PROGRAMHAPPY  Developer, can you please add the option to sort all messages in the inbox by EMAIL ADDRESS, not just by "sender"? I run a business, and deal with hundreds of different customers every day. I need to sort by email address! Can you please add an optional "Email" column? You'll be my hero! I'm sure that countless other people would also appreciate this sorting option.

Thank you!  
(Version 8.0b7)

HERBERT KROEMER  In the original Eudora, it is possible to fully edit the contents of all mailboxes. Is this capability retained in the new versions?  
(Version 8.0b7)

DRG  I also have lost my trash icon. Does anubody know how to add icons to the tool bar?  
(Version 8.0b7)

DRG  This latest beta is TERRIBLE. I would strongly urge people to stick with v.b6.

1) Clicking on the help option causes an IMMEDIATE crash, and the result is toxic: If you revert back to b6, it continues to crash.

2) Received messages: under "who" it shows who it is TO rather than who it is FROM so all you see under "who" is your name. And I couldn'tfigure out how to fix this.

This program is getting to be like Quicken: give a few minor updates, with tons of bugs, when some of the important features have still not been implemented. Yes I appreciate that this is freeware, and is being produced by volunteers, but if you are going to give us this, why not just leave it as it is and say this is the final version.

I'm one who is willing to pay an annual fee for this program, but only if we don't get stuff like this.  
(Version 8.0b7)

STEVE R  I tried various versions and keep coming back to 6.2.4 because it works, even in Snow Leopard with the Rosetta installation (3.6MB)  
(Version 8.0b6)

JOFALLON  It's still a work-in-progress, but it's getting there. It does seem to be quite stable, for me anyway, and it (oddly) gives me fewer problems than Apple Mail, which is tells me it needs to be have its indexes rebuilt periodically. I'm still keeping an eye on MailForge and Postbox, but this looks like it will be good enough.  
(Version 8.0b6)

GEORGEANGELOS  it simply crashes when I start it!  
(Version 8.0b6)

DRG  My comments from the previous version apply again to this version. Doesn't seem to be a significant change. Perhaps someone can enlighten me here.  
(Version 8.0b5)

SKALLAGRIMSON  Works great! No crashes, stable, smooth…  
(Version 8.0b4)

BOLOBAR  Crashes upon opening

OS 10.5.5

POS  
(Version 8.0b4)

O5220803  Surprisingly fast and stable! Eurdora development appears to be on the right track. Release 8 is a pleasure to use.  
(Version 8.0b4)

DRG  A NOTICEABLE improvement over the previous beta. Thank you Mozilla and Qualcomm!! No more crashing on closing! The scroll bars work correctly! The main windows stays where you set it! These things were driving me crazy!!!

I'm not a power user. My email needs are basic. So the basic operations of an email client are very important to me.

But there is more to be done. For example: the ability to change the status back to Unread has still not been implemented. I'm sure there are other things that are of interest to power users.

But this is a great election day gift! But can further improvements come a little faster??? Please, pretty please?  
(Version 8.0b4)

PIRX  It looks super-cool, but there is work to be done. Great, that Eudora has risen from the dead. Used to be my prime email toy in Windows, looking forward to a stable Eudora in Mac OS X.  
(Version 8.0b3)

ISRAELIDANCER  In the old Thunderbird and the old Eudora I could click on a URL link in the email, and Safari would open the page. But in this version I can't. Is there a fix?  
(Version 8.0b3)

SKALLAGRIMSON  After opening installed Eudora 8.0b3 it was not able to import my Settings.

I needed to add Accounts.

Mail from Eudora 6.2.4 I imported through Tools.

Instable, crashes a lot  
(Version 8.0b3)

KATABIOS  I'm waiting for the full compatibility with 6.2.4 version....thx  
(Version 8.0b2)

MAC MAIL  Use this with cautions. If you've been using Thunderbird, make sure you backup your Thunderbird (the whole folder) before you run this stupid Eudora. If you don't backup, don't expect that you can come back to T-Bird coz Eudora is sucking everything out of your T-Bird and leave you everything blank.

After all, this Eudora is full of bugs. Totally crap. Just be very careful.  
(Version 8.0b2)

JAMUS  I honestly still can't see why this Eudora/Thunderbird group project is happening. Eudora and its GUI seems so stuck in the mid-90's. I really hope it does not drag Thunderbird down the drain with it. It was a great app at one time, but now?  
(Version 8.0b2)

DRG  Well, curiosity get the best of me: I tried importing my Eudora address book and messages.

1) Addresses came over fairly well, but the organization is kooky compared to what I had in the past. I will have to spend time reorganizing. But at last I won't need to retype it all.

2) Message importation was a joke. Less that 10% of the messages archived by year made it over. I don't know of another way to get all my saved emails over to this new version. The new Eudora refuses to open the files directly. So for now, I will need to maintain two versions of Eudora: a legacy version (V6.2.4) and a current version 8.x.

It's deja vu again: when my partner and I sold our house a few years ago, I found all my old Apple //e diskette files of information using programs that no longer exist or have a way to be converted. I just had to throw them out.  
(Version 8.0b1)

DRG  Well, I spent the day (Labor Day) familiarizing myself with this version of Eudora. My thoughts:

1) Recognizing that this is a beta, I can forgive some very obvious bugs (additional personalities may not show up under certain circumstances, resizing the main window is not remembered upon reopening, etc.)

2)Unlike old Eudora, settings are scattered all over the place, making it very difficult to set up things, but once you do, things tend to work nicely.

3) You may need to go back to your ISP and make sure of the proper settings to configure incoming and outgoing email because the setup has more variables than old Eudora. With old Eudora, I could receive but not send emal using Comcast's and ATT Worldnet's service. With new Eudora, it was the opposite until I went back to both services and looked at the exact settings necessary (which weren't a part of old Eudora.) Voila! Receiving/sending are now extraordinarily fast.

4) HTML renders a lot better than before.

5) Dates are not rendered well.

So after a few hours of playing with the program, I'm much more comfortable with the program. I haven't tried to import my address book because it is my understanding that the Thunderbird group suggests not to, especially with Macs, so I will probably manually move them over, which is a pain and I would have thought that they'd use Apple's address Book but they kept to Eudora's separate address book. I'm not sure that this was the best idea.

Unlike others, I feel that this is a good start, but there is more work to be done. As this work is voluntary, I pray the developers don't abandon their new born child. I know this may sound heretical, but I would pay for this new version of Eudora (as I did the old) if there was some way to assure its continued upkeep.  
(Version 8.0b1)

PANCRAZ  I can't import any of my settings or filters from Eudora 624. As it was with the previous penelope extension.  
(Version 8.0b1)

DRG  Oh, I was sooooo looking forward to this release. But I still can't send mail over Comcast's internet service. A year ago, I had no problem doing this by setting up a different personality in Eudora. But all of a sudden, a few months ago, I could no longer do so. Others has this same problem. I was praying that with this new version I'd be in like Flynn. But no dice, and Comcast doesn't support Eudora (and I believe Thunderbird), so I don't know what to do.

