.i.Messages:Outgoing:Attaching document to;.i.Attachments;Any Macintosh document can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message. To attach a document to a current outgoing message, select .i.Attach Document... command;Attach Document... from the Message menu. A standard file dialog is displayed. Once the desired document is located, select it and click on the Open button to attach the document to the message.
 
Attaching a document
The attached document functions like a “rider” to the E-mail message, and thus it does not appear within the message text. Instead, the name of the document and the disk from which it was copied is displayed automatically in the .i.Message:Outgoing:Attachments: field;Attachments: field of the message header.
 
An outgoing message with an attached document
Note: A document cannot be attached to a message through manual editing of the Attachments: field.
When the message is sent, if the chosen document is not a plain (ASCII) text file, it is formatted in the selected attachment format (AppleDouble, AppleSingle, or BinHex) and sent with the message. This allows you to send any kind of document through the mail, even Macintosh applications.
.i.Always As Documents:And plain TEXT documents;If the chosen document is a plain text file, it is not encoded in any special format before being sent, but rather it is added to your message as though you had typed it in manually.
Multiple Attachments
.i.Attachments:Multiple;Multiple documents may be sent with a single message, but each document to be attached must be selected as described above.
Detaching a Document
.i.Attachments:Detaching;To detach a document before the message is sent out, click anywhere on the name of the document in the .i.Message:Outgoing:Attachments: field;Attachments: field of the composition window. Then, press .i.Delete key;[delete] or select .i.Clear command;Clear from the Edit menu.
Receiving an Attachment
.i.Attachments:Receiving;Unless you have already specified an Attachment Folder (see the “Specifying an Attachment Folder” section below), the first time you receive an attachment Eudora automatically creates one for you called Attachments Folder. This folder is created in the Eudora Folder within your System Folder, and all arriving attachments are automatically placed there.
Specifying an Attachment Folder
.i.Attachments:Specifying an Attachment Folder;Eudora allows you to select a folder into which all incoming attachments are automatically placed. To do so, select Settings... from the Special menu. Then, select the Attachments settings. Click on the large button beneath .i.Attachment Folder option;the Attachment Folder prompt.
 
Starting to select an attachments folder
A dialog is displayed allowing you to select the desired Attachment Folder. Double-click on the name of the folder to select it (its name should be displayed in the menu above the list). Then, click the .i.Use Folder button;Use Folder button.
 
Selecting an attachments folder
The dialog closes, leaving the Settings dialog displayed. The name of the folder you just selected is now displayed in the Attachment Folder button.
 
An attachments folder is selected
If you ever want to specify a different folder to receive attachments, simply click on this button and the dialog for choosing an attachments folder is redisplayed.
Note: If, at some future time, Eudora cannot find your selected folder (perhaps because the volume that contained it is not available), an alert is displayed at startup informing you that the Attachment Folder is unavailable. Eudora will create a folder called Attachments Folder in the Eudora folder within your System folder and use this folder for attachments until you designate a new Attachment Folder.
Attachments are decoded automatically and saved directly into the selected folder. The name given your attachments is recorded in the message from which they came. .i.Attachments:And duplicate names;If you receive multiple attachments with the same name, a number is added to the end of each attachment name.
Non-Eudora Users Receiving Attachments
If you send an attachment to someone who doesn’t use Eudora, the attached file is included at the end of the message in the chosen attachment format (AppleDouble, AppleSingle, or BinHex). If the recipient does not use a Macintosh, AppleDouble is probably the best format as it is most usable on non-Macintosh platforms. If the recipient does have a Macintosh, BinHex is the best format. If the attachment is encoded in Bin Hex, however, it is not usable until the recipient has decoded it.
Note: The application “Stuffit,” among others, can be used to decode such documents.
Replying to, Forwarding, or
Redirecting an Incoming Message
This section describes the Reply, Forward, and Redirect commands found in the Message menu. These commands are different from the Reply To, Forward To, and Redirect To commands found in the same menu. This latter set of commands is used with the Quick Recipient list (see the “Using the Quick Recipient List” section for descriptions of these commands).
Replying to a Message
.i.Message:Incoming:Replying to;To reply to a current message, select .i.Reply command;Reply from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed, with the original sender’s address automatically placed in the .i.Message:Outgoing:To field;To: field of the header. The original sender’s text is also automatically included in the message body (prefixed by “>” at the beginning of each line). This text may be edited as needed. Additional text can be added to the reply just as to any outgoing message, and the reply can then be sent or saved for further changes.
 
