Using Eudora 6 for Windows
Draft
updated 23 March 2006
The following instructions were
developed on Eudora 6 running on Windows XP. They do not
necessarily apply to
other versions of Eudora and to other operating systems..
Comments, suggestions or corrections
regarding this document should be sent via email to john@lehman.cuny.edu.
Versions of Eudora before version 4
do not
support IMAP and cannot be used with Mirapoint.
If a Eudora setup already exists
Do not change an existing
Eudora setup
from POP to IMAP
Eudora refers to an email account as a personality.
To setup Eudora to work with Mirapoint email, add a personality. Your first or
primary account is referred as the dominant
personality. This might be your account on CUNYVM or one
of the previous Lehman email systems. You may also have
one or more secondary accounts.
Select Tools
from the menu bar, then Personalities.
The Personalities frame will open on the left side of the Eudora
window listing your primary email
account and other personalities you may have set up.
Right click in the blank area of the Personalities
frame to display
the context menu and select New.
The Eudora Account creation wizard will start.
Click the radio button next to Create
a brand new email account
Click Next
Enter the label you want to use for the new account
in the Personality Name textbox, e.g.:
Mirapoint
Click Next
Enter Your Name as you want it
to appear in the message header
Click Next
Enter your Mirapoint email address in the Email Address
textbox:
firstname.lastname@lehman.cuny.edu
Click Next
Enter your login name:
firstname.lastname
Click Next
Enter the name of the incoming (IMAP) server in the
Incoming Server text box
mail.lehman.edu
Select IMAP
as the type of server on the Incoming Server page.
Click Next
Leave IMAP Location Prefix textbox blank
Click Next
Enter the name of the outgoing (SMTP) server
in the Outgoing Server textbox:
mail.lehman.edu
The check box next to Allow
authentication should be
checked
Click Next
Click Finish
The label of your new Mirapoint account should appear in the
Personality
window. Eudora will contact the Mirapoint server and prompt you
for your password.
To review or change the settings of your account, right click on the
personality name and select Properties.
To see the mailboxes associated with your accounts, click on the mailbox tab at the bottom of the
Personalities window. This tab is usually the first
tab on the left. To return to the Personalities view, click on the
Personalities tab. This tab
is usually the tab on the right.
All POP accounts by default use the same folder of mailboxes under
Dominant.
IMAP accounts
have their own folders.
If you are setting up Eudora for
the
first time
The first time you run Eudora, the New Account Wizard will start
automatically.
Click Next
Click the radio button next to Create
a brand new email account
Click Next
Enter Your Name as you want it
to appear in the message header
Click Next
Enter your Mirapoint email address in the Email Address
textbox:
firstname.lastname@lehman.cuny.edu
Click Next
Enter your login name:
firstname.lastname
Click Next
Enter the name of the incoming (IMAP) server in the
Incoming Server text box
mail.lehman.edu
Select IMAP
as the type of server on the Incoming Server page.
Click Next
Leave IMAP Location Prefix textbox blank
Click Next
Enter the name of the outgoing (SMTP) server
in the Outgoing Server textbox:
mail.lehman.edu
The checkbox next to Allow
authentication should be
checked
Click Next
Click Finish
Eudora will contact the Mirapoint server and prompt you
for your password.