Eudora uses a single Quick Recipient list that can be accessed via the New Message To, Reply To, Forward To, and Redirect To selections under the Message menu, the Insert Recipient selection under the Edit menu, and the Remove Recipient selection under the Special menu.
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.
More than one nickname or address from the Quick Recipient list can be added to the To:, Cc: and Bcc: fields of any message. To do this, first place the blinking insertion point in the field where you want the nickname/address to be inserted. Then, select the desired recipient from the Insert Recipient list under the Edit menu. The chosen nickname/address is placed at the insertion point and a comma is added (if necessary) to separate the new address from the ones previously placed in the field.
Note: Removing a nickname from the Quick Recipient list does not delete it from the Nicknames window, but removing a nickname from the Nicknames window deletes it from the Quick Recipient list.
Eudora incorporates a Find function that searches for specific text within a single message, multiple messages, or even multiple mailboxes. To display the Find submenu of commands, select Find from the Edit menu.
Type the text you want to find in the text field. When finished entering the desired text, click the Find button.
Starting at the beginning of the open message, Eudora searches the current message for the specified text. If no match is found, the not found alert is displayed.
If the search is successful, the message is scrolled to the first point where the match is found and the matching text is highlighted.
To continue searching in the same message for the next occurrence of the text, click the Find button in the Find dialog, or select the Find Again command from the Find submenu. These commands are equivalent and limit the search to the same message. Repeating these commands cycles through the matches in the open message only.
Note: The Next command initiated in an open mailbox (even with message[s] selected) searches for the specified text among all messages contained in that mailbox. The search begins with the first message in the mailbox.
Note: Mailboxes are searched in the order they are listed under the Mailbox menu until the current mailbox is reached.
Tip: Eudora's sorting algorithm is "stable." This means that sorting on a particular column leaves items of the same value in the same order as they were before the sort. This feature allows you to sort based on multiple criteria by using multiple sort commands. For example, if you want your messages sorted by subject, and within each subject you want messages sorted by date, first choose Sort by Date, then Sort by Subject.
Note: Sometimes Eudora does not sort by date properly. This happens if the messages have incorrectly formatted date fields or unknown or incorrect time zones. Also, since Eudora uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) when sorting by date, the messages may merely appear to be out of order because the time stamp is the local time at the location where the messages originated. For example, a message sent at 11:30 EST is listed before a message sent at 10:00 PST, because 11:30 EST actually occurs before 10:00 PST.
Note the two options at the bottom of the dialog. Guess Paragraphs instructs Eudora to remove extraneous carriage returns from the message, leaving returns only at the ends of paragraphs.
Include Headers instructs Eudora to retain the message's header information in the saved document. If this is unchecked, only the body of the message is saved.
Once you've made all of your choices, click on the OK button in the dialog.
If you select multiple messages from a mailbox window and select Save As..., all of the messages are saved to a single file.
Tip: When Eudora receives a very large message from the POP server, it splits that message into multiple smaller messages. If you need to reassemble the original message, use the Save As... command.
The message sent back from the mail system usually includes cryptic information that may allow you to determine the reason for the message being rejected. It also includes the text of the original message.
If you choose to resend the message, Eudora deletes the error messages and added text and recovers the original message so that you can make any corrections. To do this for the current message, select Send Again from the Message menu. This eliminates the inserted extra text and reformats the message as it originally appeared. You can then make changes or additions and resend the message, if desired.
There are five priority levels available, each represented by a small icon. Priorities range from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest). Priority 3 is assumed for messages that have no assigned priorities, and it is not displayed.
Message priorities are displayed in the Priority column of the mailbox window.
Priorities can be changed in open message windows by selecting the desired priority from the Priority combo box on the icon bar. The selected priority icon is then displayed in the combo box.
You can also change the priority of the current message(s) by holding down the [Ctrl] key and pressing a number key from 1 to 5 (1 = Highest, 5 = Lowest).
When you send mail with a priority other than Normal, Eudora adds an X-Priority: header to the mail. The header lists the assigned priority.
Note: All new messages are created with Normal priority, even replies to messages whose priority you have changed. The exception to this is that, if the sender of a message gives it a priority other than normal, and the Copy original's priority to reply option in the Settings dialog (Replying) is turned on, Eudora gives your reply the same priority as the original message. This occurs even if you reassign the priority of the sender's message after you have received it. You can, however, change the priority of your response by re- assigning it manually.
Note: The subjects of outgoing messages (messages sent by you) cannot be edited.
To edit the subject of an incoming message, open it from its mailbox window. Notice that the subject is displayed below the title bar and above the message. You can edit this text as you would any other text. When editing is complete, close the message. The new subject is displayed in the message summary. The contents of the Subject: field of the message header remain unchanged.
Note: If you reply to the message, the original subject is used for the reply, not your changed subject. This gives you the freedom to put information useful to you into the summary, without fear of your private notes being revealed to your correspondents.
The Ph window has two buttons (one for Ph and one for Finger), and three text fields: one where you specify which server to use (Server); one where you type your query (Command); and one where you see the response.
Note: You can type any Ph command in the query field, except login commands or commands requiring login. For more information about the Ph server source code, see Appendix A.
The finger query is sent to the host specified in the "@domain" part, and the response is displayed in the response field.
To create a signature, select Signature from the Window menu. A blank Signature window is displayed. Type your signature text in this window.
When you are finished typing the signature, close the Signature window. An alert is displayed asking if you want to save the changes to your signature. Click Save. You may modify your signature at any time by repeating this procedure.
In order to activate your signature on an outgoing message, click on the Signature icon in the icon bar.
Note: The signature text is not displayed at the end of messages you create, but your recipients see it.