Step 1: Start Options Screen

From Eudora's main screen, select Tools / Options / Checking Mail. The POP account should be your email address. Leave the "check for mail" at zero unless you want automatically scheduled email checks. The "Skip messages" box is a troubleshooting tool; leave it unchecked for now. "Send on check" is the linkage between checking and sending mail. Save Password should be checked for most users; if you uncheck the box then Eudora will ask you for your password each time it logs in to the mail server.

Step 2: Continue Receive Options

The option "leave mail on server" is useful if you use email on more than one computer. For example, you may use a notebook when traveling. You can download your messages, but leave them on the server so they'll also come to your main computer after you return. If you uncheck the "leave mail" option, you should also check "delete from server after" and specify 1 day. The "delete . when emptied from Trash" option can be left unchecked.

Step 3: Default Remaining Options

The remaining options on the screen deal with the technical interface between Eudora and the mail server. Most users can leave these at their default values.

Step 4: Set Attachment Options

Select the Attachments category and you'll see a few options on Eudora's handling of attached files. The first can be left at the default MIME setting for most users; this pertains more to sending attachments. Skip down to the delete options and you're allowed to choose under what circumstances to delete received attachments. The button below the title "Attachment directory" allows you to specify a separate directory for received attachments. Click the button now.

Step 5: Set Attachment Location

Eudora already has an "Attach" directory in place to receive your attachments. If you have another location in mind, browse to it and select it. Otherwise, click the Attach label under EUDORA. Eudora uses the term "directory" rather than the Microsoft-preferred term "folder." Click the "Use Directory" button, twice if necessary, to dismiss the window.

Step 6: Attachment Options Again

Eudora returns you to the attachment options screen, and the directory you've selected is placed within the button.

Step 7: Set Alerts

Select the category "Getting Attention." This defines what Eudora will do when you receive mail. This is important for users with scheduled downloads. Check the first and third options to have Eudora put up an alert box and play a sound. If you have a sound you want to use, you may click the button and browse to the file. The Open mailbox option is important only if you normally use Eudora with the In box closed. Click OK to dismiss the options window.