Table of Contents

1. Eudora in the PC labs
2. Eudora Setup for PC
3. Changing your Options on a PC
4. Operating instructions for PC
5. Using Eudora from multiple locations

• Eudora Light User Manual (PDF, 667k)
• Eudora's support site

Eudora in the PC Labs (Installation)

To install Eudora from Charlie, open Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel, and select Add New Programs. The Add New Programs screen should look like the screenshot below. Find Eudora and click Add.

If this is your first time running Eudora here in the PC lab, Eudora will automatically create the mail and data files it uses to keep track of your user and configuration information in \\charlie\hmc_youryear\your-username\mail.

A dialog box will then appear, prompting you for the account and user information which Eudora will use to download your mail from the server you specify. You will have the choice between following the setup instructions ("Create a brand new email account") and setting Eudora up by hand ("Skip directly to advanced account setup"). Select your preferred setup method, and hit "Next >".

Eudora Setup - Windows

Next, Eudora will ask you your email address. This is the email address you want people to reply to, for example Firstname_Lastname@hmc.edu. Enter your email address, and hit "Next >".

Eudora next asks you what your login name is. This is your username on the server where you get email; for students, the first letter of your first name followed by your last name. This may also be the first part of your email address (the part before the @ sign).

Eudora next asks you the name of your incoming server. For students, this is usually odin.ac.hmc.edu; for faculty and staff, it is most likely thuban.ac.hmc.edu, and for administrative staff, it is most likely hmcadm.admin.hmc.edu.

Finally, Eudora asks you for an outgoing mail server. Enter the same name you entered before. The check box "Allow authentication" is checked by default; un-check this box.

Eudora Options - Windows

If you want to use advanced setup, or if you want to change your account information, you can do so using the options. On a Windows machine, these are available from the Tools menu (Tools/Options...).

The options screen looks like this:

The options on the first screen ("Getting Started") are:

• Real name: When you send someone an email, they will see this name in the from: field.
• Return address: The address you want people to reply to.
• Mail Server (Incoming): The server from which you download your mail.
• Login Name: Your login name on that server.
• SMTP Server (Outgoing): Usually the same as your incoming mail server.

When you're done, click OK to save the information.

Read the Basic Operating Instructions

Basic Operating Instructions

Checking Mail:

You will now be prompted for your password. Enter your password on the computer from which you recieve mail (if you are a student, this is your Odin password) and click OK.

If Eudora gives you an error, then you have probably made a minor mistake in the configuration dialog box. Hopefully, however, everything worked smoothly and your mail is now displayed message by message in your incoming mailbox window in Eudora. (If this is not the case, just give your local consultant a holler, and he/she will be glad to help you straighten things out.)

Sending Mail:

Use the Tab key to go from field to field and enter the e-mail address of the recipient and a subject for the message and then type the text of your message. When you're done, press the Send button.

You can further customize Eudora's mechanical workings in the Tools->Options dialog box. You might also want to experiment with creating nicknames (shortcuts to the usernames to which you wish to send mail) to facilitate mailing, as well as new mailboxes (like the default inbox and outbox) in which to sort and store your received and sent mail.