This chapter provides detailed explanations of all available Eudora functions.
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 composition window entitled <<No
Recipient>>, <<No Subject>> 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.
The composition window
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 the message subject. New messages are labeled <<No
Recipient>>, <<No Subject>> until they are sent or queued.
Messages get time stamps when they are sent, or if they are queued for timed
delivery.
The icon bar consists of a series of objects that are displayed just under the
composition window title. 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 is one popup menu and five icons. Each of the five
icons may be turned on or off for the current message by clicking on it. A
check mark symbol appearing next to the icon denotes that the icon has been
turned on. The popup menu and icons are described below.
The Icon Bar
Note: The default settings for the icon bar are determined in the Settings
dialog (see the "Settings Dialog" section).
Priority/Attachment Type Popup
- The leftmost
object in the icon bar is the Priority/Attachment Type popup menu.
Priority/Attachment Type popup menu
The Priority portion of this popup
menu is on top. If you want to indicate that your message is of a
higher or lower priority than a normal message (blank), use this menu
to make the desired selection. Priorities are discussed in the
"Message Priorities" section. The Attachment Type portion of this menu
allows you to select what format documents that you attach to outgoing
messages are encoded in: AppleDouble, AppleSingle, or Bin Hex.
AppleDouble is best for recipients with Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME); AppleSingle is best for sending applications or
other Macintosh-specific files; and Bin Hex is most compatible with
old Macintosh mailers and previous versions of Eudora.
The Always As Documents option should be selected when sending
attachments between Macintoshes, as this keeps the attachments in
their original Macintosh format. However, when sending a document to
another platform, de-selecting this option allows Eudora to convert
the attachment into the format most likely to be understood by other
platforms.
Signature
- If this icon is
checked, your signature file is automatically attached to the end of
each message you send. Signatures are discussed in the "Creating a
Signature" section.
Word Wrap
- If this icon is
checked, a carriage return is not required at the end of each line you
type in an outgoing message; Eudora automatically wraps text to the
next line, with line breaks at roughly 76 characters per line.
Tabs in Body
- If this icon is
checked, hitting the [tab] key within the message body results in
Tabs:Replaced with spacesEudora inserting enough spaces to move the
insertion point to a multiple of 8 characters from the start of the
line. This mimics the way tabs work on many terminals. Tab
key:Switching fields withIf this icon is not checked, hitting the
[tab] key returns the cursor to the To: field of the message header.
Tabs:And pastingNote: This icon also controls the handling of tabs in
text that is pasted into the message window and in plain text
attachments that are sent as documents (not binhexed). If Tabs in
Body is checked, tab spacing is replaced by blank spaces; otherwise,
the tabs are included in the text.
Keep Copy
- If this icon
is checked, 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.
Quoted-Printable Encoding
- If this icon is checked, quoted-printable encoding
may be used when sending messages that contain long lines of text or
special characters. When selected, it is used for all plain text
attachments. It is recommended that this icon always be checked.
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).
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.
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, use the standard Macintosh text-editing tools provided under the Edit
menu. Here is a brief description of the intended contents of each field:
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.
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).
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).
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.
"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 allowed but must be
separated by commas. This field can be left blank.
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 and press [delete]. You
cannot enter information directly into this field. This field can be left
blank.
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 Macintosh text-editing tools provided under the Edit menu (see the
"Summary of Menu Commands" section).
If the Word Wrap icon on the icon bar is checked (or the Word wrap option in
the Settings dialog [Sending Mail] is turned on), you don't need to press
[return] 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 a [return] 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, check the Tabs in Body icon in the
icon bar.
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, select
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: field. A small black dot, or bullet, to the
left 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.
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.
Closing an unsaved composition window
If the Immediate Send option in the Settings dialog (Sending Mail) is turned
on, select Queue for Delivery from the Message menu to
immediately send a current message. Alternatively, the rightmost button
appearing in the icon bar at the top of the current message window is labeled
Send. Click this button to send the current message.
Clicking the Send button
A progress window is displayed momentarily at the top of the screen indicating
the progress of the transmission.
Progress Window
Some people may prefer to compose many messages and transmit them all at once.
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.
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-hand column
of the Out mailbox.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Quitting with timed messages
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
Queuing... commands from the Message menu or the Save command from the File
menu. You may 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.
A message that is queued but as yet unsent may be unqueued using the Change
Queuing... 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 (S). 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 Queuing... command.
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 Keep Copy icon in the icon bar is checked. In these cases, the message is
left in the Out mailbox and is annotated with an S in the status column of the
Out mailbox indicating that the message has been sent.
Copies of outgoing messages saved in the Out mailbox
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 (see the "Settings Dialog" section), 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.
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.
Wrong password
Note: Remember that the Eudora password is "case-sensitive," 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 Macintosh), choose
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 machine
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.
Changing a password with Eudora
Note: For information on password-change servers, see Appendix A of
this manual.
The POP server is the machine where your mail is received and stored until it
is transferred to the Eudora program on your Macintosh system. Your POP server
account is specified in the POP Account setting in the Settings dialog (see the
"Settings Dialog" section).
Note: To best understand the functioning of the POP server 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
deliver any mail addressed to you from the POP server to your Macintosh.
Before any checks are made, however, the POP server requests your account
password.
