# Eudora

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219 "2001-11-08T17:24:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/1 "2001-11-08T17:24:24Z")

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I want to give one of my users access to his office email from home.  
Has anyone used Eudora with AOL?

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/2 "2001-11-08T17:59:39Z")

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Last I knew, you couldn’t access AOL email from anything but AOL – the last exception, Claris Emailer, having been plugged by AOL awhile back.

If, however, you mean running Eudora on top of a TCP/IP connection established by AOL and using it to retrieve non-AOL email, it works fine. Or it did the last time I used AOL dialup to establish a TCP connection, which was admittedly some time back.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/3 "2001-11-08T22:03:24Z")

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If your office email is @aol.com, then you will want the person to use the AOL webmail to check his/her email from home.

If your employee’s ISP is AOL and he/she wants to use Eudora, I believe he/she can download email to the computer running AOL but not send it (read [this](http://kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu/smtp-trap.html) for some insight) using the non-AOL work address.

Do some searching on [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) for “aol smtp eudora” for more answers on how to configure it.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/4 "2001-11-09T02:16:20Z")

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Thanks, his IP at home is AOL.  
He will be using Eudora to get his email from work and respond to it while he’s off for a while.  
Thank goodness he isn’t using Outlook.

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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/5 "2001-11-09T02:45:35Z")

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I have created a filter at work that sends a copy of all my email (GroupWise)to my Hotmail account. Also, I have created a similar filter in Eudora from home that sends a copy of all my home email to my Hotmail account. I can now access all my email at [Hotmail.com](http://Hotmail.com).

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eudora/92219/6 "2001-11-09T02:55:46Z")

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> Thank goodness he isn’t using Outlook.

A sentiment I’ve expressed often myself. I’d rather use AOL!