Configuring Eudora

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Note: There are a thousand ways to customize your Eudora to fit your individual preferences. Most of the time, the default values will serve you fine. After you've set your netid and values for POP and SMTP servers, you're ready to get started. Return to the configuration menu to set options as you become more confident with your e-mail skills.

Getting Started Personal Info Hosts Checking Mail Sending Mail

Replying Attachments Personalities Fonts & Display Styled Text

Spell Checking Mailbox Columns Labels Getting Attention Extra warnings

Dialup Advanced Network MAPI Kerberos Miscellaneous

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Getting Started

When you start Eudora for the first time, you will see the menu pictured below (you can later change these settings by going to Tools> Options):

• In "POP account", enter yournetid@yourmachine.cc.uic.edu

  (For example, my netid is tmanni2 and I use tigger, so my "POP account" would be tmanni2@tigger.cc.uic.edu)

• Under "Real name", type your name
• Connection Method: Choose Winsock (Network, PPP, SLIP)

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Personal Info

POP account: should be set (from Getting Started menu)
Real name: should be set (from Getting Started menu)
Return address: your e-mail address
Dialup username: if you call in from home, this is your netid only.

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Hosts

POP account: should be filled in already SMTP: smtpserv1.cc.uic.edu Ph: (allows you to look up uic e-mail addresses) ns.uic.edu

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Checking Mail

Check for mail every: (for ADN connections) automatically checks your e-mail at specified time Skip messages over: allows you to skip large messages if using a slow modem Save password: if checked, anyone with access to your machine has access to your email. Leave mail on server: use with caution! Does not work with CMS. For checking mail from a remote site (i.e. not your main computer, but, say, a laptop.)

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Sending Mail

Domain to add to unqualified addresses: if you address and e-mail to "bob", mail will go to "bob@uic.edu" Choose whether you want to send immediately (if you are online) or on check (this option will queue your e-mail for a later time). Customize which signature will be the default Keep copies (locally): only on your own PC!

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Replying

Customize options as you like, or leave default settings.

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Attachments

Customize options as you like, or leave default settings. Encoding method: use MIME unless the person receiving the file specifies otherwise. Attachment directory: the directory where separate "attached" files (such as images, spreadsheets, etc.) are automatically saved.

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Personalities

Here you can create one "personality" for your professional correspondence, and another for personal e-mail. Customize options as you like, or leave default settings. Useful for answering mail as "someone else", say a list-owner.

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Fonts & Display

Adjust the font size and type to suit your preferences.

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Styled Text

Only works if recipient can read styled text. If you're not certain, don't use it! Especially don't use to send to a mailing list with many subscribers. Instead, check "Discard Styles before sending messages".

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Spell Checking

Customize spelling options as you like.

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Mailbox Columns

Here you can choose which columns your mail windows will display.

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Labels

Here you can associate Labels with colors to help you group and keep track of messages.

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Getting Attention

Choose how Eudora will tell you you have new mail.

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Extra warnings

Choose which activities you wish to be warned about.

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Dialup - not applicable at UIC

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Advanced Network - not applicable at UIC

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MAPI - not applicable at UIC

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Kerberos - not applicable at UIC

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Miscellaneous

Choose special keys to navigate between messages.   Choose other options as you like.

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