Note: A file cannot be attached to a message through manual editing of the Attachments: field.
The attached file functions like a "rider" to the e-mail message, and thus it does not appear within the message text. Instead, the full path name of the file is displayed automatically in the Attachments: field of the message header.
When the message is sent, the attached file is formatted according to the selection in the Attachment Type combo box in the message icon bar (see the "Icon Bar" section).
If the chosen file is a plain text file (and if the Put text attachments in body of message option in the Settings dialog [Attachments] is turned on, or the Text as Document button in the icon bar is on), it is not encoded in any special format before being sent. Instead, it is added to your message as though you had typed it in manually.
Click on the Attachment Directory button to display the Select a directory dialog.
Double-click on the name of a directory to select it (its name should be displayed above the list). Then, click the Use Directory button.
The dialog then closes. The name of the directory you just selected is now displayed on the Attachment Directory button. If you ever want to specify a different directory to receive attachments, simply click on this button and the dialog for choosing an attachments directory is redisplayed.
Attachments are decoded automatically and saved directly into the selected directory . The name given your attachments is recorded in the message with which they came. If you receive multiple attachments with the same name, a number is appended to the end of each attachment's name.
This section describes the Reply, Forward, and Redirect commands found in the Message menu. These commands are different from the Reply To, Forward To, and Redirect To commands found in the same menu. This latter set of commands is used with the Quick Recipient list (see the "Using the Quick Recipient List" section for descriptions of these commands).
An incoming message for which the Reply command has been used is identified by an "R" in its message summary.
Note: To determine who you are, Eudora uses the "me" nickname, if you create one for yourself. If not, Eudora uses the contents of the POP Account and Return Address fields from the Settings dialog.
CC: original To: recipients
If the Put original To: recipients in Cc: field option in the Settings
dialog (Replying) is turned on, the addresses of the original message
recipients are moved from the To: field to the Cc: field of the Reply to
all message. Only the address of the original sender is placed in the
To: field.
An incoming message for which the Forward command has been used is identified by an "F" in its message summary.
An incoming message for which the Redirect command has been used is identified by a "D" in its message summary.
When addressing messages, Eudora supports the use of nicknames in place of full user names. A nickname (sometimes called an alias) is an easily remembered, shorter substitute for an actual e-mail address or group of addresses. Typically, nicknames are created for persons with whom one has repeated correspondence, and hence serve as a typing and reference shortcut. Eudora allows nicknames to be used in place of proper e-mail addresses in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields in the headers of outgoing messages.
To create, edit, or remove a nickname, select Nicknames from the Window menu. The Nicknames window is then displayed. This window is divided into three main fields. The Nickname: field lists all your nicknames; the Address(es): field displays a selected nickname's expansion (the addresses that the nickname represents); and the Notes: field contains your private notes on a nickname.
Type the name of the new nickname. If you want this nickname to show up on the Quick Recipient list under the Message menu (see the "Using the Quick Recipient List" section), click on the Put it on the recipient list option. Then, click OK.
The new nickname is displayed in the Nicknames: field of the Nicknames window, and the insertion point is placed in the Address(es): field. Type the complete e-mail address of the person to be represented by the nickname.
If you'd like to add someone's proper name to the address that you specify, just put it in parentheses after the e-mail address.
Note: Be aware that the proper name is put in the To: field of mail messages along with the full address.
You may also type a series of many e-mail addresses (and even other nicknames), separated by commas or returns ([Enter]), in the Address(es) section. These multiple addresses are represented by the single entered nickname. In this way, a nickname can be used for a group mailing list.
Note: The Nicknames window is the only place where it is permissible to use the [Enter] key to separate addresses. Everywhere else, you must use commas.
The Notes: field can be used to enter any text you'd like to associate with a nickname, such as the addressee's company, title, or phone number.
Note: The contents of the Notes field is not put in mail you send.
