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- Eudora and Eudora Pro Interface
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- This menu provides a simple interface to Eudora, providing the following
- capabilities:
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- • creation and queuing of mail messages
- • opening of Eudora mail "mailboxes".
- • moving messages between mailboxes, including to Trash
- • intelligent replies, including quoting of original message
- • telling Eudora to send queued messages and check for new messages
- • automatic notification and summary of incoming messages
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- Installation:
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- Install the Eudora interface by selecting it from the
- "Config:Global:Menus…" item. De-install in the same way.
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- Eudora Menu:
- Eudora - launch Eudora into foreground
- Background Eudora (option) - launch Eudora into background
- Help - display this file
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- New Message - create a new message. Use tabs to move
- between fields.
- Cc - create a 'cc:' line.
- Bcc - create a 'bcc:' line.
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- Send - queue message w/ Eudora. Eudora can be set up
- to check for mail at specific intervals, say
- every 15 minutes. This item queues the current
- message. It will be sent the next time Eudora
- checks for messages.
- Reply - create a reply to the message currently
- being read. The original message is quoted.
- Use tabs to move between fields.
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- Update Mailbox Lists - Update the 'Open Mailbox' and 'Transfer'
- lists w/ all mailboxes known to Eudora.
- Open Mailbox - prompt for mailbox to open via the status
- window, use tab for name completion
- Open
- ... - Open a mail browser for chosen mailbox.
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- Move To Trash - Move current message to Trash mailbox.
- Move To Mailbox - Prompt for mailbox to transfer current
- message to via the status window, tab
- for name completion.
- Move To
- ... - Move message to chosen mailbox.
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- Tell Eudora
- Flush Outbox - tell Eudora to flush 'out' mailbox immediately.
- Check For Mail - tell Eudora to check for mail immediately.
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- Start Notifying - tell Eudora to tell Alpha about any incoming
- messages, launching Alpha if necessary.
- Incoming messages are displayed in a mail
- browser (see below).
- Stop Notifying - tell Eudora to stop notifying Alpha about
- incoming messages.
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- Trash Name… - Allows the name of the trash folder to be
- changed for international users.
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- Mail Flags
- Flush On Check - When asking Eudora to check for mail, tell it
- to flush any queued messages at the same time.
- Alert on Incoming - Put up a mail browser when Eudora notifies
- Alpha of incoming messages.
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- Mail Browsers
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- Summaries of mailboxes and incoming messages are displayed in "mail
- browsers", a read-only window that displays the originator and subject of
- each messages.
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- Move down the list by using the down arrow, ctl-n, or
- <space>. Move up the list by using the up arrow, ctl-p, or <delete>.
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- View the entire message by hitting <return> or <enter>.
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- While viewing messages, <space> scrolls down the message, closing the
- window when the end is reached. <delete> scrolls up the message.
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- Summary
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- To send a message:
- • "New Message" (shift-F1)
- • tab (to subject line), type subject
- • tab (to body), type body
- • "Send" (shift-F2)
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- To reply to a message (assuming a message is open):
- • "Reply" (shift-F3)
- • continue as above.
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