A message and its reply
An incoming message for which the .i.Reply command;Reply command has been used is identified by an “.i.R message status;R” in its message summary.
 
‘R’ indicates that the message has been replied to
Modified Forms of Reply
There are several variations of the Reply command.
Reply all:
.i.Message:Incoming:Replying to all;.i.Reply All;If you hold down the [option] key when selecting .i.Reply command;Reply from the Message menu, the reply message is sent to the sender of the original message and to everyone who received it. This is useful for carrying on group discussions electronically. If the .i.Reply All option;Reply to all By default option in the Settings dialog (Replying) is turned on, reply to all is the default, and you must hold down the [option] key to reply only to the message sender.
Include self:
If the .i.Include yourself option;Include yourself option in the Settings dialog (Replying) is turned on when you do a Reply to all, 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 turned off, Eudora does not include your return address in the reply to all message.
Note: To determine who you are, Eudora uses the “me” nickname, if you create one for yourself. If not, Eudora uses the contents of the POP Account and Return Address fields from the Settings dialog.
.i.Message:Incoming:Replying to all:CC original To recipients;CC: original To: recipients
If the Put original To: recipients in Cc: field, not To: field option in the Settings dialog (Replying) is turned on, the addresses of the original message recipients are moved from the To: field to the Cc: field of the reply to all message. Only the address of the original sender is placed in the To: field.
Quote selection only:
.i.Message:Incoming:Replying to selection;In some cases, you may wish to respond to only a portion of the sender’s message. This can be done by first highlighting the desired text in the sender’s message. Then, hold down the [shift] key when selecting Reply from the Message menu. Only the highlighted text is quoted in your reply message.
Forwarding a Message
.i.Message:Incoming:Forwarding;You may want to relay, or forward, messages to other users. To forward a current message, select .i.Forward command;Forward from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed, with your address automatically placed in the .i.Message:Outgoing:To: field;From: field of the header. The original sender’s text is also automatically included in the message body (prefixed by “>” at the beginning of each line). This text may be edited, and more text can be added to the message. Type the address of the person to whom you want the message forwarded in the empty To: field of the header. The message can then be sent or saved for further changes.
 
Forwarding a message
An incoming message for which the Forward command has been used is identified by an “.i.F message status;F” in its message summary.
 
‘F’ indicates that the message has been forwarded
Redirecting a Message
.i.Message:Incoming:Redirecting;Eudora provides a way to redirect messages that you decide were more appropriately sent to someone besides yourself. To redirect a current message, select .i.Redirect command;Redirect from the Message menu. A new message window is displayed. The address in the .i.Message:Outgoing:From field;From: field is that of the person who originally sent the message, by way of your address. In addition, there are no “>” markers at the beginning of each line of the original text. However, you may edit or add more text to the message. Type the address of the person to whom you want the message redirected in the empty To: field of the header. The message can then be sent or saved for further changes.
 
Redirecting a message
An incoming message for which the Redirect command has been used is identified by a “.i.D message status;D” in its message summary.
 
‘D’ indicates that the message has been redirected
Easy Repeat (“Canned”) Messages Using Redirect
.i.Messages:Using Redirect to repeat;If you find yourself sending the same message over and over again to different people, you can keep a “canned” copy of that message and send it easily using the Redirect command. To do this, first compose a new message as you normally would, but leave the To: field blank. Save the message, and, if desired, use the Transfer menu to move it from the Out mailbox into another mailbox (named “Canned Messages,” perhaps). When you want to send the message to someone, locate the message and open it (or simply highlight it in the mailbox window), select .i.Redirect command;Redirect from the Messages menu, fill in the To: field, and send the message.
Redirect and Signatures
.i.Signature:And redirect;When you use Redirect, your signature file (described in the “Creating a Signature” section) is not added to the message when it is sent, unless the message was originally created by you. Eudora considers the message to be originally from you if the address in the .i.Message:Incoming:Redirecting & From: field;From: field exactly matches your return address.
