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Eudora Light Email Client

Eudora electronic mail software gives you an easy, reliable way to communicate and collaborate across town or around the world. Eudora's exciting feature set saves you time in composing, managing and replying to your e-mail.

Downloading Eudora Light
 

Eudora Light 3.1/95/NT

From Eudora's menu bar choose

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Creating and Saving a Mail Message

From the Message menu, select New Message.

Type an E-mail address To: field.
If you are sending the message to more than one
person, separate their addresses with commas.
Press [tab] to move the blinking cursor to the Subject: field.
Type in the subject of your message (optional but useful).
Press [tab] and type in the Cc: field E-mail address (optional).
Press [tab] and type in the Bcc: field E-mail address (optional).
Press [tab] and type in the body of the message.
To save the message, select Save from the File menu.
Your message is saved in the Out mailbox and marked with a bullet. You can continue writing the message, or come back to it later.

Attaching a File to a Message

Any file can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message.To attach a file to a current outgoing message, do the following:

From the Message menu select Attach File to Document.
A standard file dialog is displayed.
Locate and select the file you want to attach, then click on the OK button.
The file is listed in the Attachments: field of the message. You can add as many files as you want using the same process.
To delete an attachment, click on it to select it, then press the [delete] key.

To set various options for how you receive attachments, select Options... from the Tools menu and click on the Attachments category.

Sending a Message

There are two ways to send mail with Eudora:

1)Go to Message Menu, go down to New Message.

2)Click on the Icon that looks like this:

Creating a Signature

A signature is a brief message that is automatically added to the end of outgoing messages. It can include your name, address, telephone number, or whatever you want it to.

To create a signature, do the following:

Select Signature from the Tools menu. The Signature window is displayed so that you can create or edit your signature Close the Signature window. An alert is displayed asking if you want to save your changes. Click Yes.

To include your signature in your messages, use the signature combo box on the message window, or the Use Signature option in the Sending Mail Options category.

Checking For Mail Automatically

To set up automatic mail checking, do the following:

From the Tools menu, select Options.... The Options
dialog is displayed.
Select the Checking Mail category.
In the Check For Mail Every ? Minute(s) field, type
the number of minutes between automatic mail checks
(30 is the recommended minimum interval).
Click OK to close the Options dialog.
Eudora automatically checks for mail at the interval
you have requested.

Note: When automatic mail checking is on, the time of the next mail check is listed next to the Check Mail command under the File menu.

Checking For Mail Manually

To check for incoming mail, do the following:

From the File menu select Check Mail.
If Eudora asks for your password, type it in the Password dialog and click OK (Eudora passwords are "case-sensitive").
If there is no new mail, a "no mail" alert is displayed; click OK.
(If you have the Alert setting turned off in the Getting Attention category, there is no dialog.)
If you have new mail, Eudora transfers the messages one by one and then displays a "New Mail" alert; click OK.
 

New messages are delivered to your In mailbox. This mailbox opens automatically and your new message summaries are added to the end of the mailbox list. Double-click a message summary to open it.

Replying to a Message

You reply to a message when you want to respond to its sender.

Select or open the message you want to reply to.
From the Message menu, select Reply to display a new composition window.                         

Eudora completes the To:, From:, and Subject: fields based on the original message.
Eudora also copies the text of the original message into the reply. Each line from the original message is preceded by a ">" marker. The ">" markers offset the original text, so readers can distinguish your text from the text you're replying to.
Remove those parts of the original text that you don't want to include in your reply and type in your own text.
Once your response is completed, click Send (or Queue).
 

Tip: If you want to address the reply to everyone who received the original message (and not just the sender), hold down the [Shift] key when you select Reply from the Message menu.

Forwarding a Message

You forward a message when you want someone else to see it.

Select or open the message you want to forward.
From the Message menu, select Forward to display a new composition window. Eudora completes the Subject: field based on the original message and transfers the header and body of the original message to the new message body. Each line is preceded by a ">" marker. Type the addresses of the people you want to forward the message to in the To: field. The existing text may be edited, and more text may be added to the message. Once the editing is completed, click Send (or Queue).

Deleting a Message

There are four ways to delete a message or messages, as follows:

1)Select or open the message you want to delete. Select Delete from the Message menu.

2)In an open mailbox window, select the message(s) you want to delete. Press the [Delete] key.

3)In an open mailbox window, select the message(s) you want to delete. Click the trash can icon on the main window toolbar.

4)Select or open the message you want to delete. Select Trash from the Transfer menu.

Note: All deleted messages are put into the Trash mailbox. You can set an option to automatically empty the Trash mailbox when you quit Eudora.

Using Active URLs

Any string of text that Eudora recognizes as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator: http, ftp, gopher, ph, finger, etc.) is active. When you hold the mouse over the URL the arrow changes to a pointing hand, and you can double-click on it to open the URL. Depending on what the URL is, you
can go to a World Wide Web location, transfer a file, do a gopher search, use the finger tool, etc.

For most URLs your Web browser is opened and acts on the URL. For ph, finger, and mailto URLs, Eudora acts on the URL and displays the Ph window or a new outgoing message.

Important Keys

The arrow keys, depending on the settings in the Options dialog (Miscellaneous), can move you from one message to another in a mailbox. If the Unmodified arrow keys or Alt-arrow keys option in the Options dialog is turned on:  
 

Command Action
Up Arrow/Left Arrow or [Alt] + Up Arrow/Left Arrow Takes you to the previous message. 
Down Arrow/Right Arrow or [Alt] + Down Arrow/Right Arrow takes you to the next message. 
The [Esc] key Stops any operation  in progress
The [F1] key On-line Help menu. 

The following keys are also useful:

Command Action
[Del] Deletes the character to the right of the insertion point.
[Home]  Scrolls to the beginning of a line.
[End] Scrolls to the end of a line.
[Page Up], [Page Down] Scrolls Up or Down through the window