If another Comcast user reads this and you can send messages and you are reading this, PLEASE tell me how you did it. I will be eternally grateful.  
(Version 8.0b1)

TDIAZ  It's still Thunderbird with all occurances of 'Thunderbird' changed to 'Eudora', and the troublesome Penelope plugin pre-installed. If you set it to "Mac like" interface, two windows, you can't check the email with the keyboard or the pulldown. It still has Thunderbirds slow as heck search, still has Thunderbird's wacky filtering system and mailboxes for each account you setup. In other words, it's still Thunderbird. Of course, it's their first milestone, but I'm sticking with Eudore 6.2.4. Speedy Gonzales compared to Thunderslug. Besides, even with Thunderbird 2.0 it still feels like a Windows app. on a Mac.   
(Version 8.0b1)

HI_RAM  Fails to import account setting from Eudora 6.2.4… :(  
(Version 8.0b1)

GREGORGY  Just yesterday I was wondering what had happened with Penelope/ Eudora project. I have always preferred Eudora's filter handling over its competitors. I will downlaod and review this one!  
(Version 8.0b1)

XYPHER  Sorry, those icons have got to go. Apart from that, not much different from Thunderbird.  
(Version 8.0b1)

DONMONTALVO  Too late - I've migrated myself and most of my clients to Apple Mail. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Apple Mail has come a long way. However, I'll wait to see how Eudora comes along. It's going to take a lot to get me/us off Apple Mail though...it's matured farther than I had anticipated.

Don  
(Version 8.0b1)

HOTFREAKS  Anythng has to be better than the current Eudora client, but if the software that is being proposed is another XUL monstrosity like Thunderbird, you can forget it. Having a Mozilla back-end is fine, as long as more thought goes into OS integration.  
(Version 6.2.4)

LEONCAHUN  Actually I feel kind of sorry to hear this. I used to use Eudora 6.x up until Tiger came with Apple Mail 2.x, the first usable version of Mail in my opinion. I finally switched because Eudora's text-display was sub par for years, at least according to OS X-standards. And meanwhile Mail's feature-set had become quite okay, though not more.

But, ever so often while using Mail and while encountering its many quirks and bugs I was thinking: oh yeah, one day, there will be a Cocoa-based Eudora with beautiful text-rendering, Spotlight-support (or even without, search was always very good in Eudora) and everything else that Eudora offered for years (super-stability, speed, logic, consistency, etc.), and I will switch back, but –– alas, not in this life!

Dont know, maybe even a Thunderbird-Eudora-hybrid will turn out great and I'm looking forward to it, and open-source is a great concept anyway -- but Eudora is so damn solid and well thought in many ways, and so many of its bugs were squashed back in the days of yore that I have doubts there will be anything comparable soon.

Really a pity Qualcomm couldnt pull Eudora Cocoa.  
(Version 6.2.4)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Qualcomm today announced that Eudora, the industrial-strength email application, is moving to a new business and development model:

Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, and the Mozilla Foundation, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today announced that future versions of Eudora will be based upon the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email program. Future versions of Eudora will be free and open source, while retaining Eudora's uniquely rich feature set and productivity enhancements. Qualcomm and Mozilla will each participate in, and continue to foster development communities based around the open source Mozilla project, with a view to enhancing the capabilities and ease of use of both Eudora and Thunderbird.

Qualcomm also today announced that it has released the final commercial versions of the current Eudora products for Windows and Mac operating systems. The open source version of Eudora is targeted to release during the first half of calendar year 2007. Once the open source version of Eudora is released, Qualcomm will cease to sell Eudora commercially. In the interim, Qualcomm will continue commercial sales, at a reduced price of $19.95 and with a six-month period of technical support. Existing technical support commitments will be honored in their entirety.

"I'm excited for Eudora to be returning to the open source community," said Steve Dorner, vice president of technology for Qualcomm's Eudora Group. "Using the Mozilla Thunderbird technology platform as a basis for future versions of Eudora will provide some key infrastructure that the existing versions lacked, such as a cross-platform code base and a world-class display engine. Making it open source will bring more developers to bear on Eudora than ever before."  
(Version 6.2.4)

MATSBTEGNER  I've been using Eudora for the past 8 years and I like the overall simplicity, and the powerful filtering abilities. Another positive feature is the option to use multiple spelling dictionaries simultaneously. The latest version looks promising, but I will have to test it further before being able to give an honest review.  
(Version 6.2.4b6)

HOTFREAKS  This must be some sort of sad joke. Please cease development on this terrible, terrible mail client.  
(Version 6.2.4b6)

ROBERTS2424  Eudora has been a staple since it's inception. But, the developers have really been close minded when it comes to upgrades and especially interface development. I'm still going to use it. But, my patience is wearing thin and I have begun to look at different options.   
(Version 6.2.4b5)

FLASH1296  I am a "Mail" user now -- but I used EudoraPro for over a decade, up until version 6.1

It has features that are absent elsewhere and a mind-boggling collection of user-alterable settings that are known as X-commands.

It has a funky old-fashioned less-than-pretty interface, but it is the ultimate email application.

A particular aspect that I always loved is the complex "rules" that you can use for filtering mail which permit oh-so-many options; e.g. read me the subject line of this particular email.  
(Version 6.2.4b5)

JONATHAN FAULKENBERRY  I'm through with you Eudora, never talk to me again.  
(Version 6.2.4b4)

S P L A T !  wow!

meadle of 2006... and Eudora still without HTML support...

i WAS an Eudora user since 1994, but recently i change to Apple Mail... because, a lot of my mails looks unredeables in Eudora!

bye, bye Eudora...  
(Version 6.2.4 b4)

PROGRAMHAPPY  SOS! Please add the option to sort all messages in the inbox by EMAIL ADDRESS, not just by "sender." Why is this not a standard sorting option? I run a business, and deal with hundreds of different customers every day. I need to sort by email address! I'm sure that countless other businesses would LOVE this sorting option. Thank you!  
(Version 6.2.3)

NCC876  Does anyone have a procedure to migrate to Thunderbird that actually WORKS? I tried a migration utility and all it did was create a huge mess.  
(Version 6.2.3)

JEFF MINCEY  At this writing, the latest version of Eudora is 6.2.3. If we are lucky, we will continue to be incremented to death and the next version will be 6.2.4. Then the next 6.2.5 and then we will have 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7. 6.4.8, 6.4.9, ad infinitum.

But this is not the more likely scenario. The more likely scenario is that OS X development of Eudora will cease altogether.

In effect development already HAS ceased. It ceased back at version 5.x, for Eudora has not materially changed since that time -- not really -- unless you consider mood watch, the pop-out drawer, emoticons, and poorly implemented HTML to be must-have features. (I will say that the spam filter is a nice addition to the product.)

It's a pity developers don't just come out and say, "We are in bug-fix mode only and no further real development of this app will take place on the Mac platform." At least that way new customers can be informed and know not to make a purchase and instead to go elsewhere, (while existing customers can choose to bide their time if they wish). But of course this would require developers to have ethics and integrity, and we can have none of that.

It's high time we recognize what is going on at Qualcomm with this product and what HAS been going on for quite some time now. This product is not even on the back burner. It is in maintenance mode only, and if you want an e-mail client which will continue to evolve with a developer that actively supports it, then you will have to look elsewhere. It's unfortunate, but it's apparent by now that this is the case.

