Using Eudora Professional
Overview
Eudora Professional is an easy-to-use e-mail program available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Wesleyan has purchased a site license for the commercial version, which can be retrieved from the ITS Software Page. You will be required to provide your e-mail username and password before you can download it.
The following pages introduce you to the basics of sending and receiving messages using Eudora. You may purchase a manual which describes all of the Eudora capabilities from the Wesleyan Computer Store.
Opening and Configuring Eudora
After you have installed Eudora, double-click on its icon to open it. If you are installing Eudora for the first time, the Getting Started section of Settings is automatically displayed. If it is not, go to the Eudora Menu and choose Preferences.
Here you have to provide Eudora with the basic information about your account before you can send and receive messages. To do this, first choose the "Getting Started" section. The screenshots shown here are for the Mac OS X version of Eudora, but the settings should be similar for all versions and all platforms.
Getting Started Settings
Your screen should now appear as below, with all of the fields blank:
1. In the Username field, type your Wesleyan username, most commonly your first initial and last name (jdoe if your name is John Doe). Omit the @wesleyan.edu portion of your address here. If you are not sure of your username, please call the Helpdesk at x4000 for assistance.
2. In the Mail Server field, type your username followed by ".mail.wesleyan.edu".
3. In the Real name field, type your real name, such as John E. Doe. This will be included in the From: field of your outgoing messages. To use your email address as the sender, leave this field blank.
4. In the SMTP Server field, type your username followed by ".post.wesleyan.edu".
5. In the email address field, type your username followed by "@wesleyan.edu".
6. You may also choose to set Eudora to be the default mail client. This means that any email link will automatically open Eudora to compose a message to that person.
Checking Mail Settings
Now choose "Checking Mail" from the left hand margin. Your screen should appear as below:
1. In the Username field, again type your Wesleyan username.
2. In the Mail Server field, again type your username followed by ".mail.wesleyan.edu".
3. There are two different procedures that Eudora can use to check your mail. They are POP and IMAP.
POP (recommended for dialup users): Your computer will check for new messages on the server and download them automatically to your computer locally. By default, Eudora will then delete the messages from the server. Once message have been deleted, they will no longer be available through WebMail or any other computer. Additional POP settings allow you to store copies of new messages on the server for a certain number of days. If you choose POP, we recommend you store copies of messages on the server for 10-30 days. These messages will be available through WebMail until the specified number of days have passed; then they will be deleted.
IMAP (recommended for broadband users): Your computer will display the contents of your messages on the server, but it will not (by default) store the messages locally. This means that you will be unable to check your email without being connected to the internet and that the message must be downloaded from the server each time you view it. However, this also allows you to check your email through WebMail or using multiple computers. Emails can be downloaded to your computer by simply dragging and dropping them into the local folders in the margin. Emails can be deleted from the server by dragging them to the trash.
Sending Mail Settings
Now choose "Sending Mail" from the left hand margin. Your screen should appear as below:
1. In the email address field, type your username followed by "@wesleyan.edu".
2. In the Default Domain field, type "@wesleyan.edu". This means that when you compose a message to a Wesleyan user, you do not need to include "@wesleyan.edu" at the end of their username. Eudora will automatically add it when it is needed. (ie. helpdesk is automatically renamed helpdesk@wesleyan.edu).
3. In the SMTP Server field, type your username followed by ".post.wesleyan.edu".* You must check the "Allow Authorization" checkbox below.
* - If you live off campus and have your internet provided by a third party (SBC DSL, etc), your Internet Service Provided (ISP) may restrict your SMTP server usage to their SMTP server only. You may contact them to lift the restriction or enter their SMTP server in this field instead of Wesleyan's.