Eudora automatically checks for mail if you tell it how often to do so. From
the Special menu, select Settings.... Then, select the Checking
Mail settings. In the Check for mail every ? minutes field, 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 Macintosh). 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 a mail check, you can be notified of new mail in one or
all of four different ways: an alert dialog, a special sound, a flashing mail
flag icon in the menu bar, or the opening of the In mailbox. These options are
turned on or off in the Settings dialog (Getting Attention).
When you receive notice that new mail has arrived, select Eudora from the
applications menu. Mail always arrives in the In mailbox. The messages are
listed in the order they are received, with the most recent message listed
last.
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 small black dot, or
bullet, on the left side 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.
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.
The Progress window is displayed momentarily at the top of the screen as the
POP server is checked.
The Progress window during a mail check
If there is no mail waiting at your account on the POP server, the You
have no new mail alert is displayed. Click OK. You may check for mail
again later.
No new mail dialog
If there is a problem reaching the POP server, an error message alert is
displayed. To rectify the problem, review the POP server settings in the
Settings dialog for correctness.
Error while checking mail
If there is new mail, it is transferred automatically from the POP
server to Eudora on your Macintosh system. A progress window is displayed at
the top of your screen allowing you to monitor the mail transfer. If the Use
an Alert option in the Settings dialog (Getting Attention) is turned on, the
new mail dialog is displayed, stating that new messages have been delivered.
New mail dialog
If the Open mailbox (new mail only) option in the Settings Dialog
(Getting Attention) is on, the In mailbox window also displays. Unread
messages in the In mailbox are designated by a small black dot, or bullet, on
the left side 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.
During a mail check, Eudora normally transfers your incoming messages from your
account on the POP server to your Macintosh, and deletes them from the POP
server. This may prove awkward for people who sometimes want to read mail from
a secondary Macintosh system. It results in non-consolidated storage of
messages - if you read mail through a secondary Macintosh, you wouldn't be able
to act on that mail from your primary Macintosh.
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 Macintosh you are presently using
(presumably a secondary Macintosh), while keeping copies of those messages in
your account on the POP server. On the next mail check from the secondary
Macintosh, Eudora ignores the copies of previously read messages and looks for
new ones.
When using your primary Macintosh system, you should 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 Mac 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.
Note: Eudora looks for a Status: R header to determine if a message
has been read. Your POP server must cooperate for this to work; most do.
If the Skip Big Messages option in the Settings dialog (Checking Mail) is
turned on, Eudora does not download large messages (40K or larger). 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.
Note: Eudora requires some help from your POP server to make Skip Big
Messages work properly. Specifically, Eudora expects your server to add a
Status: header once Eudora has downloaded the first few lines of the
message. Eudora uses that line as a signal that it already has the first few
lines and doesn't need to download them again.
If you want to stop a mail check in the middle (because it is taking longer
than anticipated), hold down the [command] key and type a period [.].
To open a mailbox, select the desired mailbox from the list of mailboxes under
the Mailbox menu. The mailbox window is then displayed.
Opening a mailbox window
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 sub-menu of
mailboxes and/or folders within the outer folder. Select the desired mailbox
(or continue selecting sub-folders until the mailbox can be selected).
Opening a mailbox in a mail folder
If any messages are stored in the mailbox, they are listed as individual
message summaries. A message summary usually consists of the message status
and priority, the sender/recipient of the message, the date it was received,
its size and the subject heading. See the "Anatomy of a Mailbox Window"
section for descriptions of these fields.
Message summaries listed in the In mailbox
To open a message, double-click on its message summary, or, if the
message summary is current (highlighted), select Open... from the
File menu or press the [return] key.
Incoming message window example
The incoming message window consists of the title bar, the icon bar, and
the message body. If the BLAH,BLAH,BLAH icon in the icon bar is checked, all
of the message headers are displayed.
Note: These message headers may be useful when tracking down a network
problem.
Incoming message with all headers displayed
There are two ways to create new mailboxes and mail folders. You can create
mailboxes and folders using the Mailboxes dialog under the Special menu (see
the "Mailboxes Window" section), and you can create mailboxes and folders using
the New... option under the Transfer menu (see the "Creating a Mailbox During
Transfer" section). The Mailboxes window is most useful if you want to create
several mailboxes at one time. The New... option is most useful if you want to
create a mailbox and simultaneously transfer a message or messages into that
mailbox.
Mailbox windows are one of the most important elements of Eudora.
A mailbox window
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 [command] key and
select individual summaries. This allows you to make "disjoint" selections.
A disjoint selection in a mailbox window
A mailbox window (and hence each message summary) is divided into five columns:
Status/Priority, Sender/Recipient, Date, Size, and Subject.
The Status/Priority column displays two separate items. The first is
the message status, which is one of the following:
* The message has not been read (all mailboxes except Out), or is queueable but
has not been queued (Out mailbox only).
<blank> 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).
R Reply has been chosen for the message.
F Forward has been chosen for the message.
D Redirect has been chosen for the message.
S The message has been sent (outgoing messages only).
- The message was transferred from the Out mailbox before being sent.
The message priority is displayed as follows:
Highest priority
High priority
(blank)
Normal
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 may result in Eudora
displaying the sender of incoming messages as ???@???. This 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.
Note: The date is formatted according to the short date format
in current use by your Macintosh, and the time is formatted according to the
current time format.
The Size column displays the size of the message, in K (K = 1024
bytes).
The Subject column displays the subject of the message. This information was
typed into the message header by the sender.
You can resize any column in a mailbox window. Move the mouse pointer until it
is over the dotted column divider to the right of the column you want to
resize. The pointer turns into the column resize cursor.
