Checking Mail Eudora User Manual
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SMTP server (outgoing)—This is the name of the outgoing mail server for your principal
email account. All outgoing messages sent from your primary account are routed through
this server. If the computer that your primary incoming mail account is selected als o runs
an SMTP server, you can leave this field blank. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol.
Allow Authentication—Eudora can log in to an SMTP server when sending mail, just like
it does for receiving mail. Not all SMTP servers require or allo w such authentication.
Eudora will attempt authentication to servers that allow it. The preferred SMTP authentica-
tion method is CRAM-MD5. If CRAM-MD5 is not available, LOGIN or PLAIN will automati-
cally be used. See “Using SMTP Authentication” on page 46.
Checking Mail
The Checking Mail options determine how Eudora checks for and receives incom ing mail
messages sent to your principal email account (dominant personal ity).
To display the Checking Mail options window, do the following.
1From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2Click the Checking Mail icon. The Checking Mail options window appears.

Checking Mail options window

Select the options you want to change. Options are described below.
Mail Server—This is the name of your incoming-mail server as entere d in the Mail Server
(Incoming) field of the Getting Started options. See “Getting Started” o n page 197 for more
details. Click the page number to display the topic.
Login Name—This is the login name you entered in the Login Name field of the Getting
Started options. See “Getting Started” on page 197 for more details. Clic k the page
number to display the topic.