X-Settings

X-Settings
Eudora Tip #62/15-Dec-2000

Eudora is an astonishing piece of software which has a huge number of possible settings so you can determine almost anything about how it behaves.

Many of these settings are available from the Special Menu Settings item, but recent versions of Eudora have also introduced X-Settings. This is a setting which you can choose by double-clicking a command in the body of an email message.

You can obtain a full list by sending an email to: x-eudora-settings@tidbits.com

Some of these settings are very powerful, so you should proceed with care.

Here’s a fairly safe one:

x-eudora-setting:303

When checked, Eudora will show the number of messages that are selected in a mailbox.

If you double click the above x-eudora-setting line while using a recent version of Eudora a dialog box will come up. If you ensure this has a y in the value box then when you select messages in a mailbox the status area in the bottom left will show how many messages you have selected.

Note that some of the X-settings can make major changes to the way Eudora behaves. If you’re unsure of what to do with a setting then leave it alone.