailbox to be sorted then select the appropriate command from the Sort submenu under the Edit menu The messages are sorted when the mouse button is released Eudora sorts in ascending order the smallest item first To sort in descending order hold down the Shift key when doing the sort Cirit Copy Cris i Paste Ciria Paste As Quotation Cirit Clear Select All Ctrl A Finish Nickname Insert Recipient Cirit Sort by Status Sor by Priority Sor by Sender Sor by Date Sort by Size Sor by Subject The Sort submenu Tip Eudora s sorting algorithm is stable This means that sorting on a particular column leaves items of the same value in the same order as they were before the sort This feature allows you to sort QUALCOMM Incorporated 77 Reference Note Eudora User Manual based on multiple criteria by using multiple sort commands For example if you want your messages sorted by subject and within each subject you want messages sorted by date first choose Sort by Date then Sort by Subject Sometimes Eudora does not sort by date properly This happens if the messages have incorrectly formatted date fields or unknown or incorrect time zones Also since Eudora uses Greenwich Mean Time GMT when sorting by date the messages
107. rver with respect to Eudora please see Appendix C There are two methods to check your designated POP server to see if you have new mail One method is automatic and the other is manual Both methods QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference deliver any mail addressed to you from the POP server to your PC Before any checks are made however the POP server requests your account password Automatic Checking Eudora automatically checks for mail if you tell it how often to do so From the Special menu select Settings Then select Checking Mail The Checking Mail settings include an option entitled Check for mail every minute s Type in a value and Eudora automatically checks for mail at the desired interval whenever it is running even if you are using other applications on your PC For example if you type in 15 Eudora checks for mail every 15 minutes In fact 15 minutes is a good minimum interval as checking mail more frequently puts an unnecessary load on your POP server Note If automatic checking is set the Check Mail command under the File menu displays the next time that an automatic check is scheduled to occur When Eudora does an automatic check you can be notified of new mail in one or all of three different ways an alert dialog a special sound or the opening of the In mailbox These options are turned on or off in the Settings dialog Getting Attention In addition if Eudora is minimized when new mai
108. s are created for persons with whom one has repeated correspondence and hence serve as a typing and reference shortcut Eudora allows nicknames to be used in place of proper e mail addresses in the To Cc and Bcc fields in the headers of outgoing messages To create edit or remove a nickname select Nicknames from the Window menu The Nicknames window is then displayed This window is divided into three main fields The Nickname field lists all your nicknames the Address es field displays a selected nickname s expansion the addresses that the nickname represents and the Notes field contains your private notes on a nickname Nicknames Nickname Address es The Nicknames window Adding New Nicknames To add a new nickname click on the New button The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname 62 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference X New Nickname What do you wish to call it Cancel New nickname dialog Type the name of the new nickname If you want this nickname to show up on the Quick Recipient list under the Message menu see the Using the Quick Recipient List section click on the Put it on the recipient list option Then click OK The new nickname is displayed in the Nicknames field of the Nicknames window and the insertion point is placed in the Address es field Type the complete e mail address of the person to be represented
109. see the response QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Using Ph To use the Ph protocol type the name of the Ph server in the Server field or use the default server the default is what is entered in the Ph field of the Settings dialog Hosts Then type the name of the person you want to look up in the Command field and click on the Ph button The server s response is displayed in the response field Ph jcorrea alias JCORREA name Correa Justine email jcorrea A Ph query and its response Note You can type any Ph command in the query field except login commands or commands requiring login For more information about the Ph server source code see Appendix A Using Finger To use the Finger protocol type your query into the query field This query should be in the form name domain If you omit the domain segment Eudora uses the server listed in the Server field Once the name is entered click on the Finger button The finger query is sent to the host specified in the domain part and the response is displayed in the response field Creating a Signature A signature is a brief message automatically added by Eudora to the end of outgoing messages It should consist of a few lines giving the sender s full name and e mail address Other pertinent details such as phone number postal address or place of employment are also sometimes included To create a signature s
