Getting Started

System Requirements

In order to use the Eudora electronic mail (E-mail) program (hereafter referred to as Eudora), the following system requirements must be satisfied:

Installing Eudora

To install Eudora on your Macintosh, copy the program icon from the diskette to your hard drive.

Eudora Configuration

After you have installed Eudora, double-click on its icon to open the program. Before you can actually use Eudora, you must give it some necessary pieces of information. To enter this information, select Settings... from the Special menu. The Settings dialog is then displayed with the Getting Started settings selected.

Settings dialog

To use Eudora, you must have an account on a computer that runs a 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. In the POP Account field, type your login name for this account and the full (domain) name of the computer, separating them with an "@" sign. For example, if your assigned login name is "carolyn," and the name of the computer where you receive e-mail is "uxh.cso.uiuc.edu," type "carolyn@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu" in this field.

In the Real Name field, type your real name. Your name, as it appears here, is displayed in parentheses after your return address in your outgoing mail. It is also displayed in the sender column of all messages sent by you.

If you are using Eudora with a network connection, select MacTCP as the Connection Method. If you are using a modem or other serial connection, select Communications Toolbox as the Connection Method. Then, select the Communications... dialog from the Special menu and choose the appropriate modem/serial communications settings.

You are now ready to use Eudora. For a quick introduction to the program's basic functions, see the Tutorial chapter of this document; for detailed explanations of all available Eudora functions, see the Reference chapter.


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