Now to those who disagree and who delude themselves into thinking Qualcomm has big plans for Eudora 7, the company has already announced the new features for 7 -- and their number is a whopping FOUR. Oh, and did I mention it is Windows only? If Qualcomm truly wanted to keep its existing Mac customers, to say nothing of increasing their numbers, then it would disclose these "big plans" so we would know there is a road map and a future with the product. But instead we just get 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, and so on. Well, I'm all incremented out. See ya, Qualcomm.  
(Version 6.2.3)

THOMAS  It's like a blast from the past. It doesn't seem like much has changed on the outside for the past 5 years or more. The look and feel are show stoppers for me. Plus it has ads. Thunderbird is FREE and much much nicer.  
(Version 6.2.3)

YAZARIM  After trying and trying and trying I discovered the key to the problem of the mail which remained unsent. I had to untick the "allow authorization" in ALL the Personalities settings, not only in "Sending Mail" or in the Dominant Personality. So now it works flawlessly.  
(Version 6.2.3)

REIDOFLOCH  I installed Eudora 6.2.3 when it was released and have found it to be very unreliable with constant crashes to the extent that it is now almost unusable. I have sent my crash log to Qualcomm in the hope that it will be of some use to them

I do not know if it this is a compatability problem between Eudora and OSX 10.4.2. I have found that a number of apps (all updated for Tiger) that I use regularly are having 'Tiger' problems

which none of the Apple updates appear to have addressed.  
(Version 6.2.3)

MARY BETH GOODMAN  I upgraded to 6.2.3 and suddenly outgoing mail stayed unsent.

Fiddled around with it tonight and found that in sending mail settings, "allow authorization" was checked. Now I thought this had been checked in the past but I unchecked it and all my mail was sent. Checked it and my test mail remained unsent.

So I guess the fix is to uncheck that. Don't know why the change but whatever works.

Now if I could just get back the old envelope dock icon and get rid of the little fisher price like things. What are those things?  
(Version 6.2.3)

ANONYMOUS  New version 6.2.3 won't send queued mail (iMac G5, 10.3.9). Reverted to 6.2.1, which works fine.

Eudora is still not good with HTML-formatted messages. Qualcomm needs to upgrade this program, sell it to someone who will, or release it as open source!  
(Version 6.2.3)

ANONYMOUS  I had the same problem another user experienced: my messages are never sent but put in the queue, and they stay there for ever, there is no way of sending them. Myself had to go back to a previous version, which works flawlessly.  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

ANONYMOUS  New beta refuses to send mail in Out box.

Installer halted before installation was complete - had to delete Eudora Application Folder and start over.

When is Eudora going to properly render HTML-embedded messages?

I've been a faithful user since 1993, but my patience is starting to wear thin.  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

ANONYMOUS  Installed v6.2.3b9 but it refused to send. Had to revert to the earlier version. Maybe time to change to Mail.app.  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

DRG  This has happened in the past: Trying to install, the installer quits after partially installing saying access denied. A previous troubleshooter's idea worked again: Control-click the Eudora application, click on Show Package Contents, open the Contents folder, open the MacOS folder, open the Eudora Stuff folder and remove all three Emoticons folders. Closs all folders and then reinstall the update. Works perfectly then!  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

XAVIER KREISS  I used the free version of Eudora for 6 years under OS9. Since upgrading to OSX, I have tried to use the newer versions of Eudora without success. This latest version is no exception: attempts to send mail generate the messe:

Error while sending mail for "Dominant": TCP/IP Error. 706, Lost connection to the server.

I know it's free, so I'm not complaining. But there are other free email clients that work. Bye-bye, Eudora.   
(Version 6.2.3b9)

MORGAN  and HTML support, when?

c'mon dudes... many free or "independent" mail soft developers have this and a lot of new protocols up-to-date... and Eudora keep in past!

I WAS a fan of this software, but just recently im using Apple Mail for html support and another some nice features than Eudora never will have...  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

ANONYMOUS  THIS is why I hate Eudora. Snotty comments from the developer such as:

"Disabled finder label menu refresh since a) Apple still hasn't fixed the label calls and b) they may be crashing Tiger"

And yet they just now noticed:

"Removed option to 'Use Finder List Color Scheme' as it does not apply under OS X"

Eudora's developer is hardly in a position to criticize Apple, given their System 6 (!) looking application. No organization of peferences (unless you consider a few DOZEN panels organized) and hundreds if not thousands of nearly undocumented "x-settings" you may need to fix one bug or another. Not to mention the constant flow of new bugs, lack of testing with developer releases (shouldn't they have KNOWN about the "bad label calls" a couple months ago?), and lack of compelling new features (MoodWatch anyone?).  
(Version 6.2.3b9)

BRUCE WISZ  When installing it quits around 71 items installed and then give a message of:

Sorry, the operation could not be completed due to a System error: (Access denied).  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

PETE  This ONE TIME GREAT software become to be in these days one of the biggest 50.00$ jokes!!! They want us to pay them our money just become to be testing ground ....... GIVE ME A BREAK.........!!!  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

DRG  To ligaz, thanks for taking the time to offer help (I really do appreciate it). I repaired permissions and tried to reinstall 6.2.3b5 but wound up with the same problem in the same place. I have an alert out to the Eudora developers. This is the first time I've experienced this in all the updates I have done.  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

ILGAZ  I think Quallcomm has money enough to update/change their installer to something else and they should do it already. ;)

Had no problems here though. I guess you should all run disk utility and repair permissions.  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

DRG  cannot upgrade my previous version; after installing about 72 of the 291 files, the installer quits saying access denied.

I have no idea why.  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

ANONYMOUS  Apple's "Mail" => Free

Thunderbird => Free

Eudora X => $49.95

HHmmmmmmmmm.... I wonder which one I will choose ~makes a "Pretending to think really hard"-Face  
(Version 6.2.3b5)

CARL TANDER  Eudora 6.2.1. under Mac OS X 10.3.8 is buggy in my hands.

(1) With certain messages in the outbox (and perhaps other conditions) I get crashes within a few seconds after startup. The only remedy is about an hour's work, removing mailboxes one by one, until the offending message(s) has been identified and deleted. This is a NEW bug relative to older versions.

(2) A set of messages keeps being re-classified as having arrived at the current time - although these messages are 6-12 months old. Even after deleting all copies of these messages, they reappear (with a flag "rescued" in the "read-replied-forwarded-etc" column.

(3) Searches through all of my mailboxes are prohibitively slow.

I am waiting for Thunderbird to import old mail and settings from Eudora to switch.

Carl Tander "ready to switch after ten years"  
(Version 6.2.1)

MARC  Absolutely the Gold Standard in emailing. The interface is quite retro and it is NOT free if you want to tap into Its full feature set, which is matchless. The hidden "X_Commands" provide THOUSANDS of application tweaks beyond the extensive preferences that are readily obvious. The capacity for RAPID customizable searching is excellent.

For those wanting a reference for where to find the magical "X_Commands" email me at the address below.  
(Version 6.2.1)

CUTTHROAT  I've been using this for years. I love it. I've tried all the rest, and keep coming back. Awesome search functions are FAST, and the ability to customize the headers for the mailboxes the way I want it, make it a keeper.  
(Version 6.2.1)

LORD LIGHTNING  I keep clicking on the Eudora Demo thinking maybe the developers have arrived back on earth after their time travelling in the world of operating system 7.