110. state of the icon There is no new mail and no messages are queued and waiting to be sent New Mail The mailbox is open and has a letter in it indicating that new mail has been delivered Queued Messages The flag on the side of the mailbox is in the up position indicating that you have outgoing messages queued for delivery SG B D New Mail Queued Messages Bs The mailbox is open and has a letter in it and the flag on the side of the mailbox is in the up position indicating that new mail has been delivered and outgoing messages are queued for delivery Main Window Toolbar The main window tool bar consists of 7 buttons displayed just under the menu titles Eudora Light File Edit Mailbox Message Transfer Special Window Help Main window toolbar Each button s function is described in the toolbar tip displayed just below the button when holding the mouse pointer over the button QUALCOMM Incorporated 25 Reference 26 a 2 9 e 8 Eudora User Manual File Edit Mailbox Message Main window toolbar tip Note The main window toolbar and toolbar tips can be turned on or off in the Settings dialog Fonts amp Display Trash Button This button transfers the current message s to the Trash mailbox Its function is identical to the Delete command under the Message menu see the Deleting a Message section New Message Button This button opens an outgoing messa
111. sts in the Mailboxes window It is not necessary to locate a mailbox or folder in both lists before renaming it Once the desired mailbox folder is found click on it once to select it Then click on the Rename button that is located below the list A dialog is then displayed requesting the new name Type in the new name and click on Rename to rename the mailbox folder Rename Mailbox Rename Testing to Renaming a mailbox or folder Creating a New Mailbox or Folder New mailboxes and folders can be created using the Transfer menu as described in the Creating Mailboxes During Transfers section or they can be created using the Mailboxes window With the Mailboxes window open double click on the folder in which the new mailbox folder is to be created to open it Its name is displayed above the list and its contents are displayed therein Note You can perform this function using either of the two lists in the Mailboxes window It is not necessary to locate a folder in both lists before creating a new mailbox or folder inside it Click on the New button that is located below the list A dialog is displayed requesting the name of the new mailbox QUALCOMM Incorporated 51 Reference 52 Eudora User Manual New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in folder Eudora Name the new mailbox O Make it a folder Cancel E Naming a new mailbox Type in the new name check the Make it a Folder option if you want
112. t Save from the File menu The message window does not close but the current version of the message is saved in the Out mailbox You might notice that the title appearing at the top of the message window changes from No Recipient No Subject to what you typed in the To and Subject fields of the message If you now close the message by clicking the close box in the upper left hand corner of the message window or by selecting Close from the File menu it can be re opened from the Out mailbox for further changes As with any message summary listed in a mailbox window it can be identified by the contents of its To and Subject fields A bullet in the far left column of a message summary listed in the Out mailbox indicates that the message is being indefinitely held there and is queueable Such messages remain in the Out mailbox until they are queued and sent or deleted QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference EREE 01 53 PM DAT Do A sendable message saved in the Out mailbox If you try to close an outgoing message window without specifically saving that version of the message an alert is displayed asking if the message should be saved or the changes discarded If you select Discard and the message has never been saved the message is deleted A FF To srondolqualcomm com From Stella Rondo lt srondo qualcomn com gt Subject Test Message Cc Bec Attachments This is a test message I will be adding
113. t quit Quitting with timed messages Editing a queued message To edit a queued message open the Out mailbox and double click on the desired message summary to open its composition window Make the necessary edits and re queue the new version of the message with the Queue For Delivery or Change Queueing commands from the Message menu or the Save command from the File menu You can also re queue the message using the Queue button on the icon bar The message is returned to the Out mailbox with a queued status If you close the changed message without choosing one of these an alert is displayed asking you to verify the changes Changing the Status of a Queued Message A message that is queued but as yet unsent may be unqueued using the Change Queueing command Open the Out mailbox and select the desired message summary Then select Change Queueing from the Message menu and click on Don t Send This changes the message status from queued Q to saved The message is held in the Out mailbox until it is either deleted or re queued and sent Note You can also send a message immediately or change it to timed send using the Change Queueing command Keeping Copies of Outgoing Messages Once a message is sent it is put into the Trash mailbox unless the Keep copies of outgoing mail option in the Settings dialog Sending Mail is turned on or the QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Keep Copy button in t
