Step 1: Organize to Make It Easy

Many email programs provide a way of putting address book entries into groups, to organize them. This feature can make it easy to find the person you're looking for, and can make it easier to send a single message to a group of people. Eudora Light does this by allowing you to have address book entries for groups as well as individuals.

Step 2: Start Address Book

We will make a group called Family, into which we will place the Bilbo Baggins entry and the Mom entry. And we will make a group called Co-workers, into which we'll place the Peter entry. From the main screen of Eudora, click the Address Book button.

Step 3: Add the Entry

Click New, and give the new entry the name Family. Do the same for a new entry called Co-workers. While the Co-workers entry is selected, click in the Addresses field and type the name Peter.

Step 4: Repeat for All Groups

Now click the Family entry, then click in the Addresses field. Enter Mom and Bilbo Baggins, each on a separate line. If the entries to be added are on the recipient list, you can use Edit / Insert Recipient to add them, but you must press <Enter> after each one so it appears on a separate line. See the tutorial, "Use the recipient list."

Step 5: Exit Address Book

When you have finished with the new group entries, click the lower X to close the address book, saving changes. You will be returned to the Eudora main screen. You may now use the nickname Family or Co-workers just as you would for an email addressed to an individual.