You can download this software from the Monarch website or from the software CD in M103 Turner Hall. If you download the software from the CITES webstore (webstore.cites.uiuc.edu), Step 1 below is slightly different.

1. If you are installing this from the department website: Click on Download File. The following window will come up:


Click on the button labeled Save. You must tell it where to download to. You can tell it go to your desktop or somewhere on your C drive. After it is finished downloading, close the File Download window if it is not already closed. Then double-click on the file that you just saved. Continue to step 2.

If you are installing this from the software CD: On the CD, go to the folder labeled Eudora and then click on setup.exe. Then continue to step 2.

If you are installing this from the CITES Webstore: Follow the directions given to download and start the installation process. Then continue to step 2

2. Click on the button labeled next at the Welcome window.
3. Click on the button labeled yes at the Software License Agreement window.
4. The next window asks you to choose the components you want to install. Leave them all checked and click on the button labeled next.

5. The next window asks for the location to install the software. Leave the default location in and click on the button labeled next.
6. The next window asks which window to save your Eudora settings and e-mail.


If this is the first time installing Eudora on this computer: Make sure that the User's Application Data Folder option is selected and then click on the button labeled Next.

If you are upgrading Eudora from an older version to Eudora 6 and want to use your previous settings: Make sure that the Custom Data Folder option is selected and then click on the button labeled Next.

7. The next screen is just confirmation about your selection. Click on the button labeled Next.
8. The next screen wants to know if you want to place a Eudora icon on your desktop.


If this is the first time installing Eudora on this computer: Click on the button labeled Yes. (warning: if you are wrong, and a person has a version of Eudora with an icon on the desktop, you will have to remake the shortcut to point to their e-mail folder - directions below).

Another window will come up asking you to enter the desktop shortcut name. Name it whatever you want and then click on the button labeled Next.



If you are upgrading Eudora from an older version to Eudora 6 and want to use your previous settings: click on the button labeled No.

9. Uncheck both boxes at the next window and click on the button labeled Finish.

10. The next window wants to know if you would like to restart your computer. Close out of any important applications, make sure the option to restart the computer is selected, and then click on the button labeled Finish.

If you did not place a new icon on the desktop: click on the old Eudora icon

If you have just done a clean install, you need to look at the following: Configuring Eudora for Use

When you first start up Eudora, it will begin a wizard setup for the necessary parameters. All of the options and settings for Eudora can be found under Tools/Options. The main items that you need to know are your e-mail addresses and what machines your mail passes through. For example, the mail server is the name of the machine you use to receive mail, eg. staff.uiuc.edu. The SMTP server is usually the same but can be different, it is what is handling outgoing mail. Your real name is whatever you want listed as your name in outgoing mail and the return address should be whatever e-mail account you wish to have used for replies...eg. Netid@illinois.edu. Under "Sending Mail" you need to indicate the actual account login account which may or may not be the same as your netid. There are various parameters for how often to check mail and such (don't set under 5 minutes) and for fonts and other settings. Version 5 includes the silly "Moodwatch" feature which checks incoming and outgoing mail for "language" that might be considered inflamatory. It can be amusing at best. I recommend turning it off. You will also want to make the icons that appear in the toolbar a lot smaller. Go to the Tools/Options/Display and deselect the box "Show Large icons". The other option you need to turn off in Eudora is the use of the Microsoft viewer under Tools/Options/Viewing Mail. Various other settings are available and can be looked up in the pdf based manual.

Step by Step Summary:

- Run Setup.exe, use defaults
- Create c:\e-mail folder
- Right click on Eurora icon on desktop - choose properties.Set Start in "c:\e-mail". Target: "..." "c:\e-mail"
-Start up the program, click cancel

Go to Tools—>Options

Getting Started:
    Return Address: (netid)@illinois.edu
    Mail Server (incoming): staff.uiuc.edu (or) students.uiuc.edu
      - If you use express mail, you need to make this field express.cites.uiuc.edu
     SMTP Server (outgoing): staff.uiuc.edu (or) students.uiuc.edu
       - If you use express mail, you need to make this field express-smtp.cites.uiuc.edu

Checking Mail:
    Check for mail every 10 minutes
    Send on check (only one checked)
      - If you use express mail, you need to click on the drop-down box under "Secure Sockets When Recieving" and select "Required, Alternate Port"

Sending Mail:
    Domain to add to unqualified addresses: uiuc.edu

Attachments:
    click on the box under where it says "Attachment directory"
      - Go to c:\e-mail and create a new folder and call that folder attachments.