114. t you might type on your PC Il est d montr disait il que les choses ne peuvent tr autrement car tout tant fait pour une fin tout est n cessairement pour la meillure fin Error Reference source not found Without any encoding this might show up on your recipient s screen as QUALCOMM Incorporated 120 Eudora User Manual Appendix D MIME and Mapping 11 est dimontri disait il que les choses ne peuvent btre autrement car tout itant fait pour une fin tout est nicessairement pour la meillure fin This corruption happens because SMTP cannot handle the special characters However if you and your recipient both have MIME quoted printable encoding would be used and your text would show up properly While your mail was actually in transit however it would have looked like ABI1 est d E9montr E9 disait il que les choses ne peuvent EAtre autrement car tout E9tant fait pour une fin tout est n E9cessairement pour la meillure fin BB Base64 encoding is another way to protect binary data from the SMTP mail system However Base64 makes no attempt to be legible and is most appropriate for non text data MIME Labelling The other important part of MIME is that it lets mailers communicate what kind of data is in a message or part of a message The primary mechanism used for this is the Content Type header Content Type text plain charset iso 8859 1 A content type header is divided into thr
115. tella Rondo lt srondofqualcomm com gt Subject Attachment Test Message File Name Directories c incoming images bige al it gt cA eudora gif gt incoming eudora2 gif Ps i eudora3 gif A eudorajc gif qualcomm gif space050 gif stdhdr gif Attaching a document The attached file functions like a rider to the e mail message and thus it does not appear within the message text Instead the full path name of the file is displayed automatically in the Attachments field of the message header No Recipient No Subject o srondofqualcomm com Stella Rondo lt srondo qualcomm com gt Subject Attachment Test Message Cc Bec Attachments C INCOMING IMAGES BBALL GIF This message includes the requested attachment An outgoing message with an attached file Note A file cannot be attached to a message through manual editing of the Attachments field When the message is sent the attached file is formatted according to the selection in the Attachment Type combo box in the message icon bar see the Icon Bar section If the chosen file is a plain text file and if the Put text attachments in body of message option in the Settings dialog Attachments is turned on or the Text as QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Document button in the icon bar is off it is not encoded in any special format before being sent Instead it is added to your message as though y
116. text later A Save changes to No Recipient No Subject Closing an unsaved composition window Sending A Message One Step Send If the Immediate Send option in the Settings dialog Sending Mail is turned on select Send Immediately from the Message menu to immediately send a current message Alternatively the rightmost button appearing in the icon bar at the top QUALCOMM Incorporated 31 Reference 32 Eudora User Manual of the current message window is labeled Send Click this button to send the current message No Recipient No Subject or 3 Eb gt To srondof qualcomm com Clicking the Send button A progress window is displayed momentarily at the top of the screen indicating the progress of the transmission Two Step Send Some people may prefer to compose many messages and transmit them all at once Eudora lets you queue messages in the Out mailbox for delivery at a later time this is particularly handy if you are not always connected to your network when using Eudora However this is only possible if the Immediate Send option in the Settings dialog Sending Mail is turned off To accomplish the first step for any outgoing current message select Queue For Delivery from the Message menu Alternatively the rightmost button appearing in the icon bar at the top of the current message window is labeled Queue Click this button to queue the current message for later delivery Stella Ron
