=================================== EUDORA FOR WINDOWS, VERSION 4.3.1 =================================== Eudora 4.3.1 is a maintenance release of Eudora 4.3. This README provides information on the following topics: - Minimum Requirements - Installation - New Features in Eudora 4.3 - Notes Concerning Eudora and: * Apple QuickTime and * Microsoft Internet Explorer - Security Note - Bug Reports - Requests for Features - Developer's Note - Eudora Version 4.3.1 Software License Agreement See Relnotes.txt for detailed information on changes, bug fixes, and known issues. (A single text file containing all the information that's in Readme.txt and Relnotes.txt would be too large for Notepad to open on some systems.) ---------------------- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ---------------------- To use Eudora for Windows Version 4.3.1, you must have the following: - IBM PC or compatible. - Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 or above. - WinSock 1.1 API compliant networking package. (Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 come with this.) - An Internet e-mail account (POP or IMAP) with an Internet Service Provider or through a corporate network. - Access to your mail account via (1) a modem connection to your Internet Service Provider or (2) a direct Internet network connection. -------------- INSTALLATION -------------- To install Eudora: 1. After downloading the installer, exit any applications you are running. 2. Click "Start|Run", then click the "Browse" button. 3. Go to the folder where you saved the installer. Choose that file and click "OK". 4. Read the Welcome screen, then click the Next button. 5. Read the Software License Agreement, and if you agree to the terms, click Yes. Once you've installed Eudora, a copy of the license agreement will be available in the file License.txt in your Eudora directory. 6. Pick the components you wish to install. 7. Specify a directory in which to install Eudora, then click Next. 8. Eudora is installed in the destination directory. 9. The installer will offer to place a shortcut to Eudora on your desktop. 10. The installer will offer to display the Readme file (this file). 11. The installer will offer to take you to the accessory download page in your web browser. This gives you an opportunity to download additional tools that can help you use Eudora more effectively, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple QuickTime. The interaction between Eudora and those two applications is described below. 12. We recommend that you look at the Readme.txt and Relnotes.txt files in the Eudora directory following installation. ---------------------------- NEW FEATURES IN EUDORA 4.3 ---------------------------- Eudora 4.3 introduces a third kind of Eudora, one that's supported by advertisements. In the past, we had Eudora Pro (all the features, but you pay) and Eudora Light (free, but fewer features). Now, we have one application that runs in three modes: 1. Paid mode: Like Eudora Pro - all the features, but you pay 2. Light mode: Like Eudora Light - free, but fewer features 3. Sponsored mode: New - all the features, free, but with ads Other new features include: - More powerful mailbox sorting capabilities - Importing of messages and addresses from Microsoft Outlook Express 5 - Enhanced SMTP authentication support For more information on the new features in Eudora 4.3, please read the Whatsnew.pdf file in the Eudora directory. You'll need an application capable of displaying files in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format), such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can obtain Acrobat Reader from , or from . ------------------------------------- NOTES CONCERNING EUDORA AND: * APPLE QUICKTIME * MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER ------------------------------------- Eudora's standard message viewer supports basic HTML, such as text formatting and inline images. Installing QuickTime adds support to the standard viewer for inline display of a wider range of image (picture) formats. Installing Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), version 4.0 or above, adds an additional message viewer (hereinafter, the Microsoft viewer) to Eudora that can accurately display just about any HTML message you might receive. You can find installers for these applications on the Eudora web site at . * Why should I care about displaying HTML messages? HTML messages (email messages that use HTML, the language of web pages) are becoming more and more common. The latest web browsers allow a web page to be sent as an HTML message. If someone sends you an HTML message that uses advanced formatting such as tables, then to see it as it was intended you need to tell Eudora to use the Microsoft viewer instead of its standard message viewer. * If Eudora has two viewers, how will I tell it which one to use? Just check or uncheck the "Use Microsoft's viewer" checkbox in the Viewing Mail panel of the Options dialog, under the Tools menu in Eudora. The checkbox is checked by default if IE 4.0 or higher is on your system. If IE 3.0 or higher is not on your system, the checkbox is dimmed and you can use only the standard viewer; you can, however, enhance it with QuickTime as described below. * What's the impact of installing QuickTime? It'll take about a minute and use 6 megabytes of disk space. It enhances the standard (non-Microsoft) viewer by allowing it to