Configuring Eudora for POP

The ACCC recommends that everyone use IMAP. And this means you, if you use Eudora on multiple machines and you want to be able to access the same email from multiple locations. If this applies to you, you should use the newer protocol called IMAP.

For instructions on how to set Eudora up to use IMAP, see Configuring Eudora for IMAP. For a complete discussion of the two protocols, including the advantages and disadvantages of each, see IMAP: What's New in Electronic Mail, from the A3C Connection newsletter.

However, if you

• only read email from one secure location,
• and have a reasonably fast Internet connection,

then you can consider using POP, the older email protocol.

POP and WebMail: We used to warn that you could not use POP if you were going to use the ACCC's Web-based WebMail email system that you can use from anywhere, without any setup. But the ACCC has upgraded the POP servers on mailserv, icarus, and tigger; they are now compatible with the IMAP servers on their machines and no longer conflict with WebMail. So you can use POP and WebMail without difficulty now.

After you've opened Eudora, use Eudora -> Preferences to open up Eudora's Settings. Click on the icons in the area on the left to open the related options on the screen on the right. We're using our fictional staff member, Ada Byron Lovelace, netid adabyron, email account on mailserv as an example. You replace Ada's details for your own.

When you're finished configuring Eudora, click the OK button on the bottom left.

1. Open Eudora, and open the Eudora Setting/Options:
   

   Windows:

   Tools -> Options

   Macs:

   Special -> Settings

   
   
2. Click the Checking Mail icon in the left column .
   
   
3. Click the radio button beside POP.
   Do not check Save Passwords.
   Leave the Authentication method with the radio button beside Passwords clicked.
   
   
4. Check for mail every xx minutes

   Please make this 10 minutes or more. More often will be bad for all of us -- for you because it will interrupt you too much and and for the rest of us because it will clog the mail server too much.

   
   
5. Now let's talk about the Mail Management Options. Don't use Leave Mail on Server. Using LMOS with POP is a problem waiting to happen. If you want to check your email from multiple locations or to use the ACCC's Web-based email program WebMail, see Configuring Eudora for IMAP. IMAP was designed to be used from multiple locations. POP was not.
   
   
6. The rest of Eudora's set up is the same whether you use IMAP or POP, so set up Eudora and make the other option changes as described in Configuring Eudora.
   
   
7. Click OK to save your changes.

For more information, see:

• See Configuring Eudora for more information about setting Eudora up.
  
  
• See Using Eudora for a quick guide to using Eudora.
  
  
• Your Eudora User's Manual. (The Eudora 6 Quick Start Guide and User's Manual are available online from Qualcomm: Outstanding Documentation. Not shy, are they?)
  
  
• The UIC local copy of the Eudora 6.0 user's guide PDF.
  

After you set Eudora up, be sure to look at Safe Email Viewing with Eudora to set the options you need to make your Eudora email safe from viruses and worms.