Secure POP for Eudora
As of December 12th, 2007, NSIT will no longer support Eudora. This program was discontinued by its manufacturer, Qualcomm. While Eudora may continue to work with NSIT's servers, we cannot guarantee reliable performance. This walkthrough is provided as a courtesy only.
The recommended and supported solution for accessing your NSIT email account is Mozilla Thunderbird, as configured by the NSIT Connectivity Package. You can pick up the Connectivity Package free of charge from the ID & Privileges Office or the NSIT Solution Center.
Configuration Instructions
To connect with NSIT email servers, use Eudora version 6.2 or higher. These instructions were written with Eudora 6.2 in mind. They assume they you have just installed Eudora and have not configured anything yet. To get started, open Eudora.
- You may get prompted by a dialog box asking if you want to use the system keychain to store your passwords. Click Yes.
- Next, you may be askd if you would like to import settings and mailboxes from another email program. Click No.
- Now Eudora will display the Settings window. Click on the "Getting Started" choice in the left sidebar. Enter the server information, email addresses, and other information as pictured.
- Click on the "Checking Mail" category.
- For the Mail Protocol, select POP. Make sure to fill in pop.uchicago.edu
- Scroll down the list of categories in the left sidebar until you see the "SSL" choice. Click on it.
- Change SSL for SMTP to "Required (Alternate Port)".
- Change SSL for POP to "Required (Alternate Port)".
- Click OK to save your Settings.
- Now attempt to check your mail Eudora by going up to File → Check Mail, or by clicking on the Check Mail icon.
- Eudora will prompt you for your password. Enter your password and click OK.
- Eudora may prompt you to accept a security certificate and add it to your keychain. Click OK. Your mail will begin to load.
Eudora is now configured to check email securely on NSIT email servers!
Last updated: 10/03/06