Nope! They are still out there somewhere sending stone age stuff into the future. I reckon they should disconnect their life support systems and disappear.   
(Version 6.2.1)

HUGH BROWTON  Eudora - been using it it in free, and now paid mode, for about 10 years in my business. It works for me, and it's worth the money. I agree it's not as elegant as others, but it's storing 10 years or emails, with good search facilities. Sure I'd like them to put some attention to simplifying the address book side of things - but that's all at present.  
(Version 6.2.1)

UMAROMC  Are they really still making this... and charging? I gave up on this in the System 7 days- gave one more try to the buggy original OS X port... trashed...  
(Version 6.2.1)

SEAN PEISERT  No problems with this update at all. Despite the antiquated interface, the flexibility and extensibility of this software makes it the best mail client on any platform.  
(Version 6.2.1)

DPG4450GUY  Eudora 6.2 and 6.2.1 sponsored mode runs like a champ! No issues whatsoever. Great product.  
(Version 6.2.1)

WIZARD  "Sponsored Mode" users do not upgrade to v6.2! It has a bug that prevents Eudora from getting its own ADs, causing it to switch to "Light Mode"!  
(Version 6.2)

ANONYMOUS  Eudora is a running joke around here. If someone uses Eudora, it's a good bet they'll eventually ask where the Chooser is in OSX.  
(Version 6.2)

ANONYMOUS  Hello, Unicode?

People communicate in various languages in cyberspace?  
(Version 6.2)

WIZARD  This old horse is still best at filtering, finding and letting you keep the mailbox folder of more than 5 years as small as possible. (80Megs without attachments, Yes you CAN delete Eudora attachments. As for mail, you CANNOT delete attachments! There is a menu item to do that, but while you remove the access to the attachment, Mail.app keeps it in the mbox file! Imagine eg. five years of attachments!) Still, I am still longing for true Unicode and HTML support.  
(Version 6.2)

ROBERTS2424  Yes, it's true that the interface looks tired. But, after trying all of the competition Eudora is the one I embrace. What puzzles me is that the Development Team seem to lend a deaf ear on the interface. This is crazy. I do love Eudora.  
(Version 6.2)

DRADY  Overall, this is a very capable, flexible and stable email client. I've used or tried Entourage, GyazMail, Mail.app, MailSmith, Mulberry, PowerMail, QuickMail and SweetMail.

Each time I've come back to Eudora.

It is simple to use.

It is fairly quick for most operations.

It is stable. When it has crashed (betas usually) I have never lost any email.

The search capability is very fast.

The new ScamWatch feature is quite useful for deciding whether or not to click on an embedded URL.

There is one feature missing from Eudora that will eventually force me to another product - the lack of native/internal support for PGP/GPG/S-MIME/X.509.

Features needing improvement:

a) Need more than two triggers on a filter.

b) Run the search thread at a lower priority or some how yeild to the check-mail/filter-mail threads more often.

I do not use IMAP and cannot comment on v6.2 IMAP support. The Eudora release notes claim there have been major improvements for IMAP in v6.2.

I do not use Eudora's SpamWatch. It wasn't up to snuff when it first came out. I haven't looked at it since then.

Instead, I use Michael Tsai's SpamSieve .

My current Eudora environment consists of 505 boxes in 41 folder with about 1.4GB of contents.

Of the 421077 messages received so far this year, 91% have been tagged as spam by SpamSieve.  
(Version 6.2)

ANONYMOUS  I switched to Apple Mail when the much improved Panther version came out. But because Apple hasn't quite finished Apple Mail, I still must grudgingly keep Eudora on my hard disk. Apple Mail is terrible at finding, organizing, and managing very large e-mail archives. It cannot send HTML mail, which is the most widely compatible form of formatted e-mail. When I need to do those things, I turn to Eudora. Yes, even if I am in Apple Mail it will often be faster to boot Eudora and search the archives, than to try and get Apple Mail to do the same thing without going nuts.

Eudora is old, its feature set meanders in a million unfocused directions, its developers continue to sneak anti-Apple, anti-GUI missives into their release notes (despite the fact that Eudora started on the Mac), and yes, it looks horrible, although tweaking the prefs can improve that greatly.

But Eudora remains very fast and very open, and I still need it for a few things that Apple Mail simply can't do at this time.  
(Version 6.2)

ANONYMOUS  The application is terrible. Old, utterly ugly and poorly supported. This application needs to die or be totally rewritten. For 99.4 % of users Apple's Mail.app is FAR superior.  
(Version 6.2b7)

ANONYMOUS  Powerful, but lacking key ingredients necessary for modern e-mail clients.

Image support is one thing, but there is absolutely no formatting support (html or even table support). This makes most e-mail from large vendors look like crap. Images are thrown all over the screen in no apparent order.

Amazing how a simple addition of formatting would dramatically improve the look of Eudora for corporate e-mail choices. Without it, corporate e-mails look like crap. People have been asking for this feature for literally years, most after seing wht the competition can do.

I think it only fair for the makers to explain why they cannot add this simple, but essential aspect of a mail client. After all, that is the only thing holding it back from being perfect. They say that web clients are for html, but then why do they add Google support that links to the web? It makes no sense at all to us, and has cost the makers a very large site license. I will still use it, along with Mail.app (for html stuff), but there is no way we are going to deploy this until formatting support is added. That equates to about a roughly 500 user license sale.  
(Version 6.2b7)

MARC GRAY  The matchless exemplar of all email clients is Eudora. The casual user fails to comprehend that there is an enormous collection of settings entitled "x-eudora-settings" We are talking customization beyond belief! Note the following snippets:

Thanks for requesting the current x-eudora-settings list. This update includes

some x-eudora-settings URLs that are of use ONLY with Eudora 6.1 - I've listed out the new ones below, since there's no telling how an older version of Eudora will react to some of the new settings.

If you put ADD in the Subject line of your request, I've added your name to a

list to receive updates automatically as I get them after a new release of

Eudora (since a few do change each time). If you wish to remove your address

from this list, reply to this message and put the word REMOVE in the Subject

line. The following URLs will help you create the necessary messages as well:

Please note that this service is done with the permission of Qualcomm but is

otherwise independent. Report all problems with this email service to Adam

Engst at , not to Qualcomm. Also note that all addresses

collected for the update list are covered by the TidBITS Privacy Policy at:

What are X-Eudora-Setting URLs?

-------------------------------

The Macintosh version of Eudora offers a vast number of settings and options,

far more than could reasonably be exposed in the Settings dialog box. Rather

than overwhelm most users with the myriad options, in versions of Eudora

before 4.2 Qualcomm let people use ResEdit or AppleScript to modify hidden

settings. Those techniques are still possible, but they proved too hard for

many users, plus they were difficult to explain in email. So Qualcomm came up

with the idea of an x-eudora-setting URL that users could double-click to

bring up a dialog box for changing unusual settings in Eudora 4.2 and later

(similar functionality is exposed in the Windows version of Eudora through

x-eudora-option URLs that map to items in the eudora.ini file; I don't

maintain a list of those). x-eudora-setting URLs contain the number of the

setting and optionally the value of the new setting, which makes it easy for

someone to send email with an x-eudora-setting URL and the instructions to

"just double-click this URL and then click the OK button." It makes answering

questions about Eudora much easier. For instance, if someone asked how to make

Eudora automatically save messages being composed, I could just send this URL,

which sets Eudora to auto-save every 2 minutes (120 seconds).