Column resize cursor
Simply press the mouse button, drag the divider to the position you
desire, and release the mouse button. The column divider moves to the new
location, and the mailbox is redrawn.
Mailbox after resizing column
You can only shrink a column as far as its left divider. If you do so, a
double divider line is displayed in place of the column, and its contents are
hidden. To redisplay the column, drag the right divider line to the right.
Mailbox window with a hidden column
The lower left corner of each mailbox window displays size information for that
mailbox. Three numbers are displayed. The first is the number of messages in
the mailbox; the second is the total amount of space those messages require;
and the third is the amount of disk space that is wasted in the mailbox.
Eudora occasionally recovers this wasted space on its own. To force Eudora to
recover this space from all mailboxes, select Compact Mailboxes from the
Special menu. To compact an individual mailbox, hold down the [command]
key and single-click on the mailbox size display.
This mailbox contains 43 messages, which take 50K of disk space - 21K of
which is wasted
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 on Quit 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. Deleting a message that's already in the Trash
removes it from Eudora completely.
Note: If the Requireconformation for delete 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.
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 storage space, select the Compact
Mailboxes from the Special menu. To compact an individual mailbox,
hold down the [command] key and single-click on the mailbox size display (see
the "Mailbox Size Display" section).
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 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 volume that contains it.
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 removed from its previous location and
stored in the selected mailbox.
Transferring a message
If you hold down the [option] 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.
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 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
also transferred into 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 Windows menu
(see the "Mailboxes Window" section). The Mailboxes window is most useful if
you want to create several mailboxes at one time.
Eudora allows you to create mail folders in which you may keep one or more
mailboxes and even other sub-folders 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.
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. 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
and click OK to complete the transfer.
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.
To accomplish any of these tasks, choose Mailboxes from the
Special menu. The Mailboxes window is displayed.
The Mailboxes window
The window has two identical listings with scroll bars, each entitled
Eudora Folder (or whatever the name of the folder holding your mail is - see
the "Mail Storage" section). These list the names of the mailboxes and folders
you have created (folders are identified by an arrow to the right of the 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.
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 arrow to the right of its name)
changes the current title of the list from Eudora Folder to that of the chosen
folder. The contents of the list also change to the names of mailboxes and
sub-folders contained in the chosen folder.
Opening a mail folder
To move back out of the sub-folder to the folder that contains it,
select the inner folder's title above the listing of its contents. A popup
menu is displayed listing the available folders. Choose one of the folder
names in this popup menu to change the list to reflect that folder's name and
contents.
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.
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.
Starting to remove a mailbox
A dialog is then displayed asking you to confirm the mailbox removal.
Click on the Remove It button to remove the mailbox.
Mailbox removal dialog
If you press the [command] 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.
If you choose to remove a mailbox in which messages are still stored, or a
folder in which other mailboxes or folders are stored, all
messages/mailboxes/folders contained within the selected mailbox are also
removed.
Removing a mailbox with messages in it
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 lists 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.
Renaming a 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.
To create a new mailbox or folder, select Mailboxes from the
Special menu. Double-click on the folder in which the new
mailbox/folder is to be created to open it. Its name is displayed above one of
the lists, 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.
Creating a new mailbox
A dialog is displayed requesting the name of the new mailbox.
Naming a new mailbox
Type in the new name, check the Make it a Folder option if you want 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.
The Mailboxes window provides the means for moving mailboxes and folders to
other folder locations. This is why there are two lists in the window.
To begin, locate in one of the lists the folder or mailbox you want to move.
In the other list , find and open (by double-clicking on the name) the
destination folder such that its name is displayed above the list, and its
contents are displayed. Then, select the mailbox or folder you want to move.
Now 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/folder is moved to its new location.
Moving a mailbox, before and after
Any Macintosh document can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message. To
attach a document to a current outgoing message, select Attach
Document... from the Message menu. A standard file dialog is
displayed. Once the desired document is located, select it and click on the
Open button to attach the document to the message.
Attaching a document
The attached document functions like a "rider" to the E-mail message,
and thus it does not appear within the message text. Instead, the name of the
document and the disk from which it was copied is displayed automatically in
the Attachments: field of the message header.
An outgoing message with an attached document
Note: A document cannot be attached to a message through manual
editing of the Attachments: field.
When the message is sent, if the chosen document is not a plain (ASCII)
text file, it is formatted in the selected attachment format (AppleDouble,
AppleSingle, or BinHex) and sent with the message. This allows you to send any
kind of document through the mail, even Macintosh applications.
If the chosen document is a plain text file, it is not encoded in any special
format before being sent, but rather it is added to your message as though you
had typed it in manually.
Multiple documents may be sent with a single message, but each document to be
attached must be selected as described above.
To detach a document before the message is sent out, click anywhere on the name
of the document in the Attachments: field of the composition window. Then,
press [delete] or select Clear from the Edit menu.
Unless you have already specified an Attachment Folder (see the "Specifying an
Attachment Folder" section below), the first time you receive an attachment
Eudora automatically creates one for you called Attachments Folder. This
folder is created in the Eudora Folder within your System Folder, and all
arriving attachments are automatically placed there.
Eudora allows you to select a folder into which all incoming attachments are
automatically placed. To do so, select Settings... from the
Special menu. Then, select the Attachments settings. Click on
the large button beneath the Attachment Folder prompt.
