Using Attachments in the Eudora Pro Email Program

Phyllis Galt

Eudora Pro is the preferred email package at MIT for Macintosh and 
Windows users. One of the key benefits Eudora has over TechMail is that 
it lets you exchange formatted files - such as word processed documents, 
graphics, and spreadsheets - with users on either a Macintosh or PC. You 
can even exchange formatted files with colleagues who use some other 
commercial email packages, such as CCmail.

Eudora lets you exchange these files by "attaching" them to an open 
email message. This article steps you through how to send, store, and 
open attachments in Eudora.

Attaching Files
You can attach one or more files to a message by following a two-step 
procedure for each attachment.

1. Choose Attach Document (Macintosh) or Attach File (Windows) from 
   the Message menu.
 
   Result: A dialog box prompts you to locate the file you want to 
   attach.
 
2. Navigate to the file you want to attach, select it, then click on 
   Open. 
        
   Result: The file is attached to the message and will be sent with it. 
   The Attachments: line in the header contains the name of the attached 
   file. 

Storing Attached Files
When you receive an attached file with a message, it is automatically 
stored in the Attachments folder in the Eudora folder in your System 
folder. If you want, you can move attachments out of this folder and 
store them elsewhere. You can also specify a different folder to store 
attachments. To do this, 

1. Choose Settings from the Special menu (Macintosh) or Options from the
   Tools menu (Windows).
 
2. Click on the Attachments icon.
 
3. Click on the Attachment Folder button under Attachment Folder (Mac) or the 
   Attachment Directory button under the Attachment Directory (Windows):
 
   Result: A dialog box appears that lets you choose a folder.
 
4. Navigate to the folder you want to use, then click on Use Folder 
   (Macintosh) or Use Directory (Windows).
 
Opening Attached Files
To open an attached file, the program in which the attached file was 
created needs to be installed on your computer. There are two ways to 
open an attached file:
 
* Double-click anywhere on the Attachments: line in the header of the 
message and the program will start up and open the file. (If you 
double-click on an attachment for which you don't have the program, 
you'll be prompted to locate the program.) 

* Start up a program to open the file, navigate to the folder where 
it's stored, and open it in the usual way.