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You may tailor many aspects of Eudora to your own
needs and preferences. Some of these are set with
the Configuration... dialog described in the
previous section. Others are set with the
Switches... dialog. If the setting can be either on
or off, it’s in the Switches... dialog; if a choice
beyond on or off is required, it’s in the
Configuration... dialog. To display the Switches...
dialog, select Switches... from the Special menu.
The Switches... dialog is divided into seven groups
of options, with a descriptive heading above each
group. A check in the box next to the option
indicates that the option is on. Each of the
options is described below. The default settings
are listed in brackets after the name of each
option.
Many of the Composition: options can be turned on
and off for individual messages using the icon bar
displayed at the top of the message composition
window. However, setting them here establishes
these settings as the icon bar defaults for all new
composition windows.
If May use QP is on, Eudora uses quoted-printable
encoding when necessary, such as when messages that
contain long lines of text or special characters are
sent. If this option is off, quoted-printable
encoding is not used.
If Word Wrap is on, a carriage return is not
required at the end of each line of type in an
outgoing message. Eudora automatically wraps text
to the next line, with line breaks at roughly 76
characters per line. This makes your mail more
legible to recipients using line-oriented mail
systems. It is strongly recommended that you turn
this option on.
If Tabs in Body is on, hitting the [tab] key within
the message body results in Eudora inserting enough
spaces to move the insertion point to a multiple of
8 characters from the start of the line. This
mimics the way tabs work on many terminals. If this
option is off, hitting the [tab] returns the cursor
to the To: field of the message header.
This option also controls the handling of tabs in
text that is pasted into the message window and in
plain text attachments that are not sent as
documents. If Tabs in Body is on, tabs in such
texts are replaced with the above mentioned number
of spaces, as though you had typed them in.
This option also controls what Eudora does with tab
characters that appear in mail downloaded from your
POP server. If the option is on, Eudora replaces
these with the appropriate numbers of spaces, like
it does for typed or pasted text.
It is suggested that you keep this option turned on.
Otherwise, you may get messy results when receiving
mail that contains tab characters.
If Keep Copies is on, a copy of each sent message is
kept in the Out mailbox (their summaries are marked
with an "S" in the Status/Priority column of the Out
mailbox window). If this option is off, Eudora
moves outgoing messages to the Trash mailbox after
they are sent.
If Use Signature is on, Eudora automatically
attaches your signature file (if you have one) to
the end of outgoing messages.
If Reply to All is on, selecting Reply from the
Message menu creates a message addressed not only to
the sender of the original message, but also to all
of its recipients. If the option is off, Reply
addresses the new message only to the sender.
You can use the [option] key to reverse this setting
for any given reply. That is, if this option is
off, holding down the [option] key while choosing
Reply replies to all, and vice-versa.
Note: This option setting also affects the Make Nickname
command (see the "Make Nickname... Command" section).
If Include Self is on, when you do a reply all (as
described above) your address is left in the address
list of the new message and you receive a copy of
your own reply. If this option is off, your address
is removed from the reply message.
To determine who you are, Eudora uses the "me"
nickname, if you have one. If not, it uses the
contents of the POP Account and Return Address
fields from the Configuration... dialog.
Note: This option setting also affects the Make Nickname
command (see the "Make Nickname... Command" section).
These options define the way attachments are sent.
This two-position option allows for the selection of
what format documents you attach to outgoing
messages are encoded in: AppleDouble or Bin Hex.
AppleDouble is best for recipients with MIME; Bin
Hex is most compatible with old Machine mailers
and previous versions of Eudora.
These options determine the way Eudora checks for
and receives mail.
If Save Password is on, you never have to enter your
password to check your mail (even if you quit Eudora
and restart it) because your password is stored on
your Machine. Only use this option if your
Machine is in a secure place.
Eudora normally transfers your incoming messages
from your account on the POP server to your
Machine, and deletes them from the POP server. If
Leave Mail on Server is on, Eudora transfers
incoming messages to your Machine and also keeps
copies on the POP server (see the "Leave Mail on
Server Option" section).
If Skip Big Messages is on, Eudora does not download
the entire texts of very large messages from the POP
server, but only downloads the first few lines.
This can be useful on slow connections (see the
"Skip Big Messages Option" section).
These options determine the way Eudora sends mail.