Starting to select an attachments folder
A dialog is displayed allowing you to select the desired Attachment
Folder. Double-click on the name of the folder to select it (its name should
be displayed in the menu above the list). Then, click the Use Folder
button.
Selecting an attachments folder
The dialog closes, leaving the Settings dialog displayed. The name of
the folder you just selected is now displayed in the Attachment Folder button.
An attachments folder is selected
If you ever want to specify a different folder to receive attachments,
simply click on this button and the dialog for choosing an attachments folder
is redisplayed.
Note: If, at some future time, Eudora cannot find your selected folder
(perhaps because the volume that contained it is not available), an alert is
displayed at startup informing you that the Attachment Folder is unavailable.
Eudora will create a folder called Attachments Folder in the Eudora folder
within your System folder and use this folder for attachments until you
designate a new Attachment Folder.
Attachments are decoded automatically and saved directly into the
selected folder. The name given your attachments is recorded in the message
from which they came. If you receive multiple attachments with the same name,
a number is added to the end of each attachment name.
If you send an attachment to someone who doesn't use Eudora, the attached file
is included at the end of the message in the chosen attachment format
(AppleDouble, AppleSingle, or BinHex). If the recipient does not use a
Macintosh, AppleDouble is probably the best format as it is most usable on
non-Macintosh platforms. If the recipient does have a Macintosh, BinHex is the
best format. If the attachment is encoded in Bin Hex, however, it is not
usable until the recipient has decoded it.
Note: The application "Stuffit," among others, can be used to decode such
documents.
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).
To reply to a current message, select Reply from the Message
menu. A 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 in the message body (prefixed by ">" at
the beginning of each line). This text may be edited as needed. Additional
text can be added to the reply just as to any outgoing message, and the reply
can then be sent or saved for further changes.
A message and its reply
An incoming message for which the Reply command has been used is
identified by an "R" in its message summary.
`R' indicates that the message has been replied to
There are several variations of the Reply command.
Reply all:
If you hold down the [option] 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 [option] key to reply only to the message sender.
Include self:
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, not To: 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.
Quote selection only:
In some cases, you may wish to respond to only a portion of the sender's
message. This can be done by first highlighting the desired text in the
sender's message. Then, hold down the [shift] key when selecting Reply from
the Message menu. Only the highlighted text is quoted in your reply message.
You may want to relay, or forward, messages to other users. To forward a
current message, select Forward from the Message menu. A new
message window is displayed, with your address automatically placed in the
From: field of the header. The original sender's text is also automatically
included in the message body (prefixed by ">" at the beginning of each
line). This text may be edited, and more text can be added to the message.
Type the address of the person to whom you want the message forwarded in the
empty To: field of the header. The message can then be sent or saved for
further changes.
Forwarding a message
An incoming message for which the Forward command has been used is
identified by an "F" in its message summary.
`F' indicates that the message has been forwarded
Eudora provides a way to redirect messages that you decide were more
appropriately sent to someone besides yourself. To redirect a current message,
select Redirect from the Message menu. A new message window is
displayed. 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 ">"
markers at the beginning of each line of the original text. However, you may
edit or add more text to the message. Type the address of the person to whom
you want the message redirected in the empty To: field of the header. The
message can then be sent or saved for further changes.
Redirecting a message
An incoming message for which the Redirect command has been used is
identified by a "D" in its message summary.
`D' indicates that the message has been redirected
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, if 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.
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.
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, nicknames 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
Special 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.
The Nicknames window
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.
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 by the nickname.
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, in the Address(es) section. These
multiple addresses are represented by the single entered nickname. In this
way, a nickname can be used for a group mailing list.
Using a nickname as a mailing list
Note: The Nicknames window is the only place where it is permissible
to use a [return] 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.
Entering notes for a nickname
Note: The contents of the Notes field is not put in mail you send.
One nickname can point to another nickname, which can point to still
another, and so on; eventually, however, the nickname must end in a real
address or group of addresses. For example, Eudora contains John in its
expansion, and John is itself a nickname for jnoerenberg@qualcomm.com.
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.
Saving changes to Nicknames
To change a nickname, select Nicknames from the Special 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 can also add or remove the nickname from the Quick Recipient
list using the Rename dialog. Just check or uncheck the Put it on the
recipient list option. Once the changes are completed, click OK.
Renaming a nickname
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.
Changing a nickname expansion
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
additions/changes/deletions you just made should be saved or discarded.
The Make Nickname... command can be used to make a nickname in two different
ways.
From the Nicknames window itself, use command-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
addressees. This is an easy way to make a group nickname out of existing
nicknames.
Using Make Nickname... to make a mailing list
Alternately, 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 the current message is an
outgoing message, its To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields are used for the nickname's
addressees. If the current message is an incoming message, its From: field is
used for the nickname's addressees. If multiple messages are current (i.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.
Making a nickname from 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 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 [option] 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.
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
[command] key and clicking on each nickname). Then, click the To:
button.
Starting a new message from the Nicknames window
A new composition window is displayed with the selected nickname(s)
inserted the To: field.
New composition window with addressee
Once the composition window is displayed, use the To:, Cc:
and Bcc: buttons to insert additional nicknames into the corresponding
fields.
Note: If you hold down the [option] key when addressing messages using the
Nickname 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.
When the Nicknames window Nickname: field is selected (indicated by the bold
square around the field), you can type the first few letters of a nickname to
select that nickname. If the bold square isn't around the Nickname: field,
click once on the list to select it.
