[Macpartners] Eudora 5.2.1 and 5.2.3 Release Announcement

[Bryant C. Vernon]

Date: August 18, 2003
To: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu,
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, kakapo at mit.edu
From: Bryant C. Vernon <bcvernon at mit.edu>
Subject: Release of Eudora 5.2.1 and 5.2.3
Cc: infosys at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu

Good Afternoon,

MIT Information Systems is pleased to announce the release of Eudora
5.2.1 for Windows and 5.2.3 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. 

Who Should Download and Why
------------------------------
This latest version of Eudora is the first version to incorporate
Kerberos V authentication for both incoming and outgoing messages and
makes significant improvements to IMAP functionality. If you wish to use
IMAP or Kerberos V authentication in Eudora, then we strongly advise you
to upgrade to this latest version. 

Other advantages of upgrading to this new version include:
-at some point in the future MIT Information Systems plans to require
authentication for outgoing messages, a capability that older versions
of Eudora do not possess, so those who download and install this new
version will be prepared in advance for the switch-over. 
-using Kerberos V authentication for outgoing messages allows users to
bypass their ISPs filter on the standard SMTP (outgoing message) port
(i.e. port 25) and maintain their MIT identity while sending e-mail from
off campus.

Please note that a new version of Kerberos for Windows, KfW 2.5, is now
available.  While you are taking time to upgrade Eudora, we recommend
that you also install KfW 2.5.  More information on KfW is available in
the KfW release announcement and the documentation mentioned below.


Notable Features and Bug Fixes
------------------------------
- Kerberos V Authentication for incoming and outgoing email (all
platforms)
- Enhanced filtering (match addresses against the address book) (all
platforms)
- Drag attachments out of messages and drop into other locations on your
desktop (Windows)
- IS support for IMAP

Notable Facts
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Eudora version 5.2.3 for Macintosh OS X and OS 9 is not a public
release, and therefore you will not be able to download it from
Qualcomm's site. It will only be available via the MIT Software page. If
for some reason you download and install Qualcomm's publicly available
Macintosh version (Eudora 5.2.1 for Mac OS X and 9), then your IMAP
email will not work, and you will have to re-install either an earlier
supported version of Eudora (5.2 for OS X and 5.0.1 for OS 9.x) or the
currently recommended and supported version (5.2.3 for both platforms)
to correct the problem.

Where to get Eudora 5.2.x
-------------------------
The installer is available from http://web.mit.edu/software/ as Eudora
5.2.1 and 5.2.3.

Please review the documentation at:

Eudora 5.2.1 for Windows:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=581

Eudora 5.2.3 for Macintosh
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=582 

before installing Eudora 5.2.x. 

Please also review the KfW documentation at:

Kerberos for Windows 2.5
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=586

if you plan to upgrade to this new version of KfW and wish to use
Kerberos authentication in Eudora.

For additional information about email at MIT, please review the
documentation located at http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/email/.

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the Computing
Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or 617-253-1101.

Enjoy!
Bryant
______________________________________
Bryant C. Vernon
Product Release Coordinator
Software Release Team
Information Systems
W92-148 x3-5103

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