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Webmail: Adding/Deleting Attachments

Webmail supports Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) so you can send and receive various file types as attachments to email messages, including image, sound, movie, html, and other file types.

When you receive messages with attachments, they appear in one of the following ways: displayed inside the message, or as a link or button directly below the body text. Selecting the attachment link or button opens a separate window, displaying the attachment contents.

When you include an attachment to a composition, a link for the attachment displays at the bottom of the browser window.

Note: You can add more than one attachment to a message, but they must be added one at a time.

To add a file as an attachment:

  1. Enter the header and body information for your message as described in Composing a Message.
    Result: Your message is ready to send without the attachment.
  2. In the Attachment area, specify the file you want to add as an attachment in one of the following ways:
    • Enter the name in the File text box.
    • Click Browse, go to the location of the file in the navigation window, select it, and click Open.
    Result: The attachment name appears in the File text box.
  3. Click Add.
    Result: A link for the attachment displays at the bottom of the window with a Trash can icon next to it. Click the link to view the attachment. Click the Trash can icon to delete it.
  4. Click Send to send the message.
    Result: The message is sent with the attachment. If the system can interpret the attachment it displays in the message window, otherwise, a link to the attachment displays. Clicking the link opens the attachment in the appropriate application or an application prompt dialog box displays so you can select an application for the attachment.

To delete an attachment:

From a composed message with an attachment already added, click the Trash Can icon Delete next to the attachment name. You can delete each attachment individually in this way.
Result: the attachment is removed from the message.

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Last updated: 7/16/08