EUDORA
Electronic mail, or e-mail, is a simple tool for exchanging brief text messages between individuals or among a larger audience. ListServs and digests are special forms that address larger audiences, typically a specific group with common interests.
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Created by Steve Dorner, Eudora e-mail program is a very flexible communications program. Eudora was designed to work with MacTCP (a control panel from Apple that implements Transmission Control Protocols on the Macintosh).
This is a screen image of a Eudora session:
You can get a free copy of Eudora Light 1.5.4 for Macintosh or Windows at the following Internet site:
Eudora Light Software and Documentation
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The Reply, Forward, and Redirect commands found in the Message menu are different from the Reply To, Forward To, and Redirect To commands found in the same menu. This latter set of commands is used with the Quick Recipient list.
To reply to a current message, select Reply command from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed, with the original sender's address automatically placed in the Message field of the header. The original sender's text is also automatically included in the message body (prefixed by ">" at the beginning of each line). This text may be edited as needed. Additional text can be added to the reply just as to any outgoing message, and the reply can then be sent or saved for further changes.
An incoming message for which the Reply command has been used is identified by an "R" message status in its message summary.
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To forward a current message, select Forward command from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed, with your address automatically placed in the Message field of the header. The original sender's text is also automatically included in the message body (prefixed by ">" at the beginning of each line). This text may be edited, and more text can be added to the message. Type the address of the person to whom you want the message forwarded in the empty To: field of the header. The message can then be sent or saved for further changes.
An incoming message for which the Forward command has been used is identified by an "F"message status in its message summary.
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Eudora provides a way to redirect messages that you decide were more appropriately sent to someone besides yourself. To redirect a current message, select Redirect command from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed. The address in the Message field is that of the person who originally sent the message, by way of your address. In addition, there are no ">" markers at the beginning of each line of the original text. However, you may edit or add more text to the message. Type the address of the person to whom you want the message redirected in the empty To: field of the header. The message can then be sent or saved for further changes.
An incoming message for which the Redirect command has been used is identified by a "D"message status in its message summary.
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Any Macintosh document can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message. To attach a document to a current outgoing message, select the Attach Document.command from the Message menu. A standard file dialog is displayed. Once the desired document is located, select it and click on the Open button to attach the document to the message.
The attached document functions like a "rider" of the e-mail message, and thus it does not appear within the message text. Instead, the name of the document and the disk from which it was copied is displayed automatically in the Attachments field of the message header.
When the message is sent, if the chosen document is not a plain (ASCII) text file, it is formatted in the selected attachment format (AppleDouble, AppleSingle, or BinHex) and sent with the message. This allows you to send any kind of document through the mail, even Macintosh applications.
If you send an attachment to someone who doesn't use Eudora, the attached file is included at the end of the message in the chosen attachment format. If the recipient does not use a Macintosh, AppleDouble is probably the best format as it is most usable on non-Macintosh platforms. If the recipient does have a Macintosh, BinHex is the best format. If the attachment is encoded in Bin Hex, however, it is not usable until the recipient has decoded it. (The application Stuffit, among others, can be used to decode such documents.)
If the chosen document is a plain text file, it is not encoded in any special format before being sent, but rather it is added to your message as though you had typed it in manually. Multiple documents may be sent with a single message, but each document to be attached must be selected as described above.
To detach a document before the message is sent out, click anywhere on the name of the document in the Attachments field of the composition window. Then, press Delete key or select Clear command from the Edit menu.
Unless you have already specified an Attachment Folder, the first time you receive an attachment Eudora automatically creates one for you called Attachments Folder. This folder is created in the Eudora Folder within your System Folder, and all arriving attachments are automatically placed there.
Eudora allows you to select a folder into which all incoming attachments are automatically placed. To do so, select Settings from the Special menu. Then, select the Attachments settings. Click on the large button beneath Attachment Folder option. A dialog is displayed allowing you to select the desired Attachment Folder. Double-click on the name of the folder to select it (its name should be displayed in the menu above the list). Then, click the Use Folder button. The name of the folder you just selected is now displayed in the Attachment Folder button.
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When addressing messages, Eudora supports the use of nicknames in place of full user names. A nickname (sometimes called an alias) is an easily remembered, shorter substitute for an actual e-mail address or group of addresses. Typically, nicknames are created for persons with whom one has repeated correspondence, and hence serve as a typing and reference shortcut. Eudora allows nicknames to be used in place of proper e-mail addresses in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields in the headers of outgoing messages. To create, edit, or remove a nickname, select Nicknames command from the Special menu. The Nicknames window is then displayed.
To add a new nickname, click on the New button of the Nicknames window. The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname. Type the name of the new nickname. If you want this nickname to show up on the Quick Recipient list, click on the "Put it on the recipient list" button, then, click OK.
The new nickname is displayed in the Nicknames field of the Nicknames window, and the insertion point is placed in the Address(es) field. Type the complete e-mail address of the person to be represented by the nickname.
If you would like to add someone's proper name to the address that you specify, just put it in parentheses after the e-mail address.
You may also type a series of many e-mail addresses (and even other nicknames), separated by Commas or Returns. These multiple addresses are represented by the single entered nickname. In this way, a nickname can be used for a group Mailing list.
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Mailboxes and mail folders provide a structured way for Eudora users to organize received messages.
There are two ways to create new mailboxes and mail folders. You can create mailboxes and folders using the Mailboxes dialog under the Special menu and you can create mailboxes and folders using the New option under the Transfer menu. The Mailboxes window is most useful if you want to create several mailboxes at one time. The New... option is most useful if you want to create a mailbox and simultaneously transfer a message or messages into that mailbox.
The Mailboxes window has two identical listings with scroll bars, each entitled Eudora Folder (or whatever the name of the folder holding your mail is ). These list the names of the mailboxes and folders you have created (folders are identified by an arrow to the right of the name). Underneath each of the lists are buttons labeled Rename, New, and Remove. Between the lists are two additional buttons labeled Move, each pointing from one list to the other.
Double-clicking on any of the mailboxes in a list opens that mailbox window on the screen. Individual messages can be selected, opened, and otherwise manipulated from there.
Messages may be transferred between any two mailboxes. For any current message, select the mailbox to which the message should be transferred from the Transfer menu. The message is removed from its previous location and stored in the selected mailbox.
If you hold down the Option key while transferring a message, the message is copied into the new mailbox instead of transferred. This is useful if you want to file a message in more than one mailbox.
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