Using Eudora

What is Eudora?

Eudora is a program used to send and read electronic mail. It differs from Pine in that it is an offline mail reader. This means that Eudora takes electronic mail from a remote computer and saves it on a local disk. Less time is spent online, reducing the load on the server. Eudora also has a convenient point-and-click interface, making it easy to use. If you normally check e-mail from a single computer (such as the one in your room), you should use Eudora.

Starting Eudora

If you used the Yale Network Installation procedure, Eudora is also located in the "Email" folder or program group on your computer. Double-click on the Eudora icon.

Setting Up Eudora

Sending Mail

To send electronic mail using Eudora:

• Choose New Message from the Message menu.
• On the To: line input the e-mail address of the person you want to send mail to.
• Type a subject on the Subject: line.
• Type the message in the text window.
• Click on the Send button in the upper right hand corner of the message window.

Mailboxes

Upon installation, Eudora has three mailboxes: In, Out, and Trash. You can open them from the Mailbox menu. Each mailbox window has five columns. The first column specifies the status of the mail: S=sent, R=read, ·=new, etc. The second column tells who the mail is from. The remaining columns list the time and date, size, and subject of the messages.

The purpose of each mailbox follows:

• In: where mail sent to you is stored.
• Out: where mail that is waiting to be sent is kept. If you save outgoing messages, they will be kept here.
• Trash: where all mail that you have marked for deletion is stored until you explicitly delete it.

Useful Tips

• Delete mail that you have read but no longer need.
• If you use Eudora in your room, you should use Pine on the Pantheon when you check your e-mail from a public computing facility or a friend's computer.

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