How do you use X-Eudora-Setting URLs?

-------------------------------------

First off, be aware that many of these settings are hidden because they aren't

necessary for most people. I don't recommend that you scroll through this

file, clicking every x-eudora-setting that looks interesting, since you may

change something you shouldn't inadvertently. If you don't understand some

setting, don't change it. I'd also suggest that you make a record of which

settings you change in case you need to revert to the defaults (which you can

do quickly by holding down all the modifier keys - Control, Option, Command,

Shift - and choosing Settings from the Special menu; note that this method

does not delete your personality settings).

That said, using x-eudora-setting URLs is simple, once you have one in a

window in Eudora. Just double-click it, and a dialog box appears, explaining a

little more about the setting, telling you what the default is, what the

current value is, and providing a field for you to enter a new value. What you

enter for a new value depends on the setting. For instance, in my example

above, the value is the number of seconds. However, if a setting has only two

possible values, on and off, y generally means on and n generally means off

(there are some instances where those two are reversed; the list below clearly

labels them). For instance, to enable Eudora to open Web browser windows in

the background when you Command-click a Web URL within an email message,

double-click this x-eudora-setting URL (note that this will work in Mac OS X

only if Eudora is set to use old style helpers, which I believe is

):

S N I P . . .  
(Version 6.2b7)

ANONYMOUS  Does it have the International Font display and input capability of Unicode?

If not, I can't consider it.  
(Version 6.2b5)

AKJIM  Eudora prints without problems - Cmd-P just like any other MacOSX application on my machine. (MacOSX 10.3.5)

I've used Eudora since v1 and it still has better adaptability than any other email application out there. The interface is old but works perfectly.

I'm still happy with it.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  I had used Eudora for around 14 years, and I have recently given it up for the Mac OS X Mail program. The final straw for me was that Eudora is not able to print, and hasn't been able to since it shifted to OS X. The other guys who talk of its power must not care about a simple thing like being able to print without cutting, pasting and reformatting. And before you say Wahh!, all the other prgrams *can* print, and printing functionality is considered basic in *any* application for *any* OS. Mail is much cleaner than Eudora, is better looking, has every function that I used in Eudora available, has more functionality than Eudora that I now use, and *it* *can* print, unlike Eudora. Sorry.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  I was a user for many years and find that Eudora still does some things, like rules for organizing messages into mailboxes, better than the rest. However, Eudora is falling farther and farther behind the competition with each new release. In particular, its handling of attachments, graphics, and newer protocols is disappointing. I have been thinking about switching since version 5 had nothing new that I needed. I finally gave up when I saw the 6.2 beta had no really new features. MacUser moved it off its recommended list for the same reasons I am stating. Qualcomm must be putting all their resources on the PC version. PC Mag rated it highly.

Before buying Eudora, try the free Apple e-mail program instead, if you have v. 10.3. You will find it a significant improvement over past versions and over Eudora.  
(Version 6.2b4)

LEIGH MACKAY  I agree with Eric's comments. After trying all the others, Eudora remains my choice for my e-mail needs. I have a huge archive and Eudora makes sorting it all out easy.

I don't use the spamming feature. What I've done is created a message window I call "In Keepers". This is where the messages from all of my known contacts land. The rest, usually junk stays in the "In" window. After a quick check, I press Command key-A, Command key-D and they're all gone.

My thanks to the folks at Eudora for a fine product.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ERIC HSU  If you have light e-mail needs, go with some other prettier program. Most of the grousing is by lightweight users.

If you have serious e-mail volume and a big message archive, nothing beats Eudora for speed and stability.

I've tried them all (and bought most of them all): Mail (each version), Entourage, GNUMail, Mulberry, Mailsmith, Powermail 4 & 5, Gyazmail). I've wanted to switch to get more Cocoa-y. I've been worrying about Eudora development ceasing. But in the end, I come back to Eudora. It's just the best for heavy e-mail usage.

Anyone who dismisses Eudora is either ignorant or a lightweight.   
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  I don't really understand the fascism about software. If you use Mail.app, or Entourage or whatever and you don't like this, who the hell do you think you're influencing posting your opinions on the Eudora Feedback? Are you so egomaniacal that you honestly believe someone is going to read what you say and go, "oh jeez, he's right, I'm switching right now?"

In other words, get over yourself.

Now, on to my point. Does this version handle HTML email any better than 6.1?  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  Just put this out of its misery already. In 2004 any application that actually has a preference for using live scrollbars, has a preference category called 'Open Transport', presents modal dialogs for errors downloading messages (yes, I KNOW there's no junk mailbox on my server. Either create it for me or shut up for the next 119 messages.)

Eudora is so far gone just starting from scratch would be easier than fixing this mess.

Oh yeah, the brain dead installer refuses to install to a location where I don't have write permissions under my logged-in account. It's been possible to ask for an admin password since, what? 10.1 or so? Now I need to run repair permissions to make sure this piece of garbage hasn't messed up my system.

And in my 10 minutes of using it, it wasn't any faster than Mail.app.

This has to be one of the worst pieces of software still being developed for OS X.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  The interface could be better and also the look is not so exciting but Eudora is the only free choice to manage a large amount of email and attachments with a lot of features. It is well supported and the knowledge base has solved all the problems that I got in the past. Even if not yet perfect, the best email client in my opinion.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  Very easy to use and fast! Been using it for years and still like it better than any other.  
(Version 6.2b4)

ANONYMOUS  Eudora is powerfully annoying on OS X. Several times before I uninstalled it grabbed focus from another app to tell me I had new mail, instead of merely politely changing the dock icon, like other well-behaved mail apps. Once it grabbed attention for a popup telling me that I had NO NEW MAIL. That was the last straw. In the trash it went. The fonts are uglier than ought be allowed in Carbon apps today: See Thunderbird for an example of how to do this RIGHT in Carbon.  
(Version 6.1.1)

MARC GRAY  Clearly the non-pariel standard bearer that all email clients must be judged against !

Incomparable - once you learns the breadth and depth of the feature set.  
(Version 6.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  I'm not impressed. Counter-intuitive interface, contextual menus (right click) just suck, import from Mail is lame.

This might have been a nice program in OS 9 days, but it leaves a lot to be desired under OS X. whatever.   
(Version 6.1.1)

LEIGH MACKAY  I've tried the rest--Entourage, Lotus Notes, Apple's Mail--and I remain with Eudora by choice. I'm a fan of all the windows in Eudora. I have a window titled "In Keepers". All the messages I want to read from friends, relatives, listservs, etc. are filtered into this window. All the spam remains in the "In" window. I select all and press CMD+D and the spam is all gone. I have thousands of messages filed away in Eudora and I can easily manage them with a few key strokes or a click of the mouse.

It may be what you get used to, your preferences, or the way you handle mail that might make you use a another product. For this long-time registerd user of Eudora, it's still my favourite.  
(Version 6.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Inline Unicode? International e-mail unreadable and unwriteable.

Please explain.  
(Version 6.1.1)

PINKMAC  OK so it is many windows, and the interface is outdated. So what?

It is still the standard setting email application, although the Mac version have been less developed than the PC version, according to some.

