Step 1: Check Account Information

In the main screen of Eudora, select Tools / Options / Checking Mail. On Checking Mail options, the POP account should be your email address.

Step 2: Set Scheduled Check

If you have a dedicated Internet connection (not dialup), you can check the "Check for mail." box, within a number of minutes, and your mail will be checked automatically. You could do this with a dialup connection, but it may be inconvenient. If you get an email so large you have trouble downloading it, the "skip" option is one way of dealing with it until you get your email provider to delete it from the server.

Step 3: Set Disposition

Check the "save password" box so Eudora will only ask you once for your mailbox password. Now look at the "leave mail on server" setting. Most users want mail messages removed from the incoming mail server after they're downloaded. In this case, unselect the "leave mail" box and enable "delete from server after 1 day(s)" so Eudora will delete your incoming mail properly.

Step 4: Set Remaining Settings

The other three settings can be left at their defaults for most users. The "determine first unread" option is an advanced setting to avoid duplicate messages. The last "delete from server" box should not be necessary, since you're deleting from the server after messages are downloaded. And the password method is what most ISPs use for logging in to a mailbox. Press OK to dismiss the settings window.