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GENERAL STUFF

Eudora is an Internet-compatible mailer for Macintoshes. It can be used with
MacTCP, the Communications Toolbox, or any of the UUCP implementations for
the Mac. Eudora versions 1.4 and earlier (that is, everything you find here)
is free.

Eudora 2.0 is commercial software; please contact [e-mail]
for details.

WHAT'S NEW IN 1.4

Eudora 1.4 has two major new features; support for MIME, and support for
AppleEvents. Bugs have also been fixed, and a few other minor changes have
been made.

There is no manual for 1.4 yet. You'll have to make do with the balloon
help, which is fairly extensive, and the 1.3.1 manual, much of which still
applies.

Eudora & MIME

First, a word about MIME. MIME is a new standard for Internet mail that
allows mail applications to label the contents of their mail. It lets
mailers say things like: "This is a Microsoft Word document, encoded with
uuencode." Or: "This mail uses characters from the Macintosh character set."
Or: "This is a picture in GIF format."

Eudora sends all its attachments in MIME format, and puts the proper
character set labels on its texts. It uses the proper MIME "encodings" to
send binary data; quoted-printable and base64, as appropriate.

Eudora can also decode incoming MIME messages. Eudora can't directly display
many of the MIME message types, but it does write them to files (just like
attachments) so that you can open them with the proper application. There is
even a mechanism for automatically setting the Macintosh file "type" and
"creator", so that double-clicking the documents opens the right
application.

APPLEEVENTS

Eudora's support for AppleEvents is very rudimentary. It accepts the
required events, plus supports portions of the core suite and its own
private suite of events. It is (just barely) possible to use Eudora as a
mail engine from other programs via AppleEvents. Improvements to Eudora's
AppleEvent support will be ongoing.

For documentation on the AppleEvents Eudora supports, please see
"EudoraSuite.rtf".

COMPATIBILITY

System 6

Sorry, Eudora no longer runs under System 6.

AppleTalk Remote Access:

If you have ARA's "Answer calls" option selected (from Remote Access Setup
from Setup), and you have Eudora configured to use the Communications
Toolbox on the same port that ARA uses, Eudora may be unable to connect.
This is a conflict between the Communications Toolbox and ARA, and there's
nothing we can do about it. Turn "Answer calls" off in ARA if you have this
problem.

Apple Modem Tool:

Eudora is *incompatible* with version 1.0 of the Apple Modem Tool. You
*must* use version 1.1 or later of the Apple Modem Tool, or the Hayes Modem
Tool. Eudora is also incompatible with certain beta versions of the Apple
Modem Tool version 1.5, though Eudora will be compatible with the final
version of 1.5.

Powerbook Modem Tool, Express Modem Tool:

Eudora is *incompatible* with the PowerBook Modem Tool and the Express Modem
Tool. Use either the Apple Modem Tool version 1.1 or later or the Hayes
Modem Tool.

Quadra/Centris:

Eudora is incompatible with the screensaver "Moire", when run with the 68040
caches enabled in 32-bit mode. (Don't ask me why; I don't know.) Try
"DarkSide" instead.

NOW Utilities 4.0:

Do *not* use the "reopen documents" feature of the NOW Utilities (or similar
programs). It will not work as intended with Eudora, and it is really not
necessary for Eudora anyway. You may disable this option by using the
"Disable Re-Launch" menu in the "Exclude..." dialog in the SuperBoomerang
control panel.

Versions of NOW Utilities prior to 4.0.1 may interfere with setting your
text file application or attachment folder in the Configuration dialog.

NOW Up-to-Date Reminder 2.0's Show Battery Status option causes crashes when
Eudora is printing. Turn Show Battery Status off. NOW is aware of the
problem, and has promised to fix it.

Norton Directory Assistance:

Many directory shortcut programs interfere with the dialog that lets you set
a folder for attachments (in the Configuration... dialog). Turn such
programs off, select your attachments folder, then turn them on. This may be
fixed in a future release.

Global Village PowerPort Modems

If you have a PowerPort modem and you want to use Eudora with it, you need
to use System 7.1 or the Powerbook Tuner init (available from Global
Village). Even so, there seems to be some sort of continuing flow control
problem. If you get errors on attachments, you may find it helps to set your
baud rate to no higher than 9600 baud and set an attachments folder.

CAP/aufs

CAP/aufs has a bug that causes problems with Eudora and a few other
programs. A patch is available; be sure you have it.

Carbon Copy/Mac:

There are reports of incompatibility between CC/Mac and Eudora.

Apollo:

Version 1.0 of the Apollo application launching utility cannot handle long
window names (such as Eudora generate) if Apollo is configured to sort
windows alphabetically. Use the Window menus page of the Preferences dialog
to set the sorting to front-to-back.

Greg's Buttons:

Versions of the extension "Greg's Buttons" prior to 3.0 may interefere with
the Communications Toolbox.

FileGuard 2.5.1:

There are reports of problems between Eudora and FileGuard 2.5.1.

PLEASE REPORT PROBLEMS

We can't test all situations or Macintosh configurations. If you think you
may have found a bug, We'd like to hear about it. Send mail to
[e-mail]; tell us what kind of mac you have, what version of
Eudora you're using, what you did, what happened, and what (if any) error
messages Eudora gave.

WHAT'S HERE?

The files in this directory are:

Eudora-QA.hqx - Q&A stack for Eudora
Eudora1.4.sea.hqx - Eudora
README.first - this file
ReleaseNotes - notes on bug fixes and the like
srialpop.c - a UNIX program to facilitate dialup Eudora use
unixnavs.hqx - a plug-in file for direct UNIX dialups
CiscoNavs.hqx - a plug-in file for Cisco dialups with login
contrib/ - a directory containing some software contributed by Eudora users.
intl/ - a directory containing items of interest to non-US users.
1.3/ - Eudora version 1.3.1

EUDORA-INFO

Please send mail to [e-mail] to get the latest information
about Eudora, including lists of files currently available on the ftp site.
Someday, you may even be able to get Eudora files this way; but not yet.

LAWYER STUFF

Eudora™ software version 1.4, September 1993.
The Eudora software and its documentation are copyrighted, with all rights
reserved, and may not be copied, except as otherwise provided in your
software license or as expressly permitted in writing by QUALCOMM
Incorporated.
 The Eudora Software was written by Steven Dorner; Copyright © 1988-1992 by
the University of Illinois Board of Trustees; portions of the Eudora
software and this manual, Copyright © 1992-1993 by QUALCOMM Incorporated.
All rights reserved.
Portions of the Eudora Software were written by John Norstad, Copyright ©
1988 - 1990 Northwestern University, and David Johnson, Copyright © 1984
Brown University. All rights reserved.
The MacTCP™ and Communications Toolbox™ software are copyrighted by Apple
Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.

AppleTalk® and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
LocalTalk™, MacTCP™ and Communications Toolbox™ are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc.
Eudora™ is a trademark of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees,
licensed to QUALCOMM Incorporated.
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