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OS 9 and Eudora Authenticated SMTP Fix

Summary: If you use Macintosh OS 9 and Eudora to check email, you will need to complete a few additional steps to use Authenticated SMTP. You will need to turn ON your System Keychain and tell Eudora to use it to store your password.

Creating a Keychain in OS 9

If you are using OS 9 with "Multiple Users" turned on, you already have a Keychain. Use these instructions only if want to create additional Keychains. 'Keychain' stores passwords for you.

1. From the Apple menu, select Control Panels, then Keychain Access.
2. In the Keychain window, from the File menu, choose New Keychain.
3. In the Create Keychain dialog box, type a name for the Keychain in the Keychain Name field. In the Password field, create a password for your Keychain. Type it again in the Confirm field.
4. Click Create.

Configure Eudora to use Authenticated SMTP and the Keychain to store your password.

1. While in Eudora, under the Special menu, select Settings.
2. Click on the Sending Mail icon in the left category list.
3. Confirm the UCI SMTP server, smtp.uci.edu
4. Make sure Allow Authentication or Allow Authorization is checked.
5. Click on the SSL icon near the bottom of the left category list.
6. Make sure that SSL for SMTP is set to Required (TLS).
7. Make sure that Standard Port SSL Negotiation is set to TLS 1.0 (Cyrus).
8. Make sure that Alternate Port SSL Negotiation is set to Maximum Compatibility.
9. Scroll down the icons in the left pane and choose Options/Miscellaneous (IIRC) or Miscellaneous
10. Check the box next to "Use System keychain to store passwords".
11. Click OK