Using Eudora
Composing E-Mail
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From within Eudora, at the top of your screen, choose the
Message pull-down menu and select New Message.
Some newer versions
of Eudora may have a row of buttons at the top of the window. Click the
button that looks like an envelope with a star.
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In the To: field, enter the address of the person you would
like to send e-mail to. For example, if you wanted to send e-mail
to me, you would type in:
swh@ucsd.edu
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In the Subject: field, enter a title to identify your
message. If you are sending mail to me, something like "My Beach
House Is Yours For A Week" would certainly be descriptive and
get my attention.
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In the body of the window, under the horizontal line, enter the
text of your message.
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When you are finished writing the message, click on
the Send button.
If you get an error message saying that it could not connect to or get a network
address for your server, you might have misconfigured your Eudora. Double check
your configuration settings.
Checking E-Mail
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At the top of the screen, choose the File pull-down menu
and select Check Mail.
Again, if you have a row of buttons
on your toolbar, the Check Mail button will look like an in-tray with
a checkmark next to it.
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If you have any new E-Mail, the messages will download to your "In" box.
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You will see a list of the message subjects and senders in the
InBox window.
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Click on the message entry in the index to
read the message.
Replying to and forwarding E-Mail
Forwarding Messages
- Choose the Message pull-down menu and select Forward.
- Fill in the e-mail address of the person you are forwarding your
message to.
- Click on the Send button.
Attachments
Sending Attachments
- In your new message, open the Message menu,
select Attach File.
- Select the file you wish to send and click Open.
- You are now ready to send the email containing your attachment.
Receiving Attachments
Attachments appear as an icon in the body of the message.
Double clicking the icon will either open the file in the appropriate
viewer (such as Microsoft Word) or if the viewer isn't evident, give
you an option to save the file to disk or choose a different viewer.
Plain text files attached to e-mail messages usually show up in the
body of the message itself and can be cut and pasted into a new file
in any word processor.
AddressBook
Making new entries
- Go to the Tools menu and select Address Book.
- Once the address book opens, press the New button.
- In the window that says New Nickname, enter an
easy-to-remember nickname for your new address.
- In the address field to the right of the nicknames, add the
e-mail address for the person.
- Choose Save under the File menu.
Mailing Lists:
If you want to make a nickname for a group of people, follow
the same steps as above, except:
- Enter a full list of e-mail addresses for everyone you
wish to include.
- Make sure to separate the individual addresses by commas.
- Put a check in the box for recipient list.
Using Your AddressBook Entries
To use entries from your address book, simply type in the nickname
of the address or list of addresses you want in the To:
field of your message.
Partially adapted with complete permission from
Sasha Mobley's awesome website. Any errors are mine, not hers. 4/16/99 swh
psytech@psy.ucsd.edu
updated
September 22, 2002