117. the Nicknames Window to Address Mail The To Cc and Bcc buttons in the Nicknames window can be used to start mail messages or to add addressees to existing current messages To create a new message from the Nicknames window select the nickname to which you want to address the mail you can select multiple nicknames by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on each nickname Then click the To button Nicknames Notes This is my list of important Eudora addresses O Starting a new message from the Nicknames window A new composition window is displayed with the selected nickname s inserted in the To field Use the To Ce and Bcc buttons to insert additional nicknames into the corresponding fields Note If you hold down the Shift key when addressing messages using the Nicknames window To Cc and Bcc buttons the full nickname expansion is inserted into the appropriate message field rather than just the nickname The Nicknames window can also be used to address existing messages or new messages created by selecting New from the Message menu Make sure the desired message is current topmost then open the Nicknames window and use the To Cc and Bcc buttons to address the message QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Nicknames and the Quick Recipient List Nicknames and the Quick Recipient list are two separate entities Nicknames are used as an abbreviation for an address or a list of
118. then the attachment will get the application postscript MIME type subtype If the message was using the BinHex encoding then the attachment would get the Macintosh type of EPSF But what happens if an attachment matches more than one map Eudora will try and find the best match For example if you had the following Mappings section Mappings QUALCOMM Incorporated 123 Appendix D MIME and Mapping Eudora User Manual 124 in xls XCEL in xlc XCEL XLC3 and you received a message with an attachment that had a Macintosh creator of XCEL and a Macintosh type of XLC3 a Microsoft Excel Chart then the file would get an extension of xlc since the first map only matched the Macintosh creator but the second map matched both the Macintosh creator and type Eudora can receive attachments that have both a MIME type subtype and a Macintosh creator type Eudora understands attachments with the MIME type subtype application applefile which has Macintosh creator type information embedded in it With this type of attachment Eudora will consider a match with the Macintosh creator type as a better match than a match with the MIME type subtype Finally if an incoming attachment matches two different maps to the same degree e g both maps have the same MIME type subtype with different file extensions then Eudora will use the file extension in the first matching map QUALCOMM Incorporat
119. to do so and click OK The new mailbox folder is displayed in the designated folder s listing The newly created mailbox folder is also added to the Mailbox and Transfer menus Moving a Mailbox from one Folder to Another The Mailboxes window provides the only means for moving mailboxes to other folder locations This is why there are two lists in the window To begin locate in one of the lists the mailbox you want to move In the other list find and open by double clicking on the name the destination folder so that its name is displayed above the list and its contents are displayed Then select the mailbox you want to move Click on the Move button that points from the list containing the item you want to move to the list displaying the destination folder The chosen mailbox is moved to its new location QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Mailboxes Mac Eudora Windows Eudon Mac Eudora Windows eS 55 Testing Eudora lt lt Move lt lt Remove Remove Moving a mailbox before and after Attachments Any file can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message To attach a file to a current outgoing message select Attach File from the Message menu The Attach file dialog is displayed Once the desired file is located select it and click on the OK button to attach the file to the message QUALCOMM Incorporated 53 54 Reference Eudora User Manual En See EE EE From S
120. urself in the previous exercise has not been delivered to your POP account yet Click OK O Sorry you don t have any new mail No new mail alert 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated 17 Tutorial Eudora User Manual 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 0 You have new mail New Mail alert Click OK The In mailbox window is displayed with your test message summary listed inside Message listed in In mailbox 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 18 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Tutorial Stella Rondo 03 41 PM 8 21 95 Test Message MA TE Subje
121. ves the extra carriage returns the selection Shift Open a message shows all headers Shift Close closes all open windows Shift Exit instructs Eudora that all open windows are to automatically reopen at the next startup It does not quit Eudora QUALCOMM Incorporated 113 Appendix B Shortcuts Eudora User Manual Other Important keys The arrow keys depending on the options in the Settings dialog Miscellaneous can move you from one message to another in a mailbox If the Unmodified arrow keys or Alt arrow keys options are turned on e up left arrow or Alt up left arrow takes you to the previous message e down right arrow or Alt down right arrow takes you to the next message The Enter key performs several different functions e Itselects the outlined button in any dialog alert or window e It opens the selected message s in a mailbox e It lets you begin or end editing the subject of a message The Esc key stops any operation currently in progress The F1 key displays the On Line Help menu If you have an extended keyboard the following keys are also useful e Delete deletes the character to the right of the insertion point e Home moves the caret to the beginning of a line End moves the caret to the end of a line O Page Up Page Down scrolls up or down through the window Ctrl Key Equivalents 114 Ctrl A Ctrl B Ctrl C Ctrl D Ctr
