Mail Setup Instructions: Eudora IMAP-SSL

Instructions
Converting from POP to IMAP
Watching your quotas when using IMAP

Eudora 5.1 with IMAP-SSL - Macintosh

IMAP is a mail download protocol which allows you to keep folders on the server and access these folders from multiple computers. This is great for users who don't use just one computer to check their email. IMAP downloads a local copy of your mailbox and folders from the server to the computer you are connecting from. If you create folders on your computer, you will have to sync up with the server in order to make it accessible globally. However, you're not required to create folders. You can work with just one mailbox/ inbox, if you like.

Remember, do not interchange between using IMAP and POP. This may lead to a corruption of your mail files. If you use IMAP, use it on all your mail clients.

You must be running Mac OS 9 or above.

Make sure you have KeyChains enabled.  KeyChains allow you to store
all your passwords or certificates in one place.  This is where
maxwell.berkeley.edu's certificate and your Eudora password will be stored. 

To enable KeyChains, go to 
Apple -> Control Panel -> Keychain Access.  

If a keychain doesn't already exist, you are asked to create a new one.     
You will need to lock your keychains with a password.  Be sure to
choose one that is different from your DECF password.  When your
keychains are unlocked, any user on your computer can open applications
using the passwords on your keychain.  For security, you should always
lock your keychain when you are not at your computer.

Make sure you're running Eudora 5.1.  To find out what version of
Eudora you're running, select About Eudora from the Apple menu.

From the Window menu, click on Personalities.  The
Personalities window will be opened.

Highlight <Dominant>. Click Edit button.  The
Settings window opens with Personalities highlighted in the left pane.

Each personality represents one email account from which you check mail.  If 
you have configured your DECF account under another personality name, select 
that one instead.  

In the Settings window, make sure the following is set:

    Username:        your-DECF-username (e.g., adent)

    Mail Server:     maxwell.berkeley.edu
    
    Check for 
    mail every:      10 minutes (recommended, minimum 5 min)	    

    Check mail on 
    manual checks:   Check if you want to manually check mail instead.

    Real Name:       your-real-name (e.g., Arthur Dent)

    SMTP Server:   - If you are on campus, using campus HIP/SHIP, or DECF 
                     modem pool, set as maxwell.berkeley.edu 

                   - If you are using AOL, Earthlink, Pacbell, AtHome, or 
                     other ISP's, set as your-isp-mail-server 
                     (e.g., mail.pacbell.com)

                   - If you are off campus and want to use Outgoing Mail 
                     Relay, set as relay.decf.berkeley.edu.
                     (see Outgoing Mail Relay for more info.)

    Return Address:  your-DECF-username@newton.berkeley.edu 
                     (e.g., adent@newton.berkeley.edu)


Click on Personality Extras icon in the left pane, fill in the following:


    Server Configuration:          IMAP 

    IMAP Mailbox Location Prefix:  mail/ (DECF IMAP users: do not use 
                                   "newtonhome/mail")

    For New Mail, download:        Minimal Headers Only

    Use IMAP Trash:                Uncheck

    Authentication:                Passwords

Click on SSL icon in the left pane, fill in the following:
    
    SSL for POP:     leave as is
    SSL for SMTP:    None       
    SSL for IMAP:    Required (Alternate Port)       

Scroll up the left pane and click on the Miscellaneous icon.
Make sure "Use system keychain to store passwords" is  CHECKED.

Click OK

Check mail, enter your DECF password when prompted.  
Note: This is not the same as your APOP password.  If you do not remember
your DECF password, go see a lab staff during their office hours

An "Unknown SSL Certificate" window will pop up.  To add this
certificate to your keychain, click Open.

Check Add to KeyChain.  Select Always Trust in the
pull down menu.  Click OK .  Click Done

Now you can check mail again.

To view your list of mailboxes, from the Window menu, click on
Mailboxes.  You will see your mailboxes on the left of the
screen, under <Dominant>

Note: With IMAP, you must expunge your deleted messages
manually.  To do so, use option+Special and select
Remove Deleted Messages.  

Another way is to expunge your messages is to compact your mailbox.  At the 
bottom left hand corner of each mailbox is 3 numbers (38/1k/5k).  Click on 
these and your messages will be expunged.

In Eudora, the Mailbox window contains two sections. The section labeled "Eudora" is like your local hard drive. It contains all the mail you've downloaded via POP. The section labeled 'maxwell.berkeley.edu' is your IMAP server drive. Therefore, it is important that you know where you are going to create any new mail folders. If you create a new mail folder under "Eudora", then it's a local folder. This means that if you access your mail from another computer via IMAP, you will not see this folder.

If you're migrating from POP to IMAP and you DID NOT leave your mail on the server, you may want to transfer existing Local Mailboxes to the IMAP server. This will allow you to see the contents of these mailboxes when accessing mail from other machines. If you always check mail from one machine, you do not have to do this.

Transfering Local Inbox

Open the local Inbox mailbox (the one under Eudora) and mark all of the messages by using the Select All feature from the Edit menu.

From the Transfer menu select the item <Dominant> (or the personality that your maxwell.berkeley.edu account is under) and then select Inbox. All messages are moved to Inbox on the IMAP server.

Transfering Other Local Mailboxes

Create a new mailbox on the IMAP server.  Right clicking on <Dominant> and select New....

Enter the name of the new mailbox, for example OldMail. Note that the name of the mailbox you are creating may be the same name as the mailbox on the local hard drive.

Open the local mailbox and mark all of the messages by clicking Select All from the Edit menu.

From the Message menu select Move Message and then select the mailbox you just created. All messages are moved to the mailbox on the IMAP server.

The transfer may take some time depending on the number and size of messages being transferred.

Verify that the procedure has completed successfully by opening the newly created mailbox under <Dominant>

.

Continue for all mailboxes you wish to transfer.