Eudora43 Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide for Macintosh The Eudora® 4.3 User Manual for Macintosh is on the Eudora CD included in the product box. If you prefer a printed and bound copy, you can purchase one from www.eudora.com or call 1-800-2-EUDORA (1-800-238-3672). Introduction This Quick Start Guide shows how to install and configure the Eudora software. It also provides keystroke shortcuts and basic email procedures such as sending and receiving messages. For the Windows version, turn the booklet over. Finding Information You can find more information about Eudora in the Eudora 4.3 User Manual for Macintosh included on the Eudora CD. The manual is in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read the manual, use Adobe® Acrobat Reader, a software utility included on the Eudora CD. After you install Eudora, you can access the manual and other Eudora documents by opening the Eudora folder and then the Documentation folder. To open the manual, double-click the user manual icon; Acrobat Reader automatically opens it. The manual’s topics are linked. When you see a page number associated to a topic in the table of contents, index, or in a reference, click the page number and that topic appears. If you prefer, you can print the PDF manual. From the File menu in Acrobat Reader, choose Print. If you need help while using Eudora, go to the Help menu and choose a topic. 1 Getting Started Before you can successfully install Eudora, you need to know the following basic information about your email account. Either your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or your email administrator can provide you with this information. ■ Return email address (Return address) This is the email address that has been assigned to you by your ISP or your organization. It is the address other people use to send you email. An example return address is jim@myfirm.com Record your Return address here ■ User name (Username) This is the name you use to log into your email account. Your ISP or organization provides it. It is generally, but not necessarily, the name that appears before the at-sign (@) in your return email address (in the example above, "jim" is the user name). Record your Username here ■ Mail account password This password lets you access your email account. Your ISP or organization provides it. Keep this password private. 2 ■ Incoming mail server name (Mail Host) Your incoming email account resides on a computer at your ISP or within your organization. Your incoming mail server name is the Internet host name of that computer, for example: pop3mail.myfirm.com Record your incoming mail server name (Mail Host name)…