There are three ways to check your POP server to see if you have any new incoming mail. One way is to set up Eudora to automatically check for mail every so often (perhaps every hour or so). The other ways is to check for mail manually whenever you want to by selecting Check Mail from the File menu, or by pressing the Check Mail button. Do this manual check now.

Your password is requested for the first mail check after Eudora is opened, whether it is an automatic or manual check. Your password will be saved by Eudora after the first mail check.

Type in your password and click OK. If you make a mistake before clicking OK, simply backspace and re-enter the password correctly. If your password is rejected, check your mail again and re-enter your password.

Note: Your password is case-sensitive, so the uppercase and lowercase letters must be typed in exactly. Be sure Caps lock is off.

After successfully entering your password, a progress window is momentarily displayed at the top of the screen indicating that an attempt to reach your POP account is being made. If there is a network problem between you and the POP server, an alert is displayed. Contact PRIMUS support if there is a problem.

If there is no mail waiting at your account on the POP server, the You have no new mail alert is displayed. This means that the message you sent to yourself in the previous exercise has not been delivered to your POP account yet. Click OK.

Keep checking your mail until your test message arrives. It should take only seconds for the message to arrive.

When mail is found in your POP account, it is transferred to your PC and the progress window lets you monitor the transfer. This is followed by the You have new mail alert.

Click OK. The In mailbox window is displayed with your test message summary listed inside.

The mailbox window shows a summary of each message in the mailbox. Incoming messages are stored indefinitely in the In mailbox until they are deleted or transferred to another mailbox.

To select (highlight) the message summary, click anywhere on the summary. To open the message, double-click on its summary. Do this for your test message to display it on your screen.

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