Eudora User Manual Creating a Desktop Phonebook Shortcut
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This script is compatible with both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.x Dialup Networking
tools. If the login sequence fails, then the script will halt, leaving you free to attempt a
manual login via the popup Dialup Networking terminal window.
Creating a Desktop Phonebook ShortcutYou may find it convenient to create a desktop shortcut to your Phonebook entry, some-
thing we recommend.
To create a Phonebook shortcut under Windows 95/98:
1Open the Dialup Networking folder, then drag a Phonebook icon to your Windows
desktop.
2To rename the shortcut label, select the shortcut icon and press F2, or just click on the
shortcut label twice, slowly.
To create a Phonebook shortcut under Windows NT 4.x:
1Open the Dialup Networking tool, click the More button, and select the Create
shortcut to entry… item.
2Choose a name for the shortcut in the Save dialog, then save the shortcut to your
Desktop folder.
To test the Dialup Networking connection, double-click on the shortcut icon on your
Desktop. Once your Phonebook entry successfully and automatical ly creates a TCP/IP
connection to your Internet Service Provider, you are ready to configure Eudora to aut o-
matically dial the Phonebook entry.
Configuring Eudora to Auto-Dial the Phonebook EntryIf you connect to your Internet Service Provider with a modem, you can easily configure
Eudora to automatically “dial on demand” using Microsoft Dialup Networking. Eu dora only
needs a connection to your provider when performing network operations such as
checking or sending mail, or when performing a directory serv ices lookup. When Eudora is
configured to auto-dial, it automatically hangs up the connection when the ne twork opera-
tion is complete.
Before you can configure Eudora to auto-dial, you must create and co nfigure a Microsoft
Dialup Networking Phonebook entry to automatically connect to your Internet Service
Provider (see the procedures above).
To auto-dial a Dialup Networking Phonebook entry, start Eudora, select Options... from
the Tools menu to display the Options dialog, then click on the Advanced Network cate-
gory. Check the Automatically dial & hangup this connection option. In the Entry list,
select the Phonebook entry you want to dial. In the Username edit box, enter the us er-
name, if any, that is required to log in to your Internet Service Provider (this is the value
that is substituted for the $USERID variable in your Dialup Networking script). Check the
Save password option if you want Eudora to save your Dialup Networking passwor d in
the Eudora.ini file. If you leave the Save password option turned off, then Eudora will
prompt you to enter your password each time it auto-dials the Phonebook entr y.