122. x or bring an open mailbox to the front Mailbox Ctri l New Customer Support Testing Eudora 104 In Open mailbox where incoming messages are stored until deleted or transferred to another mailbox Out Open mailbox where messages you compose are stored and where queued messages are held until actually sent and where copies of sent messages may be initially stored Trash Open mailbox where deleted messages are stored New Display New Mailbox dialog to create a new mailbox Your Mailboxes Mailboxes you create are also displayed in this menu QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Reference Message This menu lets you create and delete messages New Message Open new message composition window Message New Message Ctrl N Reply Ctrl R Reply Forward Reply to the sender of the current message Redirect Send Again Forward Forward the current message to someone else New Message To Reply To Redirect Forward To Forward the current message to someone else but Redirect To make the return address be the person who originally 7 a sent the message Queue Far Delivery CHitk Attach Fe triad Delete Ctrl D Send Again Resend a message rejected by the mail system Be sure to fix whatever caused the problem before you queue the message New Message To Send a message to someone on the Quick Recipient list Reply To Reply to the current message but send the reply to someone on t
123. x window is then displayed To open a nested mailbox one that is contained within a mail folder select the outermost folder from the Mailbox menu folders are designated by an arrow next to their names This displays the submenu of mailboxes and or folders within the outer folder Select the desired mailbox or continue selecting subfolders until the mailbox can be selected QUALCOMM Incorporated 41 Reference Eudora User Manual If any messages are stored in the mailbox they are listed as individual message summaries Each message summary is divided into six columns Status S Priority P Sender Who Date Size K and Subject See the Anatomy of a Mailbox Window section for descriptions of these columns Anatomy of a Mailbox Window Mailbox windows consist of a title bar and list of message summaries EE Stella Rondo 03 41 PM EATE Sa Each line in a mailbox window represents one message and is called a message summary To select a message summary single click on it There are several ways to select more than one summary You can select a summary and drag through the ones you want to select You can select one summary hold down the Shift key and select another summary to select both summaries and all the summaries between them Finally you can hold down the Ctrl key and select individual summaries This allows you to make disjoint selections The mailbox window Title Bar The title bar
124. y of Eudora Menu Commands eee eeeeesscceeesesenneeeecsneeeceessneeecesssaeeeseeessaeeeees 102 A O a a 102 A er OP i a a a a e a a ER ene eer ery 103 IDV AU e wave este gg wae ac vets antag tase E wm omar eG ene 104 A NO ales Raa 105 Iaa a Ea e E EET T TEREE EEE T EE anes aeonedac EEE 106 e wen uate oo a a o a yee a a E oe A 107 MY THRO ysl A ET EEEE E E E E a ad E AEE E se 108 REE 109 PDDENGIC A SOULCES iaa bid idd tcs 111 Anonymous ftp ftp qualcomm com i n 111 EU AAA e decada LLdS 111 Obtaining a POP SEE ia 111 Ph Seryer Source A aida 111 Password Change Servet nonen e E a E Si 111 Windows Sockets Produc iii totali 111 Sertraline TP SEIP jerar Aer A A A a Us ode 112 A O 112 Appendix B SNOMGCUIS iena oaea diaaa ii dan 113 Mid o a RS 113 Other Important keys aid es 114 Cte tF Key Equivalente dl 114 Appendix C Mall Transport vniciccinicinnria ici ita 117 O 117 Outson Mailaren tienen e a E e a e vde Ane tale Mee ee A ae taut cc 117 A A MA A a ee eA a E e 118 More TnformMat onnenn nann as 118 Appendix D MIME and Mapping ssccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 120 Wbhatis MIME Ad 120 viii QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User Manual Contents MIME ENC OCIA 8 3 sorena nin a eed a Chg Gdns Seeds eee ce tala ee eka aged 120 IA TTS ro 8s scan cic wadons dae O buagecencnencaabase dues ateends S 121 Practical ISSUES A A AR 121 Turning Off Quoted Printable Encoding oooooccccccnnnn
125. you to organize your incoming mail by allowing you to create new mailboxes and easily transfer messages between them An outgoing message saved in the Out mailbox Transferring a Message Between Mailboxes 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 QUALCOMM Incorporated 21 Tutorial Eudora User Manual New Mailbox Creating a mailbox in the Top Level Name the new mailbox O Make it a folder New mailbox dialog 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 Transfer gt In New gt Testing Testing Message Transfer 22 QUALCOMM Incorporated Eudora User M

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