Eudora is an email client that was once used widely on the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems. It also supports several palmtop computing platforms, including Newton and the Palm OS. It was named after Eudora Welty after her short story "Why I Live at the P.O.". She was flattered by the reference. Eudora was developed by Steve Dorner in 1988 as a part of his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eudora was then acquired by Qualcomm in 1991. An email client (or mail user agent [MUA]) is a computer program that is used to read and send e-mail. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments and operating systems for personal computers and servers. ... Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is a range of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Computer for the Macintosh computers. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Palm IIIxe PDA Personal digital assistants (PDAs or palmtops) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... The Newton was an early personal digital assistant (PDA) developed by Apple Computer and sold from 1993 to 1999. ... Palm OS is an operating system made by PalmSource, Inc. ... Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi and she lived a significant portion of her life in the citys Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved. ... Eudora was developed by Steve Dorner in 1988 as a part of his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, also known as UIUC and the U of I (the officially preferred abbreviation), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It pioneered the concept of a folder list pane that was always present.

Originally distributed in both a Light (freeware) and Pro (commercial) product, it is now distributed with three modes: adware, payware (removes ads), and the classic "Light" mode. Freeware (also called gratis software or free as in beer software) is computer software which is made available free of charge and is not free to be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed. ... // Definition Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used. ... Any software which a user is required to pay for is known as payware. ...

Eudora (6.0.1) added support for Bayesian filtering of spam with a feature called SpamWatch. Eudora (6.2) added a scam watch feature that flags suspicious links within emails in an attempt to thwart phishing. Bayesian refers to probability and statistics -- either methods associated with the Reverend Thomas Bayes (ca. ... The term filter may refer to: A device to separate mixtures. ... A KMail folder full of spam emails collected over a few days. ... This phishing attempt, disguised as an official email from Charter One Bank, attempts to trick users into giving away their account information by confirming it at the phishers linked website. ...

Eudora has many excellent features. It has support for 'Stationery', that is a standard reply that is prepared ahead of time to a common question. It also has very nice filters, although it requires a programming mind to do some of the more advanced things possible with them. The fact that Eudora stores emails in text files, rather than in a database like Microsoft Outlook makes it easier to back up portions of your email without backing up the entire database. Screenshot of Outlook 2003 Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. ... A database is an organized collection of data. ...

Eudora supports the POP3, IMAP and SMTP protocols. Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is an application layer Internet standard protocol used to retrieve email from a remote server to a local client over a TCP/IP connection. ... The Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP, and previously called Interactive Mail Access Protocol) is an application layer Internet protocol used for accessing email on a remote server from a local client. ... Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the de facto standard for email transmission across the Internet. ...

See also

• List of email clients
• Comparison of email clients

The following is a list of email clients. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of email client programs. ...

External links

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