In order for Eudora to work correctly, the program
must be configured by providing it with some basic
though important information. To enter this
information, select Configuration... from the
Special menu. The Configuration... dialog is
displayed.
The Configuration... dialog is divided into three
segments: top, middle and bottom. Each of the
fields in the dialog is described below. The
default settings are listed in brackets after the
name of each Configuration setting.
Note:
In order for Eudora to function correctly, the
correct information must be entered into the fields in the top segment of the Configuration... dialog. New users can safely ignore all of fields below the top segment.
To receive mail with Eudora, you must have an
account on a computer that runs a POP 3 server.
This is the account to which your E-mail messages
are delivered before they are transferred to the
Eudora program on your Machine. 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.
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.
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 which you want to
use as your SMTP server.
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.
Important:
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 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
Machine. 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.
Enter the host name of your Ph name server here.
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).
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 option in the Switches... dialog is turned on, received messages window heights are
automatically adjusted to the length of the message text.
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.
When you choose Save As... from the File menu,
Eudora creates a Machine 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 (see the "Choosing an Application for
Saved Messages" section).
If this option is checked, Eudora automatically
places file attachments that come with messages into
the specified folder. To change the setting,
single-click on the application name button (the
default is blank). A dialog is displayed allowing
you to select the folder (see the "Saving
Attachments Automatically" section).
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