Setting up Eudora Pro 5.2 Email Reader
Eudora 5.2 is the new release of the Qualcomm email client with added email management tools. Eudora is no longer developed as a separate Eudora Pro and Light versions. Instead, users can select any of three operating modes from within the same Eudora email client software.
The three modes are:
Sponsored Mode
Full-featured Eudora email program at no charge. Sponsored mode displays a
series of static onscreen advertisements that do not interfere with the user's
email workspace.
Paid Mode
Operating in Paid mode gives you the advantages of the Sponsored mode
version of Eudora email, but without the advertising.
Light Mode
The free download of Eudora 5.2 automatically installs in Sponsored mode,
but users have the choice of switching to Light mode if they prefer.
Light mode
is an upgrade for existing Eudora Light users, and does not contain advertising,
but includes fewer features than Sponsored or Paid modes.
The following instructions will guide you through the downloading and
configuring of this package. other than the specific account and server settings
you may wish to vary the options set below. Please read carefully through the instructions completely before commencing.
Downloading the Installation File
The installation archive for Eudora Light is located at
Download Free Eudora 5.2
Using any web browser (eg. Internet Explorer or
Netscape) navigate to the above address to download the file.
For demonstration purposes Internet Explorer has been used as the browser to
perform the download.
The file download dialog box will appear prompting to choose a download
option.
- Select the Save this program to disk
option.
- Click on the OK button.
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The Save As dialog box will appear
prompting you for a file name.
- Save the file on the Desktop
(click on the desktop button if required
to get to the back to the desktop)
You can save the file
to any other folder but ensure you make note of the location where you are
about to save the file,
- Click the Save button
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The default name given to the file being downloaded is eudora51.exe
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This will start the download of the Eudora 5.1 set up program to your hard disk.
The file is approximately 6.3 Mb in size and will take approximately 20-30
minutes to download, depending on the speed of your modem connection.
After the download completes the file, eudora51.exe, will appear on the Desktop
or in the folder that you saved it into.
Installing Eudora 5.1
- Double click on the eudora51.exe icon, this will launch the Eudora
5.1 set up program.
- Click Next to continue, now click Yes to confirm your acceptance of the
license
(or No to abort install if you don't want to accept the license agreement).
- Click the Yes button on the Welcome
screen, click the Next button to accept
the components to be installed
(all components should be selected for a full
install).
- Click Next to accept the install location
Note:
If you want to install Eudora
somewhere other than the default location then you will need to change the
install folder now.
Click on the Browse button and navigate to the the new location
and select it.
- Select the option Custom Data Folder and click the
Next button
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Click the
Next button again to install the required files.
- Wait while Eudora installs the required files.
- Answer Yes to creating a desktop shortcut and when prompted for a name
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Type
Eudora - Cantech Email or any other name that will identify your icon
- Click Next to continue.
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Remove the tick from the Take
me to the accessory download page options on the next dialog box
button.
- Click the Finish
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You can read through the Read
me file if you wish and when finished close it down.
Eudora 5.1 is now installed
and is ready to be configure for your personal email account.
When the installation is
completed the original download file can be deleted or kept for re-installation
purposes should the event arise.
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you are setting up multiple email accounts on one computer skip to the
Advanced Set up section first to avoid unnecessary work.
- Double click on the Desktop icon you created during the install to start
Eudora.
Note: By default Eudora will install in sponsored mode (see note
above )
- If prompted regarding default mail program.
- Select the Don't ask me anymore box
- Click the Yes button to
continue with configuration
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When Eudora opens for the first time you will be presented with a New Account
Wizard to step you through the set up.
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- Enter Your Name
(as you would normally type it - upper and lowercase)
- Click on the Next
button.
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Please Note: With the exception of your real name above, all details are
CaSe
SenSiTiVe
- Enter the Email Address as it was given to you when you signed up your account.
- Email Address : USERNAME@mail.cantech.net.au
(where USERNAME is your account name)
- Click the Next button.