And the advertisements will go away when one register. Actually this is a way to use it without registering, if you can stand the advertisements. Opera browser have the same advertisements for unregistered users.

Still neither "Mail" nor "Entourage" can compete against Eudora when it comes to features.  
(Version 6.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Face it your OLD! It needs a facelift - take a close look at Entourage 2004 - Bye Eudora.  
(Version 6.1.1)

THE BLACK MAN  The year is 2004 not 1984.

I downloaded this app. to see if there had been any improvement.

Nice icon - that's for sure. Opened it, tried importing my mail - got nothing! Oh, actually I got "an error occurred while importing mail" message. Yeah, good start. Have to input all the settings manually - fine. But I ask myself, what's with the 1980's interface and all these Windows over the place. I thought this program was written for the Mac! And those ads...... nuf said.

I tried to use this thing but to be honest Mail.app & Thunderbird outstrip this by light years.

Big waste of time. However that's just my honest opinion.  
(Version 6.1.1)

OLD EUDORA USER  Question: Which was the last "GOOD" version of Eudora for both OS 9 and X? After 4.2.2 I felt everything was potential spyware under the covers. What do the rest of you think?  
(Version 6.1.1)

NYCBASSPLAYER  $50 for correcting bugs is not a smart way to run a business. If there were many new features, I would seriously consider paying. What has become of you eudora? Support seems to be extinct too. I miss the good times we had..........  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  Another "demo", another paid version, another *lonnng* slew of bug fixes.

Read their liner notes. They introduce a small amount of new features, many with their own new bugs. Then a huge list of bug fixes for the previous "new features" we've paid for repeatedly. I've seen extortion rackets with better business plans.

Hey Qualcomm? Ever consider that some of us longtime users will switch mail apps simply out of pride? It's hard to pony up more money every year for what you advertised LAST year!  
(Version 6.1)

LEO  Unfortunatly its sooo ugly ! cant you ask some Designer to spice up the design a little ?

leo  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  Still the best mailer around. The interface and everything looks dated, but it works perfectly. The spam filter is excellent.

I never lost a single mail (read this, MS!), and I got half a GB of them archived over the years. (Why delete them if HD space is so cheap and Eudora handles them so smoothly?).

Some cosmetic changes wouldn't be bad, like the long-overdue enabling of Quartz anti-aliasing (been using Silk to enable that for years now, works fine, but should be enabled from the app directly). But it's still form follows function, and as long as I can't find a mailer with those brilliant UI features and stability, it's Eudora for me.

Letting us pay a prime fee for mostly bug-fixes every year is bold, though!

And no official localization of a mail software is weak as well. Without the unofficial language plug-in I'm using for years now I'd probably be tempted to try getting used to another app.  
(Version 6.1)

²HARK  Great application but Mail works too.  
(Version 6.1b4)

ALAN WATERS  Great programme BUT why oh why doesn't it include automatic dial-up, mail collect/send, and disconnect any more, like it used to, especially as this continues to be avilable in its Windows implementation!  
(Version 6.1b4)

CALIøS  Still "Anonymous" - I see you're getting no braver. And do you know about the kettle calling the pot black? Buzz off.  
(Version 6.1b4)

ANONYMOUS  calløs

You really should try to manage your anger.   
(Version 6.1b4)

PAUL  Eudora has been around for a very long time. Many software programs drop from sight every day, and yet, Eudora remains. It remains simply because it is a excellent product. Yes, it is a bit pricey, but it does one hell of a job, quickly and efficiently. I have tried all of them, from the free ones, to shareware, and I have purchased other email clients too.

Eudora is not the prettiest girl on the block, but she is definitely the best.  
(Version 6.1b4)

ANONYMOUS  I don't really see the point in any of these opinions. They are not reviews of the product, they are your personal opinions. And who the hell are you and why should anyone respect what you have to say.

Eudora is a fine product. It is vastly more configurable than any other mail client, and uses standard Internet mail protocals to store the mail. Not that any of your "l337 haX0rs" would know anything about that.

So save your opinions for someone that cares. You are not going to influence one person with them. And if you do, well they deserve what they get.  
(Version 6.1b4)

ANONYMOUS  I'm torn. On the one hand, there are some things Eudora does that no other mail program can touch, especially in the area of organizing large volumes of mail. But when you see what other mail programs are doing with technology actually developed in the 21st century, you just wonder when and why they gave up. There is no reason Eudora's powerful feature set couldn't be combined with a more usable human interface...and I'm NOT talking about making it "pretty."  
(Version 6.1b4)

ANONYMOUS  I quit buying Eudora after their last update.

The update offered no new features, just bug fixes and it was priced higher than I paid for the original version. I can understand paying for new features, but fixing bugs means that the original features I paid for never worked properly to begin with.

In effect, they wanted payment twice for the features they originally advertised.

Of course they'd never advertise a program as "Great features with some bugs. Paid updates to fix these bugs coming later."  
(Version 6.1b3)

CRAIG  Sure there are lots of email apps with prettier interfaces, but you need to decide if you want to sit there entranced by the beauty of it all, or whether you actually want to do some work. If it's the latter, give Eudora a go. Sure it has lots of quirks, but for handling a lot of mail, it's hard to beat  
(Version 6.1b2)

PAUL WILSON  I've used Eudora for a number of years, as I've moved from OS 8 through OS X. While I agree that the developers need get their butts in gear to ensure that their software stays competitive, I've had almost nothing but good results with Eudora over the years and have set up other Macintosh users with it. With proper configuring, all of the new users see how capable it is.

I can't be certain, but the one apparent bug that I notice is that placing graphics inline into emails using drag-and-drop appears to make them invisible to some recipients, while placing the graphics with other methods does not.

Overall, Eudora's high configurability and flexibility are its most valuable traits, and people needing serious, professional emailing capabilities should try it.  
(Version 6.1b2)

DONNIE  Eudora is becoming more and more of a joke as time goes by. You can still only have two criteria for a filter! This is the same thing that Eudora v3.0 back in 1996 could do. While freeware apps like Mozilla Thunderbird and Apple Mail allow you as many critera per filter as needed, not to mention allow more actions to be taken per filter as well.

Also, $50 for simple spam filtering? Again, the two FREE programs mentioned above does this as well.

I won't even mention how butt ugly the GUI still is. The same GUI that has been used since the mid 90s. Redesigning the toolbar buttons does not for a GUI upgrade make.

This product is NOT worth the money. Instead, use either Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird. They're free, look great, work better, and did I mention they're free?  
(Version 6.0.2)

MICHAELD  After years of using Eudora as my primary email app, I finally started using Apple's Mail app because it was stable, beautiful and FREE. I got tired of Eudora's bugginess and having to "rent" the software on an annual basis. It's a shame that Eudora's development has lagged so far behind and the business model became so user-unfriendly. I doubt Eudora will survive much longer, and for good reason(s).  
(Version 6.0.2)

MARC GRAY  Just because Eudora6 is the champion email client does not mean it is O.K. to charge for simple bug fixes for an application that is already payed for. If I were a wealthy individual i would bring a class-action suit against Qualcomm for this dispicable practice.  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  To pay again for bug fixes is completely unacceptable.

When I paid for the program originally, it didn't alude to these bugs. Why should I now pay even more than I originally paid just to have it work as originally advertised?