If Send on Check is on, Eudora automatically sends
any messages that are queued in the Out mailbox
whenever it checks the POP Server for new mail.
If Fix curly quotes is on, Eudora replaces all
"smart" quotes in message text or attachments with
"conventional" quotes prior to sending the
message/attachment. The "smart" quotation marks are
special characters, and this option allows messages
to be sent without using quoted-printable encoding.
Note: If your recipients have MIME, there’s no reason to
use this option. Only turn it on if most of the people you
correspond with don’t use MIME.
If Immediate Send is on, the rightmost button in the
icon bar of the message composition window is
labeled Send. Clicking on this button immediately
sends the message to the POP server. If this option
is off, the button is labeled Queue and clicking on
it places the message in the Out mailbox marked
ready for delivery (Q).
These options determine what Eudora does when it is
running in the background and wants your attention,
or when new mail arrives.
If Alert is on, Eudora uses an alert to notify you
when new mail is received.
If Sound is on, Eudora makes a noise when it needs
you. There are two different sounds, one for the
arrival of mail and one for everything else.
This option applies only to the arrival of new mail.
If Open "In" Mailbox is on, Eudora automatically
opens the In mailbox when new mail arrives. It also
scrolls to the end of the mailbox and selects the
first unread message of the last unread batch of
messages, or FUMLUB. If this option is off, Eudora
doesn’t open the In mailbox when new messages
arrive.
These options allow you to activate the Machine
keyboard arrow keys as a method of toggling through
messages.
If Plain Arrows is on and there is a message window
open on the screen, the Machine keyboard arrow
keys can be used to close the current message and
open the next or previous message in the mailbox.
The up or left arrow key opens the previous message;
the down or right arrow key opens the next message.
If this option is off, the arrow keys can be used to
move the insertion point in messages.
Note: Even if Plain Arrows is on, the arrow keys do not
switch messages if there is a message composition window
topmost on the screen.
If Cmd-Arrows is on, message switching using the
arrow keys (as described in the "Plain Arrows"
section above) is permissible only when the
[command]/CTRL key is depressed.
Note: The Cmd-Arrows keystrokes do work when composition
windows are open on the screen.
These options control miscellaneous Eudora
functions.
If Show All Headers is on, Eudora displays the
complete header, including routing information, with
the message. If this option is off, Eudora
withholds this additional information.
Note: If you want to see all headers for just one incoming message, close the message and reopen in with the [option] key held down.
If Zoom Windows is on, new mailbox and message
windows automatically open to their "zoomed" size.
The zoomed size is computed on a window-by-window
basis. For mailbox windows, zoomed size is just
wide enough to display the widest summary, and just
long enough to display all the summaries (but no
longer than the Machine display screen). For
message windows, zoomed size is just long enough to
display all of the message(but no longer than the
Machine display screen), and as wide as the
Message Window Width setting in the Configuration...
dialog. Composition windows zoom to the height
specified by the Message Window Height setting in
the Configuration... dialog.
If Easy Delete is on, Eudora does not alert you when
you are deleting messages you haven’t read or
transferring queued messages out of the Out mailbox.
If Mailbox Superclose is on, closing a mailbox
window closes all open messages from that mailbox.
If Empty Trash on Quit is on, Eudora empties the
Trash mailbox whenever you quit the application. If
this option is off, Eudora only empties the Trash
when you select Empty Trash from the Special menu.
Note: If you want to remove some messages from the trash
but don’t want to empty it entirely, highlight the summaries
you want to delete and select Delete from the Message menu.
The selected messages are deleted.
If Easy Open is on, deleting or transferring the
current message opens the next message in the
mailbox, but only if it is unread.
If Show Progress is on, Eudora displays a Progress
window at the top of your screen to advise you of
progress made when making a network connection,
transferring mail or some other long operation.
Many network problems are temporary. When a problem
occurs while Eudora is transferring or checking your
mail, you are notified in the same way you would be
if you were receiving new mail (see the "Get
Attention By: Options" section). If Auto-Ok is on,
these notifications automatically go away after a
couple of minutes. This allows Eudora to try the
communication again. This setting is most useful if
you have a non-zero value for the Check for mail
every ? minute(s) setting in the Configuration...
dialog.
Note: Turning this option on may cause some Communications Toolbox connection tools to give you less progress information and feedback.
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