Eudora Light Versions 1.5.2

See below for instructions for version 3.0. Following these is some more useful information for Eudora Light users.Only the details listed here need to be entered to configure this program .

Open Eudora Light

Click on "Special" menu and select "Settings"

Select the "Personal Information" category and enter the following details:

POP Account: this should take the form of <yourmail>_________ Please note, this is NOT the same as your email address
Real Name: Your name as you want it to appear on your outgoing emails.
Return Address: This is your full email address in the form of <yourmail>__________

Select the "Hosts" category and enter the following:

SMTP Server: ____________

For further information on configuring and using Eudora Light 1.5.2, please refer to the help menu in the program itself.

While these settings are not essential, most people will find them very useful

• Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options..."
• Select the "Checking Mail" Category
  • Uncheck Send on check, which will stop Eudora automatically sending mail when you check for new mail
  • Check Save password, Eudora will remember your mail password. Unchecking this option will make Eudora prompt you for your password when connecting to the mail server, if you have security concerns
• Select the "Sending Mail" Category
  • Unchecking Immediate Send allows you to compose mail while off-line and save them to be sent together. To send waiting mail, open a connection and select "Send Queued Messages" from the "File" menu
• Select the "Attachments" Category
  • Click the Attachment Directory: button and choose a directory on your system. This will be the directory where Eudora automatically decodes MIME attachments to. You may wish to create a directory for this purpose first.

Using Eudora with multiple mail accounts

It is possible under Windows to use one copy of Eudora to access more than one mail account. When Eudora is loading it reads two command line parameters. One is the mail directory, the other the location of the .ini file, which stores your account information. Look at this example:

c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\mail c:\ini

Here the Eudora program is run from the Eudora folder in the C: directory , the mail is stored in a folder called mail and the .ini file in a folder called ini. It is also possible to specify the same directory for mail and .ini file. E.g.

c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\my-email c:\my-email

Using this technique you can create folders for each of your accounts. The next step is to create an icon for each account to run the program for the mailbox. Follow the instructions below for your operating system:

Windows3.1x

• Open a Program Group for the Eudora icons
• Click on the Program Manager File menu and select New...
• Choose Program Item
• Click Browse, and select the eudora.exe file from the relevant directory and click OK
• Add the directory location for the mail and .ini files to the Command line. It should now read [c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\,<dir> c:\<dir>] where <dir> is the directory(s) of your choice
• Click OK
• When you double click the new icon, Eudora will prompt you to configure the program for your account.

You can repeat these steps to create icons for as many mail accounts as you have

Windows '95

• Right click on Desktop
• Click New from the menu and select Shortcut
• Click Browse... and select eudora.exe file from the relevant folder
• Click Finish to create the new icon
• Right click the icon and select Properties
• Choose the Shortcut tab near the top of the properties window
• Add the directory location for the mail and .ini files to the Command line in the Target box. It should now read [c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\,<dir> c:\<dir>] where <dir> is the directory(s) of your choice
• Click OK
• When you double click the new icon, Eudora will prompt you to configure the program for your account.

You can repeat these steps to create icons for as many mail accounts as you have

It is also possible to copy the file EUDORA.INI into your new directory.
If you do this then the Command line will read :
[c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\,<dir> c:\<dir>\eudora.ini]

When you run this Eudora icon you will need to click the Tools menu, select Options and re-enter the settings for the mail account.