I don't care how bad the competition is.

With pricing like this, money will flow to them and their products WILL get better.

Basic economics.  
(Version 6.0.2)

C.  Good program but unfortunately the upgrade price is now 39.50 $ in steadof 29.50 $ .

This translates to about almost a dollar/week. For 29 I would have renewed but now I wait and see.  
(Version 6.0.2)

DAVE  its funny reading everyones comments. 6.0 on panther was a problem, but they have quickly worked to address issues with 6.0.1 and now 6.0.02.

microsoft on the other hand hasnt dont a great deal to address its crashing applications and their stuff costs a lot more.

apples mail.app works (i tried it for a while when i had problems with 6.0) but its not nearly as flexible as eudora . but it does look nicer. and its a lot slower (well i get hundreds of emails a day..)

in the end if your not happy use something else. if you are stay. but constructive feedback to the developers seems to be listened to more by qualcomm than apple or microsoft.   
(Version 6.0.2)

RICH  I've been using Eudora ever since the wonderful Claris-Email went feebased at version 2 and I've never looked back!

In sponsored mode (and the ad window is so innocuous I barely notice it anymore) Eudora is simply way ahead of any other client in terms of value for money (ie. for free!!!)

The people who criticise it for it's bugs should try working as professional programmers for a while and take some elementary economics lessons (law of dimishing returns?!). Some bugs are simply trivial compared with adding new features, others are timeconsuming to the point of being financially unviable to fix. The shareware hobbyist has time to make sure his s/w is 100% bugfree, the application programmer, who's boss want's "X" implemented by the end of next week doesn't!

I've often tried out other clients (sometimes because no choice) or slicker browser/email allinone solutions, but come running back to Eudora every time. The filters are pure excellence. Until ver.6 came out recently I'd been using the filters to sort out spam and don't know any other program whose filters would have had the same success rate.

Still, I was overjoyed to see auto spam filtering in ver 6. My filter list had grown to unwieldy proportions, badly maintained with many duplicates in there, due to bad prioritising on my part. So I know have a slick and optimised filter list again and the junk is getting filtered like a dream (getting continually better). And what's all this about bad reviews and bugs in version 6?!! It's a stable as a horse's house on my Mac! Probably cos I'm still running "Puma" (10.1) which is 10x more stable than the very flakey 10.2 anyway!

All I'd like to see at the moment is the ability to delete junkmail at the POP3 server, before it gets downloaded. Or is that what that "server->delete" option in the filters is for? Cos that, admittedly is one thing that's never worked for me; I alway assumed cos it only applies to IMAP accounts.

There IS sw out there though that can selectively delete mail from a POP3 server, so please Qualcomm, build it in to Eudora too.  
(Version 6.0.1)

ALAN WATERS  Still no return to the good old days when you could set the program to dialup, process mail and then disconnect automatically - Qualcomm blame Apple, and Apple seem even less repsonsive than Qulacomm to the issue - meanwhile, the problem remains! I don't even know if it's a OS X issue or a Eudora one, but I do wish between Qualcomm and Apple they would sort it out (most galling of all is that this functionality is no problem on my laptop under XP!). You'd have thought that the least that would happen with new versions is that old functionality would remain!  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Give these guys a break, they have been fixing Eudora for OSX at record breaking paces. It quite literally takes years to transform a massive and powerful client to perfection!  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  The programmers and company do turn a cold head when it comes to the stability and feature set of this app. It's a sad day when something like this crashes all the time. I've been a user since the get go. But, my level of frustration continues to grow. At this rate I'll be using another e-mail program and grimmace at the thought of the demise of Eudora.  
(Version 6.0.1)

BRETT  I have been a die hard user of Eudora since version 3, well before OS 9. However- I'm still using 5.x, and that's because of the horrible reviews 6.0 received. I am severely disappointed that, after THREE OS X releases they have failed to embrace OS X services such as the system-wide address book; is it REALLY that hard, guys?(no).

Eudora is effectively dead- they're not paying attention to the requests from their user base, they have an extremely stand-off-ish attitude towards apple, from downright nasty changelog comments to preference panels. It does not handle IMAP well, and it has a broken SSL implementation that causes mail server software developers some serious conniptions(Eudora violates the Start/TLS protocol spec).

That said, it unfortunately still remains an excellent choice for many other reasons. It can handle volumes of email that make other mail clients faint, and it's blisteringly fast, capable of moving around messages by the hundreds per second. I've only seen problems in mailboxes with over 32,000 messages. The mailboxes are standard MBOX format and easily imported into other programs and the like.

Eudora also has excellent filtering capabilities(you can filter on any header, do multiple actions per message, and have lots of actions to choose from) and is supposedly scriptable, although I've never been able to get my spamassassin applescript to run without crashing...  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  As everybody else on OSX experiences, I had a crash every time trying to send email.

SOLUTION (so don't say you didn't know):

As Dario starless said

>> uncheck "Use mail exchange records" in Settings -> Hosts   
(Version 6.0)

JERRY  Crashes every time i click send mail. Every single time under 10.3. No spamwatch in sponsored mode? Forget it. I'm going to use Apple's "Mail" program. I'm not paying $50 for this hunk of bloated garbage.  
(Version 6.0)

DARIO STARLESS  If Eudora crashes when sending mail in 10.3, then try to uncheck "Use mail exchange records" in Settings -> Hosts. It worked for me!  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  I have diligently stuck with Eudora for six years, and it has no trouble managing all my mail. Unfortunately, Eudora 6.0 running on MacOS X 10.3 crashes whenever I attempt to send mail. Attempting to modify various preferences has done nothing to solve the problem. The crash is 100% repeatable, and it effectively ends my reliance upon Eudora. Maybe it's time to make that jump to Mail.app or MailSmith.  
(Version 6.0)

NEXTLOOP  By far the best version of Eudora yet. The SpamWatch feature is outstanding, in some ways better than Mail. Eudora is still the best for high volumes of email. Nothing can match it.

As for the comments about OS X, I emailed the developers to inquire about it. They emailed and said that their comments are only meant in good humor, much like their humorous comments throughout Eudora's notification boxes and documentation.  
(Version 6.0)

JERFGOKE  $50 to turn on spam filtering? Give me a break. I'd rather use the OS X Mail program than pay for this overpriced software, even after having used Eudora for years now.   
(Version 6.0)

DFRANKS  After solving the initial upgrade problem I complained about (Thanks Eudora) all is well. Version 6X is, IMHO, the best Eudora X to date. Much better than other Email apps I have tried for Jaguar.   
(Version 6.0)

DFRANKS  You cannot get the upgrade price unless you have an old version installed! What about those who don't have it installed on an OSX Mac? Do we need to pay full price? I'll move to another application if that's how they treat customers.  
(Version 6.0)

MIKE  Eudora is really the only option for those users who want/need a higher level of control over their e-mail operations. I've tried other, like Apple's Mail app, and Entourage. They just don't have the overall flexibility and configurability that Eudora does. That said, I think the folks who market Eudora did a stinky thing by removing the SpamWatch feature from the sponsored mode (it was enabled in the beta version, which I'm still happily using).  
(Version 6.0)

MICHAEL BECK  Get your 5.0 Toolbar back!!!