Type-to-select nickname
Nicknames and the Quick Recipient list are two separate entities. Nicknames
are used as an abbreviation for an address or a list of 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 in 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. 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.
The nickname is now 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.
Note: Double-clicking a nickname also puts it on or removes it from the
Quick Recipient list.
If you rename or remove a nickname that is also on the Quick Recipient list,
the name on the Quick Recipient list is also changed or removed.
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.
Note: If you hold down the [option] key while finishing a nickname,
the nickname's expansion is inserted instead of the nickname itself.
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
type frequently used nicknames or addresses in the fields of outgoing message
headers. By selecting 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.
The Quick Recipient list
The Quick Recipient list should consist of the nicknames or addresses of common
correspondents. To add a nickname to this list, choose Nicknames from
the Special menu (see the "Creating and Using Nicknames" section for
more details). The Nicknames window is displayed. Select the desired nickname
or nicknames from the Nickname: field. Then, click in the margin between the
first letter of the nickname and the left side of the field. This places a
bullet in the margin and adds the nickname(s) to the Quick Recipient list.
Adding a nickname to the Quick Recipient list
To add a full E-mail address to the Quick Recipient list, select the desired
text that makes up the full address from any current message header. Then,
select Add As Recipient from the Special menu.
Adding an address to 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.
Starting a message with the Quick Recipient list
More than one nickname or address from the 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.
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.
Eudora incorporates a Find function that searches for specific text within a
single message, multiple messages, or even multiple mailboxes. To display the
Find sub-menu of commands, select Find from the Edit menu.
The Find sub-menu
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 sub-menu. The Find dialog is then displayed, with
the blinking insertion point located in the text field.
The Find dialog
Type the text you want to find in the text field. When finished
entering the desired text, click the Find button.
Starting at the insertion point of the open message, Eudora searches the
current message for the specified text. If no match is found, the not found
alert is displayed.
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.
Successful search
To continue searching in the same message for the next occurrence of the
text, click the Find button in the Find dialog, or select the Find
Again command from the Find sub-menu. These commands are equivalent
and limit the search to the same message. Repeating these commands cycles
through the matches in the open message only.
Use the Find button or Find Again command to search within the topmost
message only
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 sub-menu. This
automatically inserts the selected text at the insertion point in the Find
dialog. Then, select the Find command from the Find sub-menu to
start the search.
The Next, Next Message, and Next Mailbox commands are located in the Find
sub-menu (under the Edit menu) or as buttons in the Find dialog.
The Find dialog
The 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.
Use Next to find the next occurrence of the text string in or after the
topmost message
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 selected message.
The 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.
Use Next Message to skip the rest of the occurrences of the text string in
the current message and search the next message(s)/mailbox(es)
The 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, including the In, Out,
and Trash mailboxes. The search includes all mailboxes, even if they are
contained in mailbox folders or sub-folders.
Note: Mailboxes are searched in the order they are listed under the Mailbox
menu until the current mailbox is reached.
Use Next Mailbox to skip the rest of the occurrences of the text string in
the current mailbox and search the next mailbox(es)
Note: When the character string is found in a message, the mailbox
containing that message is checked in the Mailboxes menu. This
identifies the location of the message.
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
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.
The Summaries only option makes Eudora search message summaries only
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.
The Match case option makes Eudora care about capitalization
If you want to stop Eudora from continuing a search, hold down the [command]
key and type a period [.].
It is possible to sort the message summaries in a mailbox window according to
their status, priority, sender, date, or subject. These commands are listed in
the Sort sub-menu under the Edit menu.
The Sort sub-menu
To use any of these commands, first open the mailbox to be sorted.
Then, select the appropriate command from the Sort sub-menu. The mailbox's
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 [option] key while choosing the desired command from the
Sort sub-menu.
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 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.
Note: Sometimes Eudora does not sort by date properly. This happens
if the mail was stored under an old version of Eudora, and the table of
contents was rebuilt, or the messages have incorrectly formatted date fields or
unknown or incorrect time zones.
Eudora allows you to save a current message(s) to a separate text file on your
Macintosh system. 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.
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. In addition, it converts
multiple spaces into tabs.
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 your choices, click on the Save button in the dialog.
Saving a message to a text file
If you select multiple messages from a mailbox window and select Save
As..., all of the messages are saved to a single file.
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.
When you save a message to a file using the Save As... command, the new text
file is formatted as basic ASCII text in a Macintosh document. The document
type is determined by the program you select using the TEXT files belong to
setting in the Settings dialog (Attachments).
To do this, select Settings... from the Special menu. The
Settings dialog is displayed. Then, select the Attachments settings.
The Settings dialog Attachments settings
Near the bottom of the dialog, click the TEXT files belong to button. A
standard file dialog is displayed. Using this dialog, search through your disk
to locate the desired application (probably your favorite word processing
program). Select the application and then click Open.
Selecting an application to open the files Save As... creates
The selected application is then displayed in the Settings dialog.
The desired application is now selected
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 many other reasons are possible.
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.
A rejected message
Eudora deletes the error messages and added text and recovers the
original message so that you can make any corrections and resend it. 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, if desired.
A rejected message, restored
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.
Highest priority
High priority
(blank)
Normal
Low priority
Lowest priority
Message priorities are displayed in the Status/Priority column of the mailbox
window.
Message priorities displayed in the mailbox window
To change the priority of a message, open the message and choose the
desired priority from the Priority popup menu on the icon bar. The selected
priority icon is then displayed in the popup window.
