Eudora

Introduction

Eudora is what is known as a "client" application, meaning that it works together with a "server" program to complete the email operations. As a client package Eudora runs on your workstation and provides the user-interface or "front-end" half of services. You read and compose mail messages with Eudora which interacts with a mail server to send and retrieve messages on your behalf, the "back-end" of the operation. As a user, you never interact directly with the server. Eudora connects to the server for you and transfers the outgoing mail to the server and incoming mail to your workstation.

The advantage of Eudora's client/server arrangement is that it works like and can be integrated with the other applications you run on your workstation. Also, it can be customized to fit the way you work.

The main disadvantage of a client/server email package is that you can only read your email from a workstation running the client software. You cannot run it from a terminal and, if you are on the road, it is less likely that you will be able to find a workstation configured with Eudora. In fact, Eudora is not recommended if you regularly use your email from more than one station.

Command Summary

Eudora operations are controlled from a set of commands available from pull-down menus. The main menu headings are,

You select one of these using your workstation's mouse to see the associated menu selections.

FILE

New Text Document	Open a window for creating a new document.
Open...	Open an existing file. A dialog box will allow you to select the item to open.
Open Selection	Open the highlighted message or mailbox.
Close	Close the currently active message, mailbox, document, or window.
Save	Store whatever is in the currently active window to a file.
Save As...	Same as Save, except you can rename file or save to a different location.
Send Queued Messages	Transfer any pending outgoing messages to the server for distribution.
Check Mail	Check server for any new incoming mail.
Page Setup	Configure printer.
Print	Send current message or document to printer.
Print Selection	Print text of a message or document currently highlighted.
Quit	Exit Eudora program. If there are any open, unsaved or queued messages, Eudora will warn you and ask what you want to do.

EDIT

Undo	Reverse most recent action. Note: Undo does not work in all cases.
Cut	Remove highlighted text and hold in memory (usually to be Pasted - see below - somewhere else).
Copy	Place a copy of highlighted text in memory (usually to be Pasted - see below - somewhere else).
Paste	Place last selection Cut or Copied into memory at cursor location.
Paste as quotation	Same as Paste except left margin marked by > character.
Clear	Delete selected text but do not put in memory (i.e., do not replace item currently in memory).
Select All	Mark everything in current message as selected.
Wrap Selection	Reformat selected text.
Finish nickname	Have Eudora look up list of recipient nicknames (see below) and try to complete the portion you have already typed in address field. For example, if you type "s" in the To: field and you have only one nickname beginning with an "s", this command will finish typing the entry. If there is a sarah and steven in your list, you will have to type at least "st" for it to complete steven (and "sa" for it to complete sarah).
Insert recipient	Select addressees from your list of addresses (recipients).
Find	Search for word in text of message or in a mailbox list.
Sort	Rearrange messages in a mailbox by status, priority, sender, date or subject.

MAILBOX - Opens or brings to the foreground any of the available mailboxes. The standard system mailboxes are:

In	Incoming mail
Out	Outgoing mail.
Trash	Discarded mail.

Users can create and name additional mailboxes as needed (see entry "Mailboxes" under "Window" below).

MESSAGE

New Message	Start a new message.
Reply	Reply back to sender of incoming message. Eudora can be set to include all recipients of original message as default or include selectively by holding when giving Reply command (Mac version). Eudora automatically includes text of original message, but highlights it so you can delete it quickly if not wanted.
Forward	Send incoming message to a third person.
Redirect	Send incoming message to another person as if it was sent directly to them in the first place, leaving the original sender in the From: field.
Send Again	Resend a message returned because of a bad address.
New Message To >	Create new message, selecting addressees from your recipient list.
Reply To >	Reply, selecting addressees from recipient list.
Forward To >	Forward, selecting addressees from recipient list.
Redirect To >	Redirect, selecting addressees from recipient list.
Queue For Delivery / Send Message Now	Outgoing message is ready to send. Message will be sent immediately or queued for later transmission depending on Settings (see Special below).
Attach Document	Send file with message as an attachment.
Change >	Change queuing order or priority setting.
Delete	Throw current message into Trash mailbox for disposal.

TRANSFER          Move mail to mailboxes.

-> In	Move current message to the In mailbox.
-> Trash	Move current message to the Trash mailbox.
New...	Create a new mailbox.
mymailbox	This menu will also display any user-defined mailboxes.

SPECIAL

Make Nickname	Create an alias for the highlighted addressee. You will be prompted to supply a nickname and asked if you want to add address to your list of recipients.
Add as Recipient	Add highlighted address to your recipient list. Addresses in this list can be entered from the menu.
Remove Recipient >	Delete an entry from your recipient list.
Empty Trash	Remove messages in Trash mailbox.
Compact Mailboxes	Remove extra space from messages in mailboxes. Saves disk storage.
Settings...	Configure Eudora. This is where you initially setup the program to work with your email account and customize other features. Settings options include:
Getting Started Mail server account name and connection information. Personal Information Real name and return address. Hosts Identify servers. Checking mail How often, how to treat incoming messages. Sending mail When and how to treat outgoing messages. Attachments Settings for documents attached to mail. Fonts & Display Appearance of text and message windows. Getting Attention Form of alerts when Eudora needs your attention. Replying Who to include in replies. Miscellaneous Deleting messages, opening and closing messages, etc.
Communications	Test data connection.
Forget Password	Remove password from memory. Eudora asks your password when it connects to the server the first time in a session. For security reasons, such as leaving station unattended, you may want it to forget password and request password before next transfer.
Change Password	Change your system password. Requires you know current password.

WINDOW           Open and manage working windows.

Mailboxes	Open dialog box listing of available mailboxes and create new ones.
Nicknames	Open dialog box listing nicknames. Add, delete, edit entries.
Ph	Search network phone (email address) directories (if enabled in Hosts Settings - see above).
Signature	Create a signature for inclusion at end of outgoing messages.
Send to Back	Put current window behind all others.

In addition to the above windows, any individual messages or mailboxes currently open will also be listed in this menu.

  ?          Help. (Mac version only)

Show Balloons	Eudora makes good use of balloon help, a feature that displays information balloons when you point to any object on the screen. You can learn the function of menu items, icons and buttons this way.
Modifiers & Keys	Explains use of special keys - , etc. - that provide special features.
More Help	Suggestions for other sources for help.