display images in a wider range of formats. It has no effect when "Use Microsoft's viewer" is selected. * What's the impact of installing IE 4.0 or higher? If you install IE 4.0 via the Eudora installer, it'll take up to 10 minutes, depending on the speed of your computer, and consume about 35 megabytes of disk space. It will not convert your desktop to the "active" state where single-clicking on an icon opens it, and it will not make IE 4.0 your default web browser unless your current default browser is an earlier version of IE. The specific viewing capabilities that you gain in Eudora are listed below. * What if I already have Internet Explorer? If you already have IE 4.0 or above on your system, Eudora will take advantage of it automatically, so there's no need to have the Eudora installer reinstall it. If you already have IE 3.0 on your system, you have two choices: 1. You can leave it alone, in which case Eudora will use IE 3.0 if you choose "Use Microsoft's viewer" in Eudora's Options dialog. However, this doesn't provide all the functionality you get with the IE 4.0 viewer (or even the standard viewer) - see the details below. 2. You can upgrade to IE 4.0 via the Eudora installer. This will upgrade your IE 3.0 to version 4.0 (on Windows 95, this won't take effect until after you reboot). You won't lose any functionality, and all your IE settings and preferences will be preserved. If you have a version of IE earlier than 3.0 on your system, installing IE 4.0 will not affect it. However, you must have IE 3.0 or above in order for the "Use Microsoft's viewer" option to take effect. * What does Eudora's standard viewer support? + Bold, italic, and underlined text + Different font faces, sizes, and colors + Fixed-width text + Left and right justification and centering + Multiple indentation levels + Bulleted lists + Hyperlinks (clicking on a URL launches your browser and takes you to a web page) + Horizontal ruling lines + Inline display of BMP images and some JPEG images * What does QuickTime add to the standard viewer? + Inline display of a wider variety of images, including the full set of JPEG formats, PNG, GIF, TIFF, Macintosh PICT, etc. * What does the Microsoft viewer do that the standard one doesn't? + Displays GIF, PNG and a wider variety of JPEG images inline + Automatic inline display of images from web sites + Numbered lists + Tables and forms + International character sets + Java applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX controls + Dynamic HTML (not if you're using IE 3.0) + Other embedded objects (audio, video) + Unlike QuickTime, it doesn't display Macintosh PICT images * What DON'T I get in Eudora if I use IE 3.0 instead of IE 4.0? + Dynamic HTML + Editing of received messages + Running Eudora plug-ins (such as text translators) on received messages If you're using IE 3.0, you can still edit received messages, and run Eudora plug-ins on them, provided you first switch to the standard viewer by unchecking "Use Microsoft's viewer" in the Options dialog. * What does inline image support mean? This means that if there's a picture embedded in the middle of a message, it'll display that way. Otherwise, the picture will be an attachment and will display in a separate window when you click on it. --------------- SECURITY NOTE --------------- Recent email viruses, such as the notorious "Melissa", have heightened many people's awareness of the need to be careful with email. For maximum protection, we recommend the following: 1. Change your Eudora attachment directory to something other than the default. 2. Disable JavaScript in your web browser. 3. Leave "(Warn me when I) Launch a program from a message" checked in Tools/Options/Extra Warnings. 4. Leave "Allow executables in HTML content" unchecked in Tools/Options/Viewing Mail. Consult for additional information, including instructions for changing your Eudora attachment directory. ------------- BUG REPORTS ------------- If you experience something you think might be a bug in Eudora, please report it by sending a message to win-eudora-bugs@qualcomm.com. Describe what you did, what happened, what version of Eudora you have, any error messages Eudora gave (the numbers in parentheses ( ) are especially important), what kind of computer you have, which operating system you're using, and anything else you think might be relevant. An easy way of incorporating your system information is to select Help/Insert System Configuration while composing your message in Eudora. You will receive an automated response indicating that your bug report has been received and forwarded to our engineering staff. Unless additional information is needed, you will not receive a direct response. If you're experiencing a problem with Eudora, select Help/Technical Support in Eudora for information on getting more help. ----------------------- REQUESTS FOR FEATURES ----------------------- Please send any suggestions or requests for new features to eudora-suggest@qualcomm.com. You will receive an automated response indicating that your suggestion has been received and forwarded to our engineering staff. Unless additional information is needed, you will not receive a direct response. If you're experiencing a problem with Eudora, select Help/Technical Support in Eudora for information on getting more help. ------------------ DEVELOPER'S NOTE ------------------ Eudora is postcardware! 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