Eudora 5.2 Settings in Mac OS X and OS 9
This tutorial assumes you want to edit the settings for Eudora 5.2. Please note that while this tutorial was created using Mac OS X 10.2.5, Eudora 5.2 is almost identical on Mac OS 9 through Mac OS X 10.2.5.
- Click on the "Special" menu and select "Settings."
- There are several important items in the "Getting Started" section.
- Put your Sonic.net username in the field labeled "Username"
- The "Mail Server" should be "pop.sonic.net"
- "Real Name" can be anything you like, and can contain numbers, spaces, uppercase and lowercase letters.
- The "SMTP Server" is "mail.sonic.net"
- "Return Address" should be your Sonic.net email address.
- Next, "Checking Mail" has a few key points, and some other optional items.
- Make sure that the "Mail Protocol" is set to "POP" and "Authentication" is set to "Passwords."
- If you do not want to type in your password each time you check your email, check the "Save Password" box.
- If you would like Eudora to automatically check for mail while the program is open, check the box labeled "Check for mail every XX minutes" and replace the "XX" with a number. 10 minutes is an acceptable amount of time between checks. Checking for new mail every minute can be abusive of Sonic.net system resources.
- Under "Mail Management," if you would like to be able to receive the mail in an email client on another computer, you may want to check "Leave on server for XX days." 7 days is generally an acceptable amount of time. 365 days is can be abusive of Sonic.net system resources.
- All other fields are optional.
- Lastly, you'll want to fill out the "Sending Mail" information.
- If you would like to have your mail account authenticated on Sonic.net's SMTP server when you send mail, check the box labeled "Allow Authorization. You would only need to do this if you were trying to send mail to mail.sonic.net while connected to a nother ISP's network.
- All of the other fields are optional.
That's it! Eudora has many more options and settings, which are beyond the scope of this document. The best material for these settings can be found in Eudora's documentation. Back to the Macintosh setup guides.