One nickname can point to another nickname, which can point to still another, and so on; eventually, however, the nickname must end in a real address or group of addresses. For example, Eudora contains John in its expansion, and John is itself a nickname for jnorth@qualcomm.com.
Once you've finished typing addresses and notes, you can click the New button again to make another nickname.
When finished making additions or changes, select Save from the File menu to save the changes. If you close the Nicknames window without saving the changes, a dialog is displayed asking whether the additions/changes you just made should be saved or discarded.
To change a nickname's corresponding e-mail address(es) and notes, click once on the desired nickname to select it. The addresses and notes associated with the nickname are displayed in the Address(es): and Notes: fields, and may be directly edited.
To remove the nickname, click once on the desired nickname to select it. Click the Remove button.
When finished editing or making deletions, select Save from the File menu to save the changes. If you close the Nicknames window without saving the changes, a dialog is displayed asking whether the changes/deletions you just made should be saved or discarded.
From the Nicknames window itself, use [Ctrl]+ click to select several different nicknames, and then choose Make Nickname... from the Special menu. The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname. Once you have entered the name, click OK to create the new nickname with the selected nicknames in the Nicknames window as its addressees. This is an easy way to make a group nickname out of existing nicknames.
Alternately, you can make a nickname out of the address list of a current message. Open a mailbox and single-click on the desired message to make it current. Select Make Nickname... from the Special menu. The new nickname dialog is displayed prompting you for the name of the new nickname. Once you have entered the name, click OK. If multiple messages are current (i.e., you have several message summaries selected in a mailbox window), addresses are taken from each message and all are put in the new nickname's expansion.
Note: When an incoming message is current, Make Nickname... pretends to do a Reply to the current message, and then takes all the recipients from the reply message and uses them in the nickname expansion. This means that Make Nickname... acts just like Reply in regard to the Reply to all and Include yourself options in the Settings dialog (Replying). That is, if the Reply to all option is turned on (or you hold down the [shift] key), the nickname is made for all of the recipients of the messages plus the sender, not just the sender. Similarly, if the Include yourself option is turned off, your address is not included in the new nickname's expansion.
A new composition window is displayed with the selected nickname(s) inserted in the To: field. Use the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: buttons to insert additional nicknames into the corresponding fields.
Note: If you hold down the [Shift] key when addressing messages using the Nicknames window To:, Cc:, and Bcc: buttons, the full nickname expansion is inserted into the appropriate message field rather than just the nickname.
The Nicknames window can also be used to address existing messages, or new messages created by selecting New from the Message menu. Make sure the desired message is current (topmost), then open the Nicknames window and use the To:, Cc: and Bcc: buttons to address the message.
However, you may have nicknames to which you often send mail, and it makes sense to add these nicknames to the Quick Recipient list. This is easily done from the Nicknames window.
Examine the Nickname field of the Nicknames window. Notice that there is a margin between the first letter of each nickname and the edge of the field. Now, select a nickname and place the mouse over the margin between the nickname and the edge of the field. The cursor changes into a miniature image of a menu. Click the mouse once and a bullet (· ) is displayed in the margin area. This bullet indicates that the nickname has been added to the Quick Recipient list.
Click again, and the bullet disappears, removing the nickname from the Quick Recipient list.
The Quick Recipient list is discussed further in the "Using the Quick Recipient List" section. If you rename or remove a nickname that is also on the Quick Recipient list, the name on the Quick Recipient list is also changed or removed.
To use this option, type only the number of characters in the nickname that make it unique with respect to other nicknames in the appropriate field of the message header. Then, select Finish Nickname from the Edit menu. The partial text of the nickname is automatically completed in the header field.
For example, if you type an "S" in the To: field and you only have one nickname that starts with the letter S, the Finish Nickname function completes the nickname in the message header. However, if you have multiple nicknames that begin with the same letter(s), the Finish Nickname command only completes the nickname to the last common character. You must then type in the distinguishing characters.
Note: If you hold down the [Shift] key while finishing a nickname, the nickname's expansion is inserted instead of the nickname itself.