1. What is Eudora?
2. How Do I Install Eudora?
3. How Do I Set Up Eudora?
4. How Do I Use Eudora?

I. What is Eudora?

Eudora is an email management program that can allow you to read, send, and organize your email from home. It will work with email accounts that support the IMAP and POP3 protocol.

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II. How do I Install Eudora?

Before installing Eudora , verify that your Macintosh meets these requirements:

• Macintosh PowerPC or better
• Mac OS System 8.6 or later (or OS X or later)
• An Internet mail account that uses POP3 or IMAP4 protocol with an Internet Service Provider or a network connection
• Access to the mail account via PPP dial-up networking using a modem or a TCP/IP Internet-style network connection or
• To use QUALCOMM PureVoice™ plug-in for Eudora, microphone required

STOP! Do not install this version of Eudora if you have the commercial version of the software. If you have the commercial version of Eudora, visit the Qualcomm web site to get the update.

To install Eudora, follow these steps:

1. If you have a previous version of Eudora. Make a backup copy of your existing Eudora Folder (usually located in your System Folder, or in the Documents folder), and make a backup copy of your existing Eudora application folder, and put the two copies in a separate area.

2. Quit any applications you are running.

3. Remove any plug-ins that did not come with the Eudora Pro software.

4. Open the Eudora folder on this CD.

5. If your computer is running Mac OS version 8.6 thru v9.x, then select Eudora 5.2.1 Classsic to start the installation program.

6. If your computer is running Mac OS X, then select Eudora 5.2.1 OSX to start the installation program.

7. The Eudora Install dialog is displayed, and the default Easy Install item is selected. If you select Custom Install from the menu, the custom install dialog will appear, allowing you to select which items you want to install.  To see a description of an item, click on the item (the description is displayed just below the selection area).

8. To install all of the items, be sure the default item Eudora Installation is selected and click Install.To install just the items you want, select them by clicking on each one, then click Install.

9. A dialog is displayed asking you to select a folder to update.

10. Select the destination folder and click Install. The install program begins installing the items you selected onto the appropriate locations on your disk.  If you wish to install into a new folder, create a new folder now and select it as the destination then click Install.

11. Once the installation is complete, you may also be prompted to enter the name under which you want your copy of Eudora to be registered. Enter that information now. You may also be prompted to restart your Macintosh. Click Restart.

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III. How Do I Set Up Eudora?

1. Open the Eudora Applications Folder and open the Eudora program within.

2. If this is your first time to use Eudora, Eudora is configured to import settings and email messages from other email applications. If you want to import your settings from Claris Emailer or Outlook Express Select Yes otherwise select No and proceed with the setup options.

3. The Settings window should appear. If not, select the Special pull-down menu and select Settings. Keep in mind that the following settings are to setup Eudora to use university email services. We will not be discussing every setting available in Eudora. We leave the other setting for you to try out.

4. In the Settings window, select (highlight) Getting Started on the left side of the window.
   • Enter your Gatorlink ID, grove username, or NERDC username into the Username field.

   • Enter into the Mail Server field the name of your mail host.

          For GatorLink IMAP services: imap.ufl.edu
          For NERDC nersp services: imap.nerdc.nersp.ufl.edu
          For CIRCA Grove services: grove.ufl.edu
          For other service: check with your account administartor.

   • Enter your name in the Real name field.  This name will be included in the to field of every message you send.

   • Enter the last part of your email address in the SMTP: field (the part of your full email address after the "@" symbol). Again, for UNIX computers be sure to enter the SMTP host name in all lowercase letters. Gatorlink users should use smtp.ufl.edu, Grove users should use grove.ufl.edu, and NERDC users should use grove.ufl.edu.

   • The Return address is left up to you.

5. Select (highlight) the Checking mail icon on the left of the screen.

6. Choose the Mail Protocol IMAP, if you want to view your email messages on the computer you are using.  Your messages will stay on the email server until you delete them.  Any messages that you move to the local folder will be saved on the computer you are using.  IMAP is a good choice if you plan to read your mail from different computers because your mail stays in one location on the mail server.

7. Choose the Mail Protocol POP, if you want to download your email messages to the computer you are using.  Your messages will stay on the computer until you delete them.  POP is a good choice if always use the same computer to read your mail because keeping your mail on your computer leaves more room on the mail server for new incoming messages.

8. If you choose the IMAP Server Configuration, then we suggest these options:
   • If you use NERDC nersp services, DO NOT select the option, Check for Mail every XX minutes. This option could increase charges to your account and uses up your allocated funding.

   • The Grove and NERDC nersp accounts should have the Location prefix set to:    /mail   GatorLink email accounts should have the Location prefix set to:    INBOX.,user    
     (Do not forget the period and the comma)   All other settings are optional.

9. If you choose POP Server Configuration, then we suggest these options:
   • Select Leave your messages on the server if you need to view your mail from a different computer. 

   • If you use NERDC nersp services, DO NOT select the option, Check for Mail every XX minutes. This option could increase the charges to your account.  

10. Select (highlight) the Attachments icon on the left of the screen. We recommend that you create an Attachments folder in the Eudora Applications folder called Attachments. Attachments are non-plain-text (programs, images, word-processed documents, etc.) files that are "attached" to email and sent like a message would be. If you have this directory selected, Eudora will "detach" the files from the text message and save them at this location for your further use. Leave the Encoding method set to BinHex.

    This is easily done by selecting the bar next to the Attachments folder setting. IN the Chooser window, press the New folder button and enter the name Attachments. Press the Create button and then the Choose button to return.

11. All other settings are optional. Press the OK button to save your settings.

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IV. How Do I Use Eudora?

Most functions of Eudora  should be learned through its on-line help (from the upper-right hand corner pull-down menu of help which looks like a question mark). From that same help pull-down menu you can turn on the balloon help (select Show Balloons) -- this will enable you to point to nearly anything in the Eudora  program (while running) to get an

explanation of it.

A free copy of the Eudora user manual can be installed into your Eudora folder. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to read the document. The README file only explains requirements, some configuration, and someTroubleshooting/incompatibilities.

There is also information available at the World-Wide Web site Eudora

Place at: http://www.eudora.com/

If you experience any problems, please call the UF Computing Helpdesk at (352) 392-4357.

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