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- The Login Name screen should have the correct details already entered.
- If the Login Name does not match your username then overtype the name in the
box with your correct login name.
(First part of your email address before the @ symbol)
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- Enter Incoming Email Server name.
mail.cantech.net.au
- Make sure the type of server is set to
POP
- Click the Next button
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- Click the Finish button on the next
dialog box to complete the basic configuration.
The next step is to make sure that Eudora automatically checks your mail.
- Click on the Tools menu and select
Options
- From the category list on the left side of the dialog box and select
Checking
Mail
- Set the Check for mail every: to 10 minutes, this
setting can shorter or longer the
choice is yours.
(Set it to 0 to
stop Eudora auto checking for mail)
- Select Save Password to avoid having to enter the password each time you
check your mail.
(Leave the box unchecked if you require the password to be entered each time
you check mail).
- Set Secure sockets when Receiving to Never.
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Final step is to make sure that Eudora does not use secure sockets when
checking mail.
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- Click on the Sending Mail category.
- Set Secure sockets when Sending to
Never.
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The configuration section is now complete and
Eudora is ready to use.
There are numerous other settings that you may wish to investigate as you
become more familiar with the Eudora application. You can get help on any of the
setting by using the right mouse button to click on the setting and the help for
that item will be displayed.
Using Multiple Email Accounts on a Single PC
NOTE: ONLY use this section if you are setting up more than one email address on a
single computer.
Eudora can be setup to allow customers with more than one email account to configure a
single computer to read multiple email accounts and keep the information for
each account separate. For demonstration purposes we used two generic named
email accounts.
When you create your folders replace the generic account names
shown below with your own personal email account names
(the first part of your email address before the @ symbol)
The two accounts being used for this
demonstration are:
user1@cantech.net.au and user2@cantech.net.au
For each separate email account you need to create a separate folder
somewhere on your hard disk.
- Using Windows Explorer create a folder called
c:\email (or similar)
NOTE: Please don't use
spaces in the folder names as this could cause problems further on in the
configuration.
- Inside this folder create a new folder for each of the email accounts that
you want to set up. Use the username as the name of the folder (see example).
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Close all windows until you're back at the desktop screen.
NOTE: For each email account repeat the following process of creating a new
shortcut.
This will leave you with an Icon on your desktop for each of the
separate email accounts.
- Right click on the Windows Desktop
and from the pop up menu
- Click New
- Now Click on the Shortcut item.
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- Browse to the location of the Eudora program
file (generally C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora).
- Double click on the Eudora.exe file, this should return you to a screen that
looks something like this.
Note: The location of the
program file will depend on where you originally installed it on your computer.
- Click on the Next button.
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- Type the Name of the shortcut in the text box.
- Click the Finish button.
Note:
The name of the shortcut should be unique and relate to the email
account name.
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Configuring the New Mailbox Icons
The two new shortcuts now need to be configured to allow Eudora to use the
different locations created for each account.
- Right click on the first new email icon (User1 Email).
- From the pop up menu Click on Properties.
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- From the Properties dialog box you need to modify the
Target Location: and
the Start in: text boxes to reflect the locations of the new mailboxes.
- In the Target Location box add
the full path to the new mailbox (eg
"c:\email\user1") make sure this text is enclosed in
double quotes as shown in the diagram.
- In the Start In text box remove
the current setting and again add the full path to the new mailbox
location (eg "c:\email\user1")
make sure this text is enclosed in double quotes as shown in the
diagram.
- Click OK to complete the
modifications for this icon.
- Repeat the process for each of the new email
icons you created,
remembering to use the unique path for each different account
(i.e. for the
second account the path is "c:\email\user2").
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Eudora is now setup to user different mailboxes for each user.
The shortcuts
you have created can be left on the desktop or moved to any location of your
choice.
NOTE: You now need to customise each mailbox you have created by completing the
"Configuring Eudora Light" section of the notes.
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