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E-Mail Attachments

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E-Mail attachments technology is the standard method for sending documents, pictures, and multimedia files over the internet. What follows are simple instructions for handling attachments in a variety of mail clients.


WebAccess

To view an attachment with WebAccess first open the message that contains the attachment by clicking on it in the message listing of your INBOX. (You will know which messages contain attachments because a paperclip will be shown in the message listing)

Depending on the file type, WebAccess can view the file before you download it. To view an attachment, click on the name of the attachment in the Part(s) section of the message.

If the file can be viewed by WebAccess, a new window will appear containing the opened attachment. If however, WebAccess cannot view the attachment, then it will be downloaded when the link is clicked.

If you would like to just download the file and not view it, you can click the floppy disk icon located directly to the right of the attachment.


Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, MacOS Mail

For mail clients such as Thunderbird, Outlook, and MacOS Mail, and all you need to do is double click on the attachment icon displayed with the message. This will download the file(s) to the your computer. Once the download is complete you can double-click the file to access it.


Pine

Attachment handling in Pine is cumbersome and somewhat complicated. For this reason we recommend you use one of our other supported mail clients when handling attachments.

this page was last modified October 25 2007