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How to Enable Secure Email Passwords in
Qualcomm's Eudora

If you need to upgrade your copy of Eudora, please visit our upgrade information page.

NOTE: Do not enable SSL for Outgoing (SMTP) mail. You will not be able to send mail with this feature enabled.

Windows with Eudora version 5.1.1 (and later)
Requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

  1. From the Tools menu select Options...
  2. From the Category list (on the left) select Checking Mail
  3. In the "Secure Sockets when Receiving" area select "Required, Alternate Port" from the pop-up menu
  4. From the Category list scroll down and select Advanced Network
  5. In the "Network buffer size" box replace the existing value with 8192.
  6. Click the OK button

MacOS X with Eudora version 5.2 (and later)
(requires MacOS X 10.2 and later)

  1. From the Special menu selection Settings...
  2. From the list on the left select SSL
  3. In the "SSL for POP" section select "Required (Alternate Port)" from the pop-up menu
  4. In the "SSL for IMAP" section select "Required (Alternate Port" from the pop-up menu
  5. Click the OK button

MacOS 9 with Eudora version 5.1.1 (and later)
Requires MacOS 9.0 or newer (why?)

Enabling this security feature in MacOS 8 and MacOS 9 requires the use of Keychain, a feature built-in to MacOS. This process creates a keychain and then enables the security setting.

If you already have a keychain begin at step 5.

  1. From the Apple menu select Control Panels and then Keychain Access
  2. When asked if you would like to create a keychain, click the Create button
  3. In the keychain name field, enter a name (e.g. Bill's keychain)
  4. Enter a password twice and click the Create button
  5. Start Eudora
  6. From the Special menu selection Settings...
  7. From the list on the left select SSL
  8. In the "SSL for POP" section select "Required (Alternate Port)" from the pop-up menu
  9. In the "SSL for IMAP" section select "Required (Alternate Port" from the pop-up menu
  10. Click the OK button

If you started this procedure at step 5, you're done! Otherwise, please continue with these last five steps:

  1. From the File menu select Check Mail
  2. When you see the "Unknown SSL Certificate" window click the Open button
  3. When you see the "Add Certificate" window click the OK button
  4. Keychain will then display a certificate window. Click the Done button
  5. From the File menu select Quit.

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