Configuring Eudora 6.2 (Mac) for Equinox Email

The following instructions are designed for installing and configuring Eudora 6.2 for the Macintosh operating system using the secure IMAP protocol for the University’s Equinox email server. They describe a clean installation (no imports from existing email configurations). Emails on Equinox commonly end with @unr.edu, @med.unr.edu or @admin.unr.edu. Email may not be forwarded to any other server (such as Exchange).

This configuration leaves all messages on the Equinox server, allowing you to access new email and folders from both on- and off-campus. Email may be downloaded to your local computer by saving to Local Folders.

Go directly to: Configuring Eudora or Modifying Eudora.

Installing Eudora

  1. Go to http://www.eudora.com.
  2. Click Download Eudora 6.2.
  3. Under Eudora for Mac OSX and higher, click Download Eudora 6.2.1.
  4. Depending on your settings, this file may automatically open and display on the desktop. If not, double-click the downloaded file to create mountable volume.
  5. Double-click the installation package Eudora 6.2.1 within that volume.
  6. On the next screen, click Continue.
  7. The "Read Me" file displays.
    • IMPORTANT: If installing over an existing older version of Eudora for OS X, print the Read Me file.
    • Click Continue when ready.
  8. Read the Software License Agreement and click Agree to continue.
  9. For a first-time install, use the drop-down menu and choose Easy Install. Click Install to continue.
  10. Click Choose to accept the default folder name and location (your Applications folder on the hard drive.)
  11. After installation is complete, a dialog asks "Would you like to use Eudora as your default email application?"
    • Click No if you are experimenting, the setting may be changed later.
    • Click Yes if you intend to use Eudora as your primary email client.
  12. A window displays that "Installation was successful." Click OK.

Assumptions

  • Your email is delivered to Equinox, the University's primary UNIX email server (equinox.unr.edu)
  • Configuration requires SSL and IMAP protocols
  • Sample user name: John Q Public
  • Sample email username: jqpublic

Configuring Eudora

  1. Double-click the Eudora icon.
  2. You are asked if you want to use the system keychain to store your password. Click No. (Others can access your email if your password is saved.)

  1. The Eudora licensing screen displays. Click OK to select the sponsored (free) mode.

  1. You are notified that Eudora Junk mail plug-ins have been disabled. Click OK.

  1. You are asked if you want to import settings from another email application. Click No for a clean install.

  1. You are asked if you want Eudora to be your default email handler.
    • Click No if you are experimenting.
    • Click Yes if you intend to use Eudora as your primary email client

  1. On the initial Settings screen (below), enter your account information in the text boxes:
    • User Name: Enter your username (email address to the left of the @ sign).
    • Mail Server: Enter imap.unr.edu
    • Real Name: Enter the name you want on outgoing emails.
    • SMTP Server:
      • If your computer is located on the University campus or you are connecting via a UNR PPP account, type smtp.unr.edu.
      • If you are connecting through an outside Internet Service Provider (ISP), enter the SMTP server for that ISP.  Contact your ISP for instructions.
    • Email Address: Enter your full email address.
    • Click OK.

  1. On the next Settings screen, select the Personality Extras panel on the left and click the IMAP button for Mail Protocol and click OK.

  1. On the third Settings screen, select SSL on the left panel.
  2. Next to SSL for IMAP, select Required (TLS).
  3. Click OK to complete the configuration.

Modifying Eudora Settings:

  1. From the main Eudora 6.2 menu bar, select Eudora/Preferences.
  2. Scroll down to Personality Extras in the left column. 
  3. If your existing account is configured with the POP protocol, please contact your help center. It is unwise to switch from POP to IMAP. Files and folders may be lost.
    • Administrative Departments, Desktop Services' Support Center
      784-1540 x 1
    • Academic Departments, Help Desk,
      784-4320 x 1
  4. If existing account is configured with the IMAP protocol, scroll down to SSL in the left columne.  On the line labeled SSL for IMAP, select Required (TLS).
  5. Click OK.