Assigning a priority to a message
You can also change the priority of the current message(s) by holding
down the [command] key and pressing a number key from 1 to 5 (1 = Highest, 5 =
Lowest).
When you receive mail with a priority other than Normal, Eudora adds an
X-Priority: header to the mail. The header lists the assigned priority.
An incoming message with a pre-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, Eudora insists
on giving your reply the same priority. You can, however, change the priority
of your response by re-assigning it manually.
Sometimes the subject of a message is not clear or descriptive. Eudora allows
you to edit the subject of any incoming message.
Note: After the are sent, the subjects of outgoing messages (messages sent
by you) cannot be edited. However, prior to being sent, outgoing message
subjects can be changed by editing the Subject: field in the message
header.
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 proper. You may edit this text as you would any other text. When
editing is complete, press Enter or close the message. The new subject
is displayed in the message summary. The contents of the Subject: field of the
message header remain unchanged.
Editing the subject of an incoming message
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.
Eudora can print a current message or messages, a plain text window, or the
contents of the Ph window. To print from within Eudora, select Print...
from the File menu with the message or item displayed. If you have text
selected in any of the above windows, you can print just the selected text
using the Print Selection... command under the File menu.
Eudora automatically prints headers and footers on each page, giving the window
title, page number and your return address.
Eudora can access two different directory services, Ph and Finger, via the Ph
window. To display the Ph window, select Ph from the Special
menu.
The Ph window
The Ph window has two buttons (one for Ph and one for Finger), and two
text fields (one where you type your query, and one where you see the
response).
Using Ph
To use the Ph protocol, the name of a Ph server must be entered in the Ph
Server field in the Settings dialog (Hosts). To use Ph, type the name of the
person you want to look up in the query field and click on the Ph
button. The server's response is displayed in the response field.
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.
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
assumes you mean your SMTP server host. 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.
A Finger query and its response
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 the signature, select Signature from the Special menu.
A blank Signature window is displayed. Type your signature text in this
window.
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 on the icon bar.
Activating your signature in the icon bar
The signature text is not displayed at the end of messages you create,
but your recipients see it.
The Settings dialog allows you to configure Eudora. To display the Settings
dialog, select Settings... from the Special menu.
The Settings dialog
The Settings dialog contains the following groups of settings and
options: Getting Started, Personal Information, Hosts, Checking Mail, Sending
Mail, Attachments, Fonts & Display, Getting Attention, Replying, and
Miscellaneous. Each of these groups is described below. The default settings
are listed in brackets after the name of each setting/option.
Note: For your convenience, some settings appear in more than one group of
settings. For example, your real name appears in both the Getting Started and
Personal Information settings. Changing a setting in one group changes the
setting in all groups.
The Getting Started settings provide Eudora with the minimum user account
information necessary to send and receive mail.
The Getting Started settings
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 Macintosh. Enter your login name for this account,
followed by an "@" sign and the (domain) name of the computer.
For example, if your login name for your POP account is "carolyn," and the name
of the computer is "uxh.cso.uiuc.edu," type carolyn@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu in
this field.
Note: If you use UUCP as your mail transport, see Appendix F.
Enter your real name here. It is placed in parentheses after your return
address in your outgoing mail. It is also displayed in the Sender column of
messages you send.
If you are using Eudora via a network connection, select MacTCP (meaning you
are using MacTCP software for communications). If you are using Eudora via a
modem, select Communications Toolbox (meaning you are using Communications
Toolbox software for communications). If you don't want Eudora to attempt to
make any connections, select Offline.
The Personal Information settings provide Eudora with your personal
information.
The Personal Information settings
This is your POP account address.
This is your real name. It is the same value entered in the Getting Started
settings.
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.
If you use Eudora with the Communications Toolbox, and you have a secondary
user name for use during the dialup process, enter it here (this might be used
as your login name to a terminal server, for example). See Appendix D of your
user manual for details regarding how this field can be used.
The Hosts settings provide Eudora with information about your servers.
The Hosts Settings
This is your POP account address.
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.
Note: If you use UUCP as your mail transport, see Appendix F.
Enter the host name of your Ph name server here.
Enter the host name of your Finger server here. If you leave this blank,
Eudora uses your SMTP server as your Finger server.
The DNS (Domain Name System) Load Balancing option can be used to spread the
workload of a community of Eudora users over several host computers. Check
this box if your network administrator tells you to.
Network Administrators: "DNS Load Balancing" works by making Eudora choose a
random address from the list of addresses returned by the DNS (without DNS load
balancing, Eudora will always choose the first address from the list). If you
have several machines that can perform the exact same service, list all their
IP addresses under one domain name, then instruct your users to use that domain
name and to check the DNS Load Balancing checkbox. Now the users are equally
likely to use any one of the "balanced" machines for the service.
The Checking Mail settings determine how Eudora checks for and receives your
incoming mail messages.
The Checking Mail settings
This is your POP account address.
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 Macintosh.
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. Leaving this field empty disables automatic
checking.
If Skip Big Messages is on, Eudora does not download the entire texts of very
large messages from the POP server, but only downloads the first few lines.
This can be useful on slow connections (see the "Skip Big Messages Option"
section).
Eudora normally transfers your incoming messages from your account on the POP
server to your Macintosh, and deletes them from the POP server. If this option
is on, Eudora transfers incoming messages to your Macintosh and also keeps
copies on the POP server (see the "Leave Mail on Server Option").
