01.    Copy the Eudora into a temporary directory, and run it. Double click on the file using file manager. Run the setup.exe file in this directory through windows by choosing file, run, from the program manager. Follow instructions on the screen till the icons and the program group are created.

02.    After extracting udorascript.zip copy the four files

 a.) serial.end
 b.) serial.nav
 c.) serial.mod, and
 d.) serial.mid

 in the folder where Eudora is installed.
 

03.    Once that is done, you can start Eudora. A dialog box, titled Options should open up. If, for some reason, it doesn't, just click on tools, options, to set up eudora.

04.    In Getting started, enter your POP account. For example, an account with the userid of kunalp at VSNL will have his POP account as [email protected]. Under Real Name, you can enter your real name here! eg. Kunal Parikh

05.    For connection method, use dial up if you want to dial up through your shell account, and ppp if you are going to use a tcp/ip - slip or ppp account.

06.    Under Personal Information, you can enter a different return address if you so desire. The return address is where the replies to any message you send will go to.

07.    Your dialup username is the userid for your shell account. In the above example, it is kunalp.

08.    SMTP is the server which handles outgoing messages. For VSNL, student server, at Bombay it is giasbmc.vsnl.net.in or giasbma.vsnl.net.in

09.    You can enter your phone number or finger address if you want.

10.    Under checking mail, choose your options, and you may use passwords as the authentication style. You could also choose whatever options you want in sending mail. Just one thing... Do not check send immeadiately. What would happen is then, Eudora will send each message when you finish typing one. You would rather like to send all queued messages in one go.

11.    In attachments, since mostly, everyone uses MIME to send binaries, you may use this. Be sure to specify a directory for your attachments.

12.    Choose options in fonts and display, pretty simple, really. If you have a sound card, you can choose a sound file that will be played everytime you have new mail! kewllllll...

13.    Well, in the dialup options, Do Not Choose a Modem, even if your modem is listed there. Just choose " * " as the modem. The same goes for the Service Provider. Also, make sure that you choose either 9600 or 19200 as your baud. Sometimes, I have found problems while using 14400. You can, if you prefer, add your modem initialisation string and dialup string in the script file called serial.mod. The Flow control is hardware. Also, do remember to check CRLF
processing and show trace window. Showing the trace window makes life easier, lets you know whats happening.

The Script files...

  1. I have purposely kept serial.nav as a Blank File. You wouldn't need
     it if you a shell user at VSNL. But, do not delete it, as then, Eudora
     will not be able to dial in.
  2. Thats all there is to it. The script files change according to where
     you have your mail account.