Setting Up Eudora
Eudora is a good alternative to email clients such as Outlook express. The following is a step by step guide into setting up your Claranet email account in Eudora 7.
1) After installing, start Eudora. You should then be presented with the welcome screen. (Only applies for new installation) click on Next to proceed
2) Enter your name in the field provided.
This is the name that is displayed to your recipient. Click on Next
3) Enter your complete Claranet email address in the field provided and
click on Next to proceed.
4) Enter the username for your account. For example if your email address is joebloggs@clara.co.uk the username you enter would be joebloggs (as shown below).
Please note that if you have an email account that is provided as part of a ClaraHost package, then the username should be the full email address including the domain name e.g. joebloggs@example.co.uk
Click Next to proceed.
5) You will now be presented with the window for the incoming server (POP), type pop.clara.net ensure that POP is selected as the type of server you are using and then click on Next.
6) In the window for the outgoing server (SMTP) box, type relay.clara.net and ensure that the "Allow authentication" box is unchecked.
Please note that if you are connecting to the internet using another provider, please enter the outgoing SMTP server for that provider. Alternatively relay.clara.net can be used when connected to another internet provider. To achieve this please ensure that the "Allow authentication" box is ticked.
click on Next to proceed
7) Click on Finish to complete setting up the email account.
You are ready to send and receive e-mails using Eudora 7.
If you have been using Eudora 7 and are trying to add a new e-mail account to the e-mail client, follow the instructions below:
1) With Eudora open, click on the "personalties" tab. This is the tab
outlined in red on the window displayed.
2) Right-click in the white space below the list of personas.
3) Click on New in the pop-up menu that appears (see red arrow above).
4) On the screen that appears, ensure that "Create a new account"
is selected and click on Next.
5) Give the new user a name (this name can be anything and is just
used for identifying that user’s account.)
6) You will then be presented with the first screen of the new account wizard. Follow steps 1 to 7 outlined above to complete setting up the email account.