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.
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 Macintosh. Only use this option if your Macintosh is in a secure place.
Eudora supports the use of two different network authentication technologies:
Passwords and APOP.
The Sending Mail settings determine how Eudora sends your outgoing mail
messages.
The Sending Mail settings
If you wish to use a return address other than your POP account, enter it here
(this is the same value that can be entered in your Personal Information
settings).
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.
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.
Immediate Send [on]
If Immediate Send 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).
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.
If Word Wrap 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.
If Fix curly quotes is on, Eudora replaces all "smart" quotation marks in
message text or attachments with "conventional" 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.
If May Use Quoted-Printable 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.
If Keep Copies of Outgoing Mail 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.
If Use Signature is on, Eudora automatically attaches your signature file (if
you have one) to the end of outgoing messages.
The Attachments settings determine how Eudora sends and receives attachments.
The Attachments settings
The Encoding Method option allows you to select what format documents attached
to outgoing messages are encoded in: AppleDouble, AppleSingle or BinHex.
AppleDouble is best for recipients with MIME; AppleSingle is best for
recipients with MIME if you are sure the recipient is on a Macintosh; BinHex is
most compatible with old Macintosh mailers and previous versions of Eudora.
The Always include Macintosh information option allows you to include or omit
Macintosh resources and types from attachments if they are basic MIME types.
It can be used to omit this information from attachments when sending them to
non-Macintosh users whose e-mail systems are confused by this information.
Eudora automatically places file attachments that come with messages into the
specified Attachment Folder. To change the setting, single-click on the folder
name button (the default is blank). A dialog is displayed allowing you to
select the attachment destination folder.
When you choose Save As... from the File menu, Eudora creates a Macintosh
document that is saved for the application named in this field. That is, when
you double-click the saved file, this application is used to open it. You may
want to set this option to your favorite word processing program. To change
the setting, single-click on the application name button (the default is
TeachText). A dialog is displayed allowing you to select the application.
The Fonts & Display settings determine how Eudora displays messages.
The Fonts & Display settings
This popup menu allows you to select a screen font to be used for displaying
the text of your Eudora messages and mailbox windows. Type the size (in
points) of the font you want to use in the Size field.
This popup menu allows you to select a font to be used when you print messages
using the Print... command.
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 width of the "0" character.
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
messages window heights are automatically adjusted to the length of the message
text.
If this option is on, new mailbox and message windows automatically open to
their "zoomed" size. The zoomed size is computed on a window-by-window basis.
For mailbox windows, zoomed size is just wide enough to display the widest
summary, and just long enough to display all the summaries (but no longer than
the Macintosh display screen). For message windows, zoomed size is just long
enough to display all of the message (but no longer than the Macintosh display
screen), and as wide as the Message Window Width setting. Composition windows
zoom to the height specified by the Message Window Height setting.
The Getting Attention settings determine what Eudora does when it is running in
the background and wants your attention, or when new mail arrives.
The Getting Attention settings
If this option is on, Eudora uses an alert dialog to notify you when new mail
is received.
If this option is on, Eudora flashes an icon in the menu bar when it needs you.
Eudora uses two different icons - a Mail flag when you have new mail and an
envelope with an exclamation point in it for everything else.
The new mail and attention icons
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.
If Play a sound is on, Eudora makes a noise when it needs you. There are two
different sounds, one for the arrival of mail and one for everything else.
The Replying settings determine what Eudora does when you are generating
replies to incoming messages.
The Replying settings
If Reply to all By default 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 Reply to all When option key is down is selected, the [option] key must be
depressed when creating the reply message if you want to reply to all.
Otherwise, the reply message is only addressed to the original sender.
When replying to all:
If Include yourself 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.
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.
If this option is on, a reply message generated by you will have the same
priority as the original message.
These settings control miscellaneous functions.
The Miscellaneous settings
If this option is on and there is a message window open on the screen, the
Macintosh 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 insertion point in
messages.
Note: Even if Unmodified arrow keys is on, the arrow keys do not switch
messages if there is a message composition window topmost on the screen.
If this option is on, you can switch messages (as described in the "Unmodified
arrow keys" section above) by holding down the [command] key and then pressing
the arrow keys.
Note: The command-arrows keystrokes do work when composition windows are
open on the screen.
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.
If this option is on, closing a mailbox window closes all open messages from
that mailbox.
If this option is on, Eudora empties the Trash mailbox whenever you quit the
application. If Empty Trash on Quit 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 but don't want it
emptied entirely, highlight the summaries you want to delete and select Delete
from the Message menu. The selected messages are deleted.
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
automatically go away after a couple of minutes. This allows Eudora to try the
communication again. This setting is most useful if you have automatic mail
checking enabled.
Note: Turning this option on may cause some Communications Toolbox
connection tools to give you less progress information.
If this option is on, deleting or transferring the current message opens the
next message in the mailbox, but only if it is unread.
Eudora has extensive Balloon Help. From the Balloon Help menu, choose
Show Balloons to turn this function on. Move the mouse pointer to a
Eudora menu selection or item on the screen to display a brief description of
that item (see the example below). When you no longer require assistance,
choose Hide Balloons to turn Balloon Help off.
Note: If you have an extended keyboard with a [help] key, it can be used to
turn Balloon Help on and off.
Help balloon example
It's possible to turn balloon help on even when a dialog is displayed.
