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Eudora Pro and AT&T Worldnet Service

This document contains information necessary to set up Eudora Pro version 4.0 to access AT&T Worldnet Service mail. Neither AT&T Worldnet Service nor Qualcomm have sanctioned this document and neither are responsible for its contents. The screen shots are specific to Eudora Pro version 4.0 for Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 or greater. If you have Eudora Pro 3, you should check the information for Eudora Light. If you're interested in setting up multiple accounts in Eudora Pro, we have that information too!

Note: You will need to find your AT&T Worldnet Service account information.

To add an account:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2. Click the Getting Started icon. Enter the following:
   • Real Name: Your name as you want it to be seen when you send e-mail
   • Return address: Your e-mail address
   • Mail Server (Incoming): postoffice.worldnet.att.net
   • Login Name: Your e-mail address
   • SMTP Server (Outgoing): mailhost.worldnet.att.net
   • Allow authentication: checked
   Be sure to use the longer version of your e-mail address in your Login Name, not the shorter att.net version. The shorter version will work in the Return address box though.
   
3. Select the Checking Mail icon.
   • Enter the mail server information as listed below.
   • Enter your e-mail ID again.
   • Enter the desired time interval between mail checks. If no time interval is entered you will need to check your mail manually.
   • The Don't check when using battery option is an optional setting for laptop computers.
   • Select Send on check if you want outgoing mail sent when the program checks for mail.
   • Select Save Password if you do not desire to be prompted for your e-mail password each time you check for mail.
   
4. Click the Incoming Mail icon.
   • Select POP for the Server Configuration.
   • Select Leave mail on server if you want a copy of your message left on the server. Do not select this item if you want your messages deleted from the server after download (recommended).
   • Select Skip Messages over xx K in size if you do not wish to download messages over a specified size
   • Select Passwords for Authentication style.
   
5. Click the Sending Mail icon.
   • Enter your Return e-mail Address.
   • Leave Domain to add to unqualified addresses: blank since the AT&T Worldnet Service mail server will automatically do this for you.
   • Enter mailhost.worldnet.att.netfor the SMTP Server.
   • Select Immediate send if you want your messages sent when you click the Send button.
   • Select Send on check if you want your messages sent during scheduled mail checks.
   • The remaining items are the defaults set up during installation and are optional based on your preferences.
   
6. Click the Replying icon. These items are optional and are shown with the default settings.
   
7. Click the Attachments icon.
   • Select MIME for the Encoding method. You can change this option if you need to send in one of the other two formats.
   • Select Put text attachments in body of message if you wish the text from the attachment displayed in the message. Leave this setting unchecked if you desire the text attachment sent in the same manner as a file attachment.
   • The Attachment directory default is your Eudora Attach directory for incoming attachments. Click the bar to change the location.
   • Select the way you would like attachments you have received handled when a message is deleted.
   
8. Click the Fonts icon. These are the default setting used by Eudora. You can change them to suit your preferences.
   
9. Click the Display icon. These items are optional based on your preferences and effect what is displayed by Eudora. The default settings are fine for getting started.
   
10. Click the Viewing Mail icon. To use Microsoft's viewer requires you to have Internet Explorer 4.0 or above installed. The remaining items are the default settings.
    
11. Click the Spell Checking icon. The only setting you may wish to select is Check when message queued\sent to spell check before the message goes out.
    
12. Click the Date Display icon. Select whether you want messages displayed in the Sender's time zone or your Local time zone. The remaining settings are the defaults.
    
13. Labels is optional and can be skipped.
14. Click the Getting Attention icon. This Selection sets up how Eudora Pro notifies you of new mail. Click the bar to put a file name for a .wav file here and it will be played in addition to any other actions you select.
    
15. Click the Extra Warnings icon. This Selection sets up how Eudora Pro warns you on specific issues. All items here are optional.
    
16. Click the Advanced Networking icon. These are the settings I use for online operation. The dialer will still connect if you open Eudora while not connected, but it will not disconnect from AT&T Worldnet Service when you close the program. Use asynchronous Winsock calls settings are optional based on performance. I did not have these settings selected in Eudora Pro 3.05, but found Eudora Pro 4.0 worked better with them set.
    Use the Automatically dial and hangup this connection: for offline operation. Make sure you have your AT&T Worldnet Service Dial Up Networking connection listed in the Entry: box and your e-mail username is listed. Check the Save password box and in the Domain box enter: worldnet.att.net. Then click on the OK button to connect. You will be prompted to enter your username and password the first time you attempt to connect.
    
17. Click the MAPI icon. These are the default MAPI settings and should not be changed if you have another MAPI program such as Exchange or Outlook 97 in use. You will disable these two programs or get many error messages if you select Eudora as the MAPI server.
    
18. The Automation and Kerbos icons can be skipped.
19. Click the Miscellaneous icon. These settings are optional based on your preferences. The Intercept Netscape mailto: URL's setting will bring up Eudora Pro only if you send a message by typing in the mailto: command from the Netsite: box in Communicator.
    
20. The Auto Configure icon settings are not used with AT&T Worldnet Service.

That's about it. The settings not mentioned are to customize Eudora to work the way you want it to for you. You can experiment with them. If you change something and e-mail doesn't work, put it back and you should be OK.

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To add multiple accounts:

One nice thing about Eudora Pro is that you can have multiple accounts in one e-mail program. That means that you can have all the e-mail accounts for your family in one program! Follow the instructions below to add another account:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Personalities.
   
2. Right-click the Personalities window and choose New...
   
3. Enter a name for your new account. Give it something that you'll be able to recognize it by. For example, try Mom, Dad, Billy, etc.
   
4. Enter the name.
   
5. Enter the e-mail account in this box.
   
6. Enter the login name for the e-mail account.
   
7. Enter the POP3 server in this window. If it's for an AT&T Worldnet Service account, enter postoffice.worldnet.att.net.
   
8. Enter the SMTP server in this window. If it's for an AT&T Worldnet Service account, enter mailhost.worldnet.att.net.
   
9. You're finished....just click the finished button and you're done!
   

Now you've finished creating another account in Eudora Pro and it will be added to your list of accounts. To send or receive from this additional account, hold down the shift key and click on either the send or receive button to get a list of the accounts to choose from.

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