Configuring Eudora for Authenticated SMTP: Windows
These instructions refer to Eudora version 5.1 running on
Windows. More recent versions should be similar.
They pertain ONLY to people using lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu for
outgoing mail. If you are using an SMTP (outgoing mail) server
provided by a non-Lamont ISP, you do not need to make these
changes.
Although these instructions deal with sending
mail you should know the following:
The IMAP implementation in
Eudora is brain-damaged. IMAP looks at every directory in your
home directory as a mail file -- Eudora has no way of unsubscribing
from the files that do not contain mail. Also,
you may get errors when performing several operations in a
row that change the sequence numbers of messages in your mailbox.
Most mail clients take care of this automatically, waiting so
you don't need to think about this. In Eudora,
you must watch for operations to complete before starting
new ones.
You must use
the same "login name" for both sending and receiving mail if you want
to use authenticated SMTP. If your incoming mail server is
anything aside from lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu or lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu,
authenticated SMTP will not work.
If you are using Norton AntiVirus 2002 and are configured to check
outgoing mail, you will need to disable this feature.
Here are the instructions
- Start Eudora and select Tools, Options and
Getting Started.
- Look at SMTP Server. If it has lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu,
change it to lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu.
If you are using a non-Lamont ISP's SMTP
(outgoing mail) server, STOP NOW. These instructions pertain
ONLY to people who have been using lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu.
- Check Allow authentication.

- Select Incoming Mail. Check the value of Server configuration--either IMAP or POP.

- Now select Checking Mail. If your mail server is set to lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu and the Server configuration value was set to IMAP, then ensure Required, STARTTLS is
selected from the Secure Sockets when Receiving item
list. If you have set your server configuration to use POP, then choose Never, instead.

- Select Sending Mail. Ensure Required, STARTTLS is
selected from the Secure Sockets when Sending item
list and click OK.

- Install the Lamont Certificate by following the instructions in the next section.
Installing Lamont's Certificate and Using Authenticated SMTP
Before you can use Authenticated SMTP to send email, the security
Certificate for Columbia University should be installed in Eudora.
- Create a test email and send it. If you already have Lamont's
Certificate installed in Eudora, the message will be sent after you have
authenticated. If you don't have the Certificate installed, you will see
an error message similiar to this:

- To add the Certificate, click the Personalities tab in your
Account display window.

- Right click on your Personality and select Properties

- Click on Last SSL Info to start the Certificate Information
Manager

- Click on Certificate Information Manager button to locate the
Columbia Unviersity Certificate

- Highlight the Lamont Certificate from the list under Server
Certificates and click on Add to Trusted. Click Done to
exit the Certificate Information Manager.

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