A good way to familiarize yourself with Eudora is to create an outgoing message. An outgoing message is one that you send to someone else.

From the Message menu, select New Message. A new composition window is displayed. Since it is easiest to experiment with Eudora by sending a message to yourself, type your own e-mail address in the To field.

The From field has been automatically filled in and can't be altered. This is your real name and return address (as entered in the Real name and Return Address fields in the Personal Info Options).

Press the tab key or point and click the mouse to move the cursor down to the Subject field. Typically, you would enter some brief text indicating what the message is about. For this message, type the words Test message.

Move the cursor past the remaining Cc, Bcc, and Attachments fields down into the large area below them. This area is reserved for the body of the message. Here you can type whatever text you want. When you finish your message (referred to in this tutorial as your test message), the composition window should look something like the following example:

Continue on to Saving an Outgoing Message