6754 Qualcomm has posted a compatibility note for the no-longer-being-developed Eudora email client and OS X 10.5.2 Leopard.

In order for Macintosh Eudora to work well under OS X 10.5.x 'Leopard', you need to turn off the use of specific sounds in Eudora. These are the sounds Eudora plays when you get new mail or Eudora needs your attention, or are played by Filters. The sounds that are problematic are the ones that contain 'Eudora' in their name as they were created using a sound synthesizer that Leopard does not support. To disable or change the sounds used in Eudora, do the following:

Turn off or change the 'New Mail' and "Attention" sounds:
• Open Eudora->Preferences and select the 'Getting Attention' panel
• In the 'Sounds' section, for both 'New mail sound' and 'Attention sound', select a sound OTHER than one that has 'Eudora' in its name (ie. NOT 'Eudora Attention', 'Eudora New Mail' nor 'Eudora Short Warning')
• Click OK to the close the Preferences

Turn off sounds triggered by filters:
• Open Window->Filters
• Look through all your filters for filters that have a 'Play Sound' action.
• Select a sound that does NOT have 'Eudora' in its name, or disable sounds all together by selecting 'None' from the action popup menu.

I've done this, and it's early days yet, but it does seem to improve Eudora performance in Leopard somewhat.

You can check it out at:
http://www.eudora.com/download/


Charles W. Moore

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