Eudora 5.2 Settings

Recommended settings for Eudora 5.2. Eudora default settings are adequate for most purposes, aside from Login Name, Incoming Mail Server, and Outgoing Mail server. This document is intended as a reference for troubleshooting purposes.

Categories

1. Getting to your Eudora options
2. Getting Started
3. Checking Mail
4. Incoming Mail
5. Sending Mail
6. Composing Mail
7. Internet Dialup
8. Replying
9. Other Categories

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1. Getting to your Eudora Options

   To review your Eudora 5.2 settings, open the Tools menu in Eudora and select "Options."

   

2. Getting Started

   In the "Getting Started" category, you should have your name and return address (your Sonic.net email address). The Mail Server is "pop.sonic.net," the Login Name is your Sonic.net account name, and the SMTP Server is "mail.sonic.net." There is no need for authentication on the outgoing mail server. Your Login Name should be in lowercase.

   

3. Checking Mail

   In the "Checking Mail" category, the Mail Server is "pop.sonic.net," your Login Name is your Sonic.net account name (in lowercase). For your convenience, we recommend enabling "Send on check" and "Save password."
   

4. Incoming Mail

   In the "Incoming Mail" category, the Server configuration should be specified as "POP" and authentication should be specified as "Password." All other checkboxes should be left unmarked unless you have a compelling reason.

   

5. Sending Mail

   In the "Sending Mail" category, your Return address should be your Sonic.net email address. This is the address that mail will be sent to when people reply to messages you have sent them. Your SMTP server is mail.sonic.net when using a Sonic.net connection. For your convenience we recommend checking "Immediate Send" and "Send on check."

   If you receive SSL errors when trying to send mail with the below settings, please see our StartTLS in Eudora 5.2 documentation.

   

6. Composing Mail

   All checkboxes in the "Composing Mail" category are purely optional. Here you can specify your signature on outbound email.

   

7. Internet Dialup

   All settings in the "Internet Dialup" category are purely optional. We recommend against checking "Have Eudora connect using Dialup Networking" as the settings in your Internet Options control panel can govern autodial behavior on your system. When this is unchecked, the next three options have no effect.

   

8. Replying

   In the "Replying" category you can specify Eudora's behavior when replying to messages.

   

9. Other Categories

   All other categories may be set however you please, but the above categories are the most frequently relevant ones.