Email Attachments
What is an attachment?
An additional file attached to an e-mail message.
Problems with attachments
- Different e-mail programs
- Different operating systems and platforms (Macintosh vs.PC)
- Different word processing programs (MS Word, Word Perfect, ClarisWorks)
- Can contract a virus from opening an attachment (Marcos,Trojan,Worm etc.)
Tips for attachments
- Send information that will be useful to the recipient
- Sender and receiver should discuss format of the document
(MS Word, Word Perfect, ClarisWorks, etc.)
- Don't send really large documents: E-mail systems don't handle large documents well if at all
- When sending several documents at once, send several different e-mail messages.
- If you are having problems with opening an attachment try opening the document in Notepad
for PC users and Simpletext for Macintosh.
When sending items Save......
- Word documents as txt only files or RTF (Rich Text Format)
- Spreadsheets send as tab delimited or comma delimited text
- Graphics as GIF or BMP
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