Setting up Eudora

Note: These instructions are intended as a guide only.
The actual procedure and the options you are presented with will depend on which version of the program you are using.
This example is based on Eudora 4.3.2

If you have just installed Eudora you will be presented with the 'New Account Wizard'.

If you already have Eudora and are adding a new account, click on the 'Personalities' tab then right-click in the personalities window to show the options menu and select 'New'.

Eudora Personalities options

Personal information

In 'Personal Information', enter the name you want people to see when they receive your mail.

Click on 'Next'

In 'Email Address', type in your name, followed by the '@' sign and then your domain name.

If this is the only e-mail account set up for your domain you can enter <anything>@your-domain.co.uk for the return address, otherwise enter the name you gave us.

Note: If you have asked for more than one of your POP accounts to be set up we would have used one of them as a 'catch-all' address. Any e-mail addressed to someone for whom there is no account set up for will get passed to the 'catch-all' account.

Click on 'Next'

E-mail address

Now enter your login, or 'user' name. If we have provided you with a dial up connection your user name is usually the same as the one you use to connect to the Internet

Click on the 'Next' button

In the 'Incoming Email Server' box, type in your domain name and then select the 'POP' option for the type of server

Click on 'Next'

Checking mail

Sending mail

The 'Outgoing Email Server' box should already be filled in with the domain name you entered for the 'Incoming Email Server' above. Please change it if it isn't.

Make sure the 'Allow Authentication' box is ticked then click 'Next'

And that's it.

Well, almost. There are a couple of Eudora options menu other setting you should check.

With Eudora running go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Options'. On the left hand side of the window that pops up you will see a scrollable column of icons that give you access to the various settings.

In 'Options > Incoming Mail' make sure the 'Leave mail on server' option is un-ticked. If you leave the mail on the server your space allocation will fill up with old messages and, once full, any new messages will be returned to the sender.

Eudora is capable of sending, receiving and displaying e-mails in HTML format. While this does allow you to create and receive some very pretty looking messages it also poses a security risk by allowing viruses embedded in a message to get into your system.

If you are concerned about this we would recommend you:

Un-tick: Options > Viewing Mail > 'Allow executables in HTML content'
Tick: Options > Extra Warnings > 'Warn me when I "launch a program from a message"'

** Remember **
NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT TO AN E-MAIL IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHO IT IS FROM.

The rest of the options are a matter of personal preference although we would recommend you change the attachment directory 'Options > Attachments > Attachment Directory' to something other than the default \Eudora\Attach folder as an additional security measure.

Once you have finished, click on the 'OK' button to accept the settings.