Display:
    Uncheck "Show large buttons"

Viewing Mail:
     Uncheck "Use Microsoft's Viewer"
    Uncheck "Show message preview pane"

Miscellaneous:
     Check "Empty Trash when exiting"
     Check "Automatically expand nickname"

It is very easy to set up Eudora for Windows or Macintosh for multiple users on the same computer. The only drawback is that only one person can be checking their mail at a given time on Mac, Windows 95/98 or NT/2K machines. In Windows, Eudora will automatically create new mailboxes and a settings file for each person on first startup. It is best to start from a clean Eudora installation with no one already set up but this isn't mandatory. Just be careful that you note that the original installation is for a particular user.

Follow these steps: Create a subdirectory using Windows Explorer for each person that will be using Eudora. If the person already has a general use subdirectory, you may want to create a directory within the existing one. For example: c:\MyName\e-mail. In most Microsoft systems, you can copy the Eudora Shortcut by going to Start and right clicking on the mouse, select Open, highlight Eudora and select File, Create Shortcut. Rename the shortcut. Repeat for as many users as needed.

For each new icon, you will need to set the Properties pointing to each person's subdirectory. Highlight each icon in turn and go to Properties by right clicking your mouse and choosing properties. Choose the shortcut tab and set the command line to pointing to the subdirectory for the person. This should be something like Target: c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\MyName\e-mail and set the Starting directory to the same subdirectory, in this case c:\MyName\e-mail. Once you have set up each icon, you will need to start Eudora for each person and run through all of the configuration or settings for that person. See the Eudora Help section on settings for additional options. For more information, see the Eudora manual (included as a pdf file in most installations).

For the Macintosh, it is necessary to set up each person completely and then move on to the next. You must exit Eudora after each person is set up and restart the program following the directions below: From an installed, configured version of Eudora, move the Eudora Folder that can be found in the System Folder to a location reserved for the person for whom Eudora is set up. From this point on, this person should start Eudora from the settings file in this folder (which can be renamed to whatever you want: eg Smyth-Eudora Settings). If Eudora isn't configured at all or if you have just moved the Eudora Folder from the System folder, then you need to start the process all over again of creating a new Eudora Folder within the System Folder by starting Eudora from the Eudora application program itself. Run through the configuration and settings for the new user, and then repeat the previous step.

Junk Mail:

Eudora 6 now has a Junk Mail filter ability built around Spamwatch.

Tools/Options/Junk Mail (towards the bottom of the options)

Set it up like this:

You can adjust the score level for junk, and after training, I recommend setting the "Remove mail that is at least __ days old to something between 2 and 5.

Then under JunkMail Extras create a "notjunk" mailbox and set the delete feature.

Exit the Tools/Options window.

If you set up the junk mail filtering with the options above, your address lists will be checked and any one that is in your lists, will not be considered junk. As part of training the junk mail filter, you will need to become familiar with the new commands that allow you to label mail "junk" or "not junk". When you label something "not junk" the e-mail address of the sender gets put in your default address book unless you specify otherwise. I like to see what I'm adding so you need to go to Tools/Address Book and choose New Book. Enter the name of the "notjunk" address list that you put in the box above. Exit the address book, saving your work.

Whenever you get mail, junk mail filtering will take place before your own filters are applied. At the beginning, you will need to review what is in the Junk box and anything that isn't junk, right click and choose "not junk" from the menu. Likewise, anything that arrives in your IN box that is junk should be labeled as "Junk". After several weeks, you should have few mistakes either way and then you can set the deletion time for junk mail to something smaller than 30 days. You can also send anything in the Junk mailbox to the trash at any point.

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