If you're not sure how to respond to a dialog, try balloon help.
To quit the Eudora program, select Quit 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 Settings dialog
(Miscellaneous) is turned on, quitting Eudora also empties your Trash mailbox.
The first time you start Eudora, it creates a Eudora Folder within your System
Folder. Even though you do not need to access the Eudora Folder during normal
operation, this section is provided to show you where Eudora stores your
mailboxes and messages.
Your Settings information is saved in the Eudora Settings file, along with your
Quick Recipient list and the list of open windows (Eudora reopens the windows
the next time you start the program).
Your nicknames are saved in the Eudora Nicknames file.
Note: This file is a plain TEXT file in UNIX ".mailrc" format.
These files hold your mail. You'll see files like these for every mailbox you
create.
Note: These files are in UNIX mail format.
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.
Eudora keeps records of all mail transfers. These records are kept in the
Eudora Log and Old Log files. The Old Log file is overwritten and a new Eudora
Log file is created when the Eudora Log file reaches its approximately 100K
maximum size.
Eudora supports the use of aliases for mailbox and .toc files that, for some
reason, you have moved to a location outside the Eudora Folder. This allows
you to open these mailboxes from within Eudora. Place Eudora aliases in the
Eudora Folder or a sub-folder within the Eudora folder.
If you are sharing a Macintosh with other users, make a copy of the Eudora
Folder for each user. The copies can be named whatever you like, and put
anywhere you like, including on floppies or network volumes. To tell Eudora
which folder to use, launch Eudora by double-clicking on the Eudora Settings
file in that folder.
Sharing one Macintosh among multiple Eudora users
Eudora alerts you if it is running low on memory.
A low memory alert
When this alert is displayed, quit Eudora and assign it additional
memory. To do this, use the Finder to locate the Eudora application file and
single-click on it to select it. Select Get Info from the Finder's
File menu to display the Eudora Info dialog. Type the amount of memory
you want Eudora to have in the Current size field. Then, close the window and
restart Eudora.
Changing Eudora's memory size
You can see Eudora's estimate of how much memory it needs at any given
time by choosing About Eudora... from the Apple menu with the Eudora
application running. Eudora estimates the amount of memory it needs based on
your open windows and the size of the In, Out, and Trash mailboxes (which are
constantly in use). The best way to reduce how much memory Eudora needs is to
clean up these mailboxes regularly or use other mailboxes for long-term mail
storage.
Note: There's no harm in giving Eudora more memory than it asks for. Eudora
is giving you the minimum suggested memory when it suggests size.
This menu provides basic file and mail program functions.
New Text Document Create a new text file. Open... Open
the selected message summary, or open a text file, or
open a Eudora Settings file. Close Close the current
window. Save Save changes to the contents of the
topmost window. This applies to composition windows,
text 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. Page Setup... Set printing options.
Print... Print the current message(s), text window, or
Ph window. Print Selection... Print the current
selection from a message, text window, or Ph window.
Quit Quit the Eudora application.
This menu provides text editing and sorting tools.
Undo Reverses the last editing action taken on a piece
of text. Cut Delete selected text and place it on
clipboard. Copy Copy selected text and place it on
clipboard. Paste Place contents of clipboard at chosen
insertion point in message. Paste as Quotation Place
contents of clipboard at insertion point, with `>'
characters at the beginning of each line to denote
quoted text. Clear Delete selected text. Select All
Select entire contents of message or mailbox. Show
Insertion Point Scroll selection or insertion point
into view. Wrap Selection Insert returns into the
current selection, in the same way as Eudora does when
it sends mail. With the [option] key, unwrap text the
way Save As... does when Guess Paragraphs is turned
on. Finish Nickname Complete the partial text of a
nickname in the field of a message header. Insert
Recipient Insert the chosen nickname/address from the
Quick Recipient list at the insertion point. Find
Search for designated text or a character string
within message(s).
Sort sub menu Sorts message summaries in a mailbox.
Hold down the [option] key to reverse the order of the
sort.
This menu lets you open a mailbox, or bring an open mailbox to the front.
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. [Your Mailboxes] Mailboxes you
create are also displayed in this menu.
This menu lets you create and delete messages.
New Message Open new message composition window. Reply
Reply to the sender of the current message. Forward
Forward the current message to someone else. Redirect
Forward the current message to someone else, but make
the return address be the person who originally sent
the message. 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 the Quick Recipient list. Forward
To Forward the current message to someone on the Quick
Recipient list. Redirect To Redirect the current
message to someone on the Quick Recipient list. Queue
For Delivery Save the message in the Out mailbox and
mark it as queued, or ready to be delivered. Change
Queueing... Queue a message, unqueue a queued message,
or set a message for timed send. Attach Document
Attach file(s) to the current message. 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.
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 that mailbox. [Your Mailboxes] Transfer the
current message(s) to the selected mailbox that was
previously created by you.
This menu provides additional Eudora functions.
Make Nickname... Create a nickname for an address or
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
mailboxes. Settings... Display the Settings dialog.
Communications... Display the Communications Toolbox
settings (not needed when using MacTCP). 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.
All Eudora window titles are listed in this menu. Select one to open it or
bring it to the front.
Mailboxes Display the Mailboxes window. Nicknames
Display the Nicknames window. Ph Display the Ph
window. Signature Display the Signature window. Send
to Back Send the topmost current window to the back of
all displayed windows. [Mailbox Windows] Toggle
between open mailboxes.
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