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OCS with Eudora

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last update 18 September 2004

Software: Eudora 6
OS: Windows XP

Instructions may also work with earlier versions of Eudora which support IMAP. Versions of Eudora before
version 4 do not support IMAP and may not be used with OCS.

In addition to this document you may also want to review the following documents:

University of Chicago

Eudora manual

If a Eudora setup already exists

Do not change an existing Eudora setup from POP to IMAP

Eudora refers to an email account as a personality.

To setup Eudora to work with OCS email, add a personality or a second account. Your first or primary account is
referred as the dominant personality.

    Select Tools from the menu bar, then Personalities. The Personalities frame will open on the left side of
    the Eudora windows listing your primary email account and other personalities you may have set up.

    Right click in the blank area of the Personalities frame to display the context menu and select New
    The Eudora Account creation wizard will start.

    Enter the label you want to use for the new account in the Personality Name textbox, e.g OCS:

                OCS

    Select Next

    Enter your OCS email address in the Email Address textbox:

                firstname.lastname@lehman.cuny.edu

                        Note that your email address will generally be your fully-qualified OCS email address. Your email will
                            appear to the recipients of your mail to be coming from this address. You may also use your alias. It must
                            be a working email address since it will be used in the "from" field of your mail and will be used in replies.

    Select Next

    Enter the name of the incoming (IMAP) server in the Incoming Server text box

                ocsimap.cuny.edu

    Select IMAP as the type of server on the Incoming Server page.

    Leave IMAP Location Prefix textbox blank

    Select Next

    Enter the name of the outgoing (SMTP) server in the Outgoing Server textbox:

                ocssmtp.cuny.edu

    The checkbox next to Allow authentication should be checked

    Select Finish

The label of your OCS account should appear in the Personaility window.

To review or change the settings of your account, right click on the personality name and
select Properties.

To see the mailboxes associated with your accounts, click on the mailbox tab at the
bottom of the Personalities window. This tab is usually the first tab on the left. To return to
the Personalities view, click on the Personalities tab. This tab is usually the tab on the
right.

All POP accounts use the same folder of mailboxes. IMAP accounts have their own
folders.

If you setting up Eudora for the first time

Eudora refers to an email account as a personality.

To setup Eudora to work with OCS email, add a personality or a second account. Your first or primary account is
referred as the dominant personality.

    Select Tools from the menu bar, then Personalities. The Personalities frame will open on the left side of
    the Eudora windows listing your primary email account and other personalities you may have set up.

    Right click in the blank area of the Personalities frame to display the context menu and select New
    The Eudora Account creation wizard will start.

    Enter the label you want to use for the new account in the Personality Name textbox, e.g OCS:

                OCS

    Select Next

    Enter your OCS email address in the Email Address textbox:

                firstname.lastname@lehman.cuny.edu

                        Note that your email address will generally be your fully-qualified OCS email address. Your email will
                            appear to the recipients of your mail to be coming from this address. You may also use your alias. It must
                            be a working email address since it will be used in the "from" field of your mail and will be used in replies.

    Select Next

    Enter the name of the incoming (IMAP) server in the Incoming Server text box

                ocsimap.cuny.edu

    Select IMAP as the type of server on the Incoming Server page.

    Leave IMAP Location Prefix textbox blank

    Select Next

    Enter the name of the outgoing (SMTP) server in the Outgoing Server textbox:

                ocssmtp.cuny.edu

    The checkbox next to Allow authentication should be checked

    Select Finish

The label of your OCS account should appear in the Personaility window.

To review or change the settings of your account, right click on the personality name and
select Properties.

To see the mailboxes associated with your accounts, click on the mailbox tab at the
bottom of the Personalities window. This tab is usually the first tab on the left. To return to
the Personalities view, click on the Personalities tab. This tab is usually the tab on the
right.

All POP accounts use the same folder of mailboxes. IMAP accounts have their own
folders.

Modifying your account setup to read mail delivered to the old server