Here's the Qualcomm solution:

http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2476hq.html  
(Version 6.0)

HOBY  The changelog may be unprofessional, but at least it's real and gloriously more detailed than most these days..particularly update explainations from Apple.  
(Version 6.0)

MIXEL  i wouldn't say contemptuous.. They're entitled their opinions, and a list of improved features isn't a bad thing.. eudora has users.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  What is this sponsored / limited mode ??? :-( I keep version 5, it works fins in OS X. I rate 5 version 5 but only 3 version 6.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Read the changelog: the developers are unprofessional and contemptuous of the users, and hate that OSX isn't the same as Classic. It was a nice little email app back when everyone was using OS 8.1, but it's just another relic now.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  even Bill Gates would be proud of such a long fix list - what is it with these people? Eudora used to be good (back in the OS 8.5 days) but there is really no point now - decrepit and not worth paying for. Have the ads and full spec for free? - well why not? hmmm.POS basically.  
(Version 6.0)

BARRIKADY  Eudora 6 rocks! Excellent spam filter and a great overall e-mail client  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Is the junk mail filter back in 6.0 / sponsored ? Is it a full version like v5?  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  that's a lot of fixes, someone's been hard at work  
(Version 6.0)

JACQUES  Great program, well recommended. Be warned, as of beta 31 the icons have gone ugly and not as distinguishable AND the junk mail filter only works in paid mode. Features are being added AND taken away!  
(Version 6.0b31)

THOMAS ROHDE  been using Eudora for ten years now, and I must say: Eudora rocks!  
(Version 6.0b26)

W. CLAY  Eudora 6 is the best email program I ever used (Outlook, Entourage, Apple Mail, etc.). Plus, no one email program can match with Junk filter of Eudora 6. It does an excellent junk filtering. For example, I got in Junk box only one legitimate email and it was easy to fix it (I usually get about 150 junk emails/day and Eudora 6 is life/time saver. Now I do not have spend my time on my junk filtering). Outlook's junk email filtering is horrible and useless (compare to Junk filter of Eudora 6).

Eudora 6 has two shortages:

1. You cannot create complicated HTML signatures (with links, images, etc.) but instead you could create HTML templates.

2. Eudora 6 interface is not ugly but could be better.  
(Version 6.0b26)

ANONYMOUS  About the Empty Trash Button comment below: Absolutely right, I had exactly that button on the bottom of my toolbar for ages now. Some people apparently complain about software before actually trying it.

Why you should use Eudora when there's Mail for free? Because it works just like I want it to. It's terribly dated in some areas, but I don't care as long as other mailers don't work as great as Eudora.

The price is a good bit too high, especially considering it's actually a subscription, and you have to pay nearly the same price over and over again. As long as this helps keeping Eudora alive, I'm fine with that, though...  
(Version 6.0b26)

ANONYMOUS  It's been especially troubling that I've had to rebuild mailboxes more times than I care to mention while running under OS X. There have been times I've almost come to blows with the software and abandoned it completely. But, after having using it since it's introduction I hate to abandon a friend.  
(Version 6.0b26)

YAZDGERD  There is no need to this buggy application, Apple's Mail.app is simply great. It is reminding me old times of Mac OS 8 and 9. Wake up Eudora, it is time for a change.  
(Version 6.0b26)

ESCHER  The additional features in 6.0b24 make the upgrade well worth it. However, except for the mailboxes drawer, Eudora 6 is still very much an "OS 9 app," which is perfectly fine by me.

As for adding an Empty Trash Button, I found instructions on the Eudora website: "To add custom buttons to the toolbar, hold down the COMMAND key while clicking BETWEEN two buttons on the toolbar." You can then select the function for the button from any Menu item. Wonderful!  
(Version 6.0b24)

ANONYMOUS  Interesting that not one reviewer here compares 6.0b24 to 5.2.1 which is definitely a "9" application, but does work. Which is better?  
(Version 6.0b24)

SEAGEE  After installing (updating) this new version of Eudora (6.0b24 for X), it no longer works. "Check Mail" does nothing.  
(Version 6.0b24)

ESCHER  Will Rekum: Glad to hear I can "simply add an Empty Trash button to your tool bar." So how do I actually do it? I couldn't find a way to customize the Eudora toolbar in the preferences.  
(Version 6.0b24)

ANONYMOUS  A nice piece of software. Has some bugs in it (like always timing out when trying to recieve mail). If they could improve the User Interface so it looks like something for OSX and not OS9 and put everything in ONE window then I would use this app.

However I do find that Apple's Mail + Spamfire or GYAZ mail is still far superior.  
(Version 6.0b24)

WILL REKUM  Escher: Simply add an Empty Trash button to your tool bar. I have Empty Trash, Settings, and well you can add anything that is any menu item. (Even the "hidden" option key ones)  
(Version 6.0b24)

ANONYMOUS  I just want a Eudora version running under OS X that won't screw up my mailboxes and make me recreate them. Their last version almost made me jump to Outlook  
(Version 6.0b24)

ESCHER  After a month with Eudora X 6.0b18, it continues to be my e-mail app of choice. There are two small additions I would like to see: (1) a contextual "Junk" button in the Toolbar (i.e. meaning "this message is Junk" when the highlighted message hasn't already been filtered and "not Junk" when the highlighted message was a false positive), and (2) an "Empty Trash" button in the Toolbar.  
(Version 6.0b18)

ANONYMOUS  apples mail app is EXTREMELY slow

(eudora kills it!)

and just like ITUNES (and nearly everything else to do with this big mess of a joke they call OSX) it has massive flaws!

(who ever heard of a music player that cant list by folder? ffs!)  
(Version 6.0b18)

ANONYMOUS  Just to let you know - I used to work for Qualcomm. It is a great company. Try getting a job there and you will see. Eudora support is falling on the wayside over there. Apple used to do big business with the Q till Apple's (pre-Jobs) support of business infuriated the Q. They actually tell new empl. to use Outlook (MS Exchange server is part of their IT initiative). Eudora is not making enought revenue, so it is in a niche. So expect mac support as few and far between. My personal opinion is for them to release the mac version source code as Open Source and let the die-hard OS community develop it.  
(Version 6.0b18)

NEXTLOOP  Eudora still rules when it comes to large amounts of e-mail. And with the new mailbox drawer, that goes a long way toward improving the interface, it just makes the program that much more effective. The only thing missing now, is integration with OS X's Address Book.  
(Version 6.0b18)

ESCHER  The new Eudora 6.0b18 beta adds some great features. The junk mail filter has worked flawlessly so far. The new Mailboxes drawer is a welcome addition. The drawer is also a good compromise between the age-old but efficient interface and keeping up with other e-mail clients. Would be nice if we could choose the have the drawer on the left as well. Eudora continues to be the most powerful and flexible e-mail client on Mac OS X.  
(Version 6.0b18)

MADRA  why not just change the name to "eudora beta"? this app's nearly achieved icab status in the 'eternal beta' league.  
(Version 6.0b18)

ANONYMOUS  Although most complain about the interface, I am usually very satisfied with how eudora handles e-mail. It is very fast and its searching capability is much more convenient than other apps. I think they need to remove some of the cheese features like mood watch as it just takes up space. Have yet to meet anyone who uses it.  
(Version 5.2.1b3)