Obtaining, Installing, and Configuring Eudora Light for Windows 95

This document is http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/staff/modules/email/eudora95.html, last updated June 12, 1996.

Eudora Light is an email client suitable for use on the LINK network for accessing any POP mail server (including the SCLS mail server). It can be installed for as many users or accounts as needed on a single PC. The initial installation takes about 4MB of disk space during the installation process, and a little over 1.2 MB after installation. This 1.2 MB is a baseline figure, and the space needed will increase as mail is collected over time. If your disk space is limited, contact the Automation office to discuss your options.

Eudora can be set up to handle multiple email accounts or multiple users. However, users who need to manage multiple accounts or who need advanced automated sorting and tagging features might wish to consider another freeware or commercial email client. Eudora Light is the only package officially supported by the Automation office at this time, but many other clients are available for you to choose from.


Obtaining Eudora Light for Windows

The installation package for Eudora Light can be obtained via FTP using either a web browser or using a simple FTP client. Your PC must be configured to use Trumpet Winsock or Win95 PPP as an IP-aware host and registered with the Automation office. Note that the FTP server specified in this document is not accessible from outside of the LINK network.

Please use FTP during non-peak hours at your library. Also, if your PC does not have much memory (8 MB or less), you should quit any other large applications (WordPerfect, Lotus, etc.) before launching Netscape or your FTP client.

A) Retrieving the installer via FTP using a web browser.
If Netscape or Mosaic is installed on your computer, you can get the Eudora installer at the URL ftp://ftpstaff/apps/win/eudor154.exe

B) Retrieving the installer using a simple FTP client.
You should have an FTP client named WS_FTP on your hard disk. Start the FTP client and open a connection using the following parameters.
Config name: SCLS
Host name: ftpstaff.scls.lib.wi.us
User ID: anonymous
Password: library@scls (will not be visible on your screen)
Remote Dir: /apps/win
Local Dir: c:\ws_ftp
When you connect to the ftp server successfully, you should see a list of files that you can retrieve. Use the mouse to select the file named eudor154.exe, then click the "left arrow" button.
The transfer may take up to half an hour, depending on how busy the network is. A transfer status window of some kind should appear, showing you what percentage of the transfer has been completed at any point.


Installing Eudora Light for Windows

If you need help with any aspect of the installation, please contact the Automation office.

At this point, you should have retrieved the appropriate computer file from the SCLS FTP server. If you got the file using Netscape, the file is where you told Netscape to put it (the default location if you did not change it is c:\netscape). If you got the file using WS_FTP, the file is in your ftp directory (c:\ws_ftp). If you are not sure where the file went, use the Find command on the Windows 95 Start menu. Note that the file may appear in your windows as either Eudor154 or Eudor154.exe, depending on how you have your system set up to display file extensions (the .xxx part of file names).


Setting up the Eudora Installer Wizard
  1. Quit from any large applications that you have open (i.e. Netscape, WS_FTP, WordPerfect, etc.).

  2. Open < My Computer / (C:) >.

  3. Use < File menu / New / Folder > to create a new folder and name it eutemp.

  4. Open the eutemp folder by double-clicking it.

  5. Move the eudor154.exe file into the directory named eutemp. Note: to move files under Windows 95, you cannot simply drag them with the mouse as you may have done in Windows 3.1. Dragging a file with the mouse creates a Windows 95 shortcut icon. To actually MOVE the file:

  6. Position the cursor over the icon and press down the Left mouse button.

  7. Continue to hold down the mouse button and press down the Shift key.

  8. Continue to hold down the Shift key and drag the icon to its destination.

  9. Let go of the mouse button and the Shift key.

  10. The eudor154.exe file is a compressed archive of several other files. Double click it and you will see a list of file names scroll down in a new "DOS" window.

  11. When this new window has the word "Finished" in it's title (should be very quick), close it with the X icon in the upper right corner of the window.

  12. Delete the file named eudor154.exe, as it will no longer be needed. To delete a file in Windows 95, put the cursor over it and press the Right mouse button. Choose Delete from the pop up menu that appears.

Using the Eudora Installer Wizard
  1. You should still have the eutemp folder window open from the previous steps. If not, open < My Computer / (C:) / eutemp >.

