Multiple Email Accounts with One Eudora

With just a bit of up-front work, several people can check their own mail using the same copy of Eudora. (If you're using Eudora Pro, remember that you're obligated to obtain either a site license or multiple copies of the package.) Our instructions assume that Eudora is already installed and set up for a single user on the machine. 

Light and Pro for Windows (all) First, create an empty directory for each user in the root directory of the C: drive. Ex: c:\email\user1 c:\email\user2 c:\email\user3

In Windows 3.x, create a new Program Manager icon for each user; then go to each icon's Properties Item dialog box. Type the following line in the Command Line field:

c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\name of new directory 
Ex: c:\eudora\eudora.exe c:\email\user1 

In the Working Directory field, enter:

c:\name of new directory
Ex: c:\email\user1  

Click OK. 

With Windows 95/NT, create a Shortcut to Eudora for each user. (On the desktop, right-click, and then select New/Shortcut from the pop-up menu. Browse for the eudora.exe file; then click Next. Give the Shortcut a name, and click Finish.) Right-click each new Shortcut, select Properties from the pop-up menu, and select the Shortcut tab. Use the above entries, but place them in the Target and Start In fields, respectively. 

Next, in all versions of Windows, place a copy of the eudora.ini file (from the C:\eudora directory) in each new directory. To launch Eudora, each user clicks his or her own program item or shortcut. Each user must open Tools/Options and make changes to entries in sections such as Getting Started, Personal Info, Hosts, Checking Mail, Sending Mail, and Personalities to enter his or her own email and mail server information. Each user can make additional changes to other options, build filters, and generally treat the program as his or her own domain; these alterations are stored in the eudora.ini file in the individual user's directory. 

Hint: although individual users can protect their accounts to some extent--make sure the Save Password box is left unchecked in the Checking Mail section of Tools/Options--received and sent mail can be read by anyone with access to the machine.