Secure Email Configuration Eudora Mac 9.2

Configuring Eudora POP/IMAP for MacOS 9.2.x

Secure Domain Email Customers: If your secure email account with us uses a domain name other than 4securemail.com, simply use your domain instead of 4securemail.com wherever it appears in the instructions or the examples given. If you have purchased your own IP address & certificate, you may substitute any reference of mail.4securemail.com with your mail host name, e.g. mail.yourdomain.com.

1. Step 1: Open Eudora (Part 1)
2. Step 2: Open Eudora (Part 2)
3. Step 3: Getting Started Configuration
4. Step 4: Checking Mail Configuration
5. Step 5: Sending Mail Configuration
6. Step 6: Attachments Configuration
7. Step 7: SSL Configuration
8. Step 8: Keychain Creation (Part 1)
9. Step 9: Keychain Creation (Part 2)
10. Step 10: Keychain Creation (Part 3)
11. Step 11: Keychain Creation (Part 4)
12. Step 12: Keychain Creation (Part 5)
13. Step 13: Keychain Creation (Part 6)
14. Step 14: Keychain Creation (Part 7)
15. Manufacturer Technical Support

This document will help you configure your compatible Eudora email client to work with the 4securemail.com secure email services system.

Compatible Eudora versions: 5.21, 6.02 or later
Compatible MacOS versions: OS 9.2.x ("Classic")

The directions below assume a new secure email setup of Eudora with a single account ("Personality"). Users with non-working existing accounts may need to reconfigure Eudora to allow it to use the System Keychain. You may also need to edit the System Keychain in order for Eudora to work properly. Click here for instructions on how to use secure email system keychain.

Step 1: Open Eudora (Part 1)
1. Open Eudora.
2. Click "Yes" when prompted to use the system keychain.
IMPORTANT: You must allow Eudora to use the Keychain for storing the SSL certificate, or your mail.4securemail.com account will not work.

Step 2: Open Eudora (Part 2)

Click "No" when prompted to import settings from other applications.

Step 3: Getting Started Configuration

The "Settings" box opens with the "Getting Started" menu seletcted. Enter the information as listed in the screenshot below, changing "yourname" to your 4SecureMail user information under "Username" and "Return Address", and "Your Name" to your name under "Real Name."

If you wish, you can say "Yes" when asked if Eudora should be the default mail application. This is optional.

Step 4: Checking Secure Email Configuration

Click on "Checking Mail" in the left-hand column. Verify that "mail.4securemail.com" (no quotes) is listed under "Mail Host." There are two choices for your Incoming server: POP and IMAP. If you are unsure as to which one you want to have, choose POP.

Step 5: Sending Mail Configuration

Click on "Sending Mail" in the left-hand column. Verify that "mail.4securemail.com" is listed under "SMTP Server," and "Allow authorization" is checked.

Step 6: Attachments Configuration

Click on "Attachments" in the left-hand column. Verify that "AppleDouble ("MIME")" is set under "Encoding method," and that "Always include Macintosh information" is checked.

Step 7: SSL Secure Email Configuration

Click on "SSL" from the left-hand column (you may need to scroll down).
IMPORTANT: version 5.21 users should note that the screenshot shown is from version 6.02; the image you will see in 5.21 will look slightly different.
(version 5.21 only): Set "Secure Sockets Layer" to "Required (Alternate Port)" for all options
(version 6.02 only): Set "Secure Sockets Layer" to "Required (Alternate Port)" for all options, and Alternate Port SSL Negotiation to "Maximum Compatibility"
Click "OK"
Click on the "File" pulldown menu and select "Check Mail".

Step 8: Secure Keychain Creation (Part 1)

**The remaining instructions apply to creating a System Keychain only; you may need to check mail again, once the Keychain has been created. Refer to the Help Center pulldown menu for more info from Apple on the System Keychain.**

Enter your secure email password at the prompt and click "OK."

Step 9: Keychain Creation (Part 2)

Click "Create" when prompted to create a keychain for passwords and certificates

IMPORTANT: you must allow Eudora to use the Keychain for storing the SSL secure email certificate, or your mail.4securemail.com account will not work.

Step 10: Keychain Creation (Part 3)

Create the Keychain; you may wish to use your User ID and password, for ease of use.

Step 11: Keychain Creation (Part 4)

The newly-created SSL Certificate is unknown to your keychain; click "Open" to add it.

Step 12: Keychain Creation (Part 5)

In the "Add Certificate" settings window, verify "Add to keychain" is checked, with "Always trust" selected in the "When using this certificate" drop list. Once verified, click "OK."

Step 13: Keychain Creation (Part 6)

The certificate is created, and the Keychain certifies that it is OK. Click "Done."

Step 14: Keychain Creation (Part 7)

Your secure email Keychain opens with two items: the mail.4securemail.com certificate, and the mail.4securemail.com password. Other password and security items may be added to the Keychain manually, or via other applications you use (web browser, FTP client, etc).

Quit Keychain Access and return to Eudora to check and send email. You may need to quit Eudora and restart it again first.

Manufacturer Technical Support

For technical support from Eudora, please visit https://www.eudora.com/techsupport/.