  2. Double click the file named Setup (or setup.exe) to launch the Installer Wizard. The wizard will take a moment to start up, and then will give you a window named Welcome.

  3. Read the Welcome window, then click the Next button.

  4. Continue on with the installation by reading the information that is provided on the screen and clicking the Next button until the installation is complete.

  5. When prompted to read the Read Me file, click the No button (unless you are extremely curious and technically minded).

  6. When the installer wizard is done its window will close.

  7. Delete the eutemp directory and all of its contents, as they are no longer needed.


Creating Multiple Eudora Configurations for Separate Accounts
  1. Open < My Computer / (C:) >.

  2. Use < File menu / New / Folder> to create a new folder. Name the folder eudora.xxx, where XXX are the initials of the person for whom you are installing Eudora.

  3. Open < My Computer / (C:) / eudora >.

  4. Find the file named eudora.ini and copy it to the new eudora.xxx directory. To COPY a file using Windows 95:

    1. Position the cursor over the icon and press down the Left mouse button.

    2. Continue to hold down the mouse button and press the Control key.

    3. Continue to hold down the Control key and drag the icon to its destination.

    4. Let go of the mouse button and Control key.

  5. Drag the icon for the Eudora application (the mailbox icon) from c:\eudora to c:\eudora.xxx. In this case, do not hold down Shift or Control, as the goal is to create a Windows 95 shortcut.

  6. Find the new icon in the c:\eudora.xxx directory. It should be the same mailbox icon as the original Eudora, but with a little arrow in a white square (the Win 95 shortcut symbol) in the lower left corner. Select this icon by clicking it once.

  7. Position the cursor over the icon and press the Right mouse button. Choose Rename from the popup menu that appears. Name this icon "X's Email" (substitute a real person's name for X).

  8. Position the cursor over the icon and press the Right mouse button. Choose Properties from the popup menu that appears. Set the values of the fields as follows:

      Target: c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\eudora.xxx (use real initials for xxx)

      Start In: c:\eudora.xxx

  9. Return to step 1 if you need to configure Eudora for another new user or account.


Configuring Eudora Light for Windows

To run Eudora, double click on any of the icons (X's Email) that you created in the steps above. The first time Eudora is run, you will be asked to configure it. Your settings should be entered as shown below. The name of your mailbox (yourbox below) is on your email account confirmation memo. If you need to adjust the settings later, use the Options command on Eudora's Tools menu.

You will see a window with a list of icons on the left side. Click on each of the settings icons in turn to bring up a related set of parameters. Enter the values as shown below.

Getting Started
POP Account: yourbox@mail.scls.lib.wi.us
Real Name: Your real name as you wish it to appear in mail
Connection Method: Winsock

Personal Info
POP Account: yourbox@mail.scls.lib.wi.us
Real Name: Your real name as you wish it to appear in mail
Return Address: yourbox@scls.lib.wi.us
Dialup username: leave blank

Hosts
POP Account: yourbox@mail.scls.lib.wi.us
SMTP: mail.scls.lib.wi.us
Ph: leave blank
Finger: leave blank

Checking Mail
POP Account: yourbox@mail.scls.lib.wi.us
Check for mail every: leave blank
Skip big messages: leave blank
Send on check: check this box if you want outgoing mail to be sent whenever you check for incoming mail
Save password: check box if you want Eudora to remember your email access password. Note that anyone who uses your computer can use Eudora to check your incoming mail if you have this setting on.
Leave mail on server: leave blank
Authentication: Passwords

Sending Mail
Return Address: yourbox@scls.lib.wi.us
SMTP Server: mail.scls.lib.wi.us
Immediate send: check box
Send on check: check box if you want outgoing mail to be sent whenever you check for incoming mail
Word wrap: check box
Fix curly quotes: check box
May use quoted: check box
Keep copies: check box if you want to keep a copy of messages you write to other people
Use signature: check box if you want to append a signature file to every message you send
Replace Tabs: check box

Attachments
Encoding method: MIME
Attachments Dir: leave at default
Delete: leave blank

OTHER
You may adjust the remaining preferences as you wish except for Dialup and Advanced Network, which you should leave alone.