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Using Eudora

Most of the instructions in this document apply to most of the versions of Eudora I've seen so far in this department...

This document will help you with:

• Composing E-Mail
• Checking E-Mail
• Replying to and forwarding E-Mail
• Sending and Receiving Attachments
• Using the Addressbook

Composing E-Mail

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• In the body of the window, under the horizontal line, enter the text of your message.
• When you are finished writing the message, click on the Send button.

Checking E-Mail

• 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.
• If you have any new E-Mail, the messages will download to your "In" box.
• You will see a list of the message subjects and senders in the InBox window.
• Click on the message entry in the index to read the message.

Replying to and forwarding E-Mail

Replying
• Choose the Message pull-down menu and select Reply.
• A copy of the message you are responding to will be displayed with ">" characters preceeding each line.

It is considered good etiquette to include portions of the message you are responding to in order to provide a context for your reply.

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
1. In your new message, open the Message menu, select Attach File.
2. Select the file you wish to send and click Open.
3. 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
1. Go to the Tools menu and select Address Book.
2. Once the address book opens, press the New button.
3. In the window that says New Nickname, enter an easy-to-remember nickname for your new address.
4. In the address field to the right of the nicknames, add the e-mail address for the person.
5. 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