Versions of Macintosh Eudora prior to 4.2 do not support IMAP. The current version is available from PUBnet (ftp://ftpubnet.nih.gov/PUBNet/Mac%20Software/Applications%20-%20Classic/) In addition to the above link, PUBnet is accessible as a shared volume available via AppleTalk zones to all Mac users at NIH.

Pull down the Special menu and select Settings

Select 'Getting Started'

• Username: enter your helix username (e.g. johnxq)
• Mail server: helix.nih.gov
• Real Name: (enter your real name)
• SMTP server: mailfwd.nih.gov
• Return address (can leave blank)

1. Select 'Checking Mail'

   • Mail Protocol: select IMAP
   • IMAP mailbox location prefix: mail
     This is the location in your Helix account where your IMAP mail folders will be stored. The suggested value of 'mail' means that your mail folders will be in /home/username/mail on Helix.
   • Authentication: Passwords
   • Check for mail every: 10 minutes. (suggested value)

2. Select 'Sending Mail'

   • Default domain: nih.gov (recommended)
   • SMTP server: as above
   • Allow authorization: turn on
   • Keep copies: turn on
     This will keep copies of your outgoing mail in a folder on your desktop machine.

3. Select 'Attachments'

   • Choose 'MIME'.
     This is the most common attachment method, thus most likely to work between different mailers.
   • Attachment folder: (choose a folder on your dekstop machine)

   If you want to use the NIH Directory Service in Eudora:

4. Select 'Hosts'

   • Ph/LDAP server: ph.nih.gov

To read the mail

1. Pull down the Mailbox menu and select <Dominant>
2. Select Inbox