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Configuring Eudora for AT&T Worldnet E-mail for For High-speed Connections & Other ISPs

Before you can set up Eudora to access your AT&T Worldnet e-mail from another ISP, you need to make the Esoteric Settings available in Eudora.

To make Esoteric Settings available in Eudora:

  1. Open your Applications folder.
  2. Open the Eudora Application folder.
  3. Right-click on Eudora, and choose Show Package Contents.
    show package contents
  4. Open the Contents folder.
  5. Change to folder view by clicking the middle view button in the upper-left of your finder window.
    finder veiw buttons
  6. Click the arrows beside PlugIns and PlugIns Disabled. This will list the contents of both. Drag the Esoteric Settings 6.0 file from the PlugIns Disabled folder to the PlugIns folder.
    file move to plugins
  7. Close all of your Finder windows.
  8. You are now ready to set up Eudora to get your e-mail.

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To configure Eudora for For High-speed Connections & Other ISPs:

Note: These instructions will only make the changes required to let you send and receive e-mail. Once you've successfully received your mail, it's worth the time to review the other options and set up Eudora to suit your preferences.

  1. Launch Eudora.
  2. From the Special menu, choose Settings.
  3. Click the Getting Started icon.
  4. Fill in the settings as follows:
    • In the Username field, enter your User ID (everything before the @ symbol in your e-mail address).
    • In the Mail Server field, enter ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net
    • In the Real Name field, enter either your name or whatever pseudonym you wish to use.
    • In the SMTP Server field, enter imailhost.worldnet.att.net
    • Leave the Return Address field blank.
    getting started settings window
  5. Click the Checking Mail icon.
  6. The settings here are auto-populated. Verify that the Mail Protocol is set to POP and that Authentication is set to Passwords. Select the Save Password option if you don't want to be prompted for a password when you check for mail.
    checking mail settings window
  7. Scroll down the left side window, and click on SSL.
  8. Make the following changes:
    • From the SSL for POP drop-down menu, choose Required (Alternate Port).
    • From the SSL for SMTP drop-down menu, choose Required (Alternate Port).
    • For Standard Port SSL Negotiation, select the Maximum Compatibility option.
    • For Alternate Port SSL Negotiation, select the Maximum Compatibility option.
    ssl settings window
  9. Scroll down the left side window, and click on Port & Protocols.
  10. In the POP3 Port field, enter 995
    In the SMTP Port field, enter 465
    ports & protocols settings window
  11. Click the OK button.
  12. You are now set up to send and receive AT&T Worldnet e-mail.

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Need Additional Help?

If you can't find the answers you need, please try:

  1. The help file for the application you are using.
  2. Our FAQs.
  3. The AT&T Worldnet Help Newsgroups.
Note: AT&T DSL Service support is available at http://dslhelp.att.net

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