E-mail Attachments

E-mail attachments are like using a paperclip to attach a picture to a paper letter.

The only attachment you can create is a link to a Web page. However, you can receive the types below:

picture filesvideo filesaudio filesWeb pagestext files

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For more information on e-mail attachments, see online Help.

Tip

You can place a picture attachment in an electronic frame. Just click the page options button and then click

frame a picture from this page.

Tip

Your MSN Hotmail™ account provides plenty of room to store your e-mails.

Sending a Link Attachment

Let’s say you found an interesting Web page that you want to send to a friend. To send a Web page as an e-mail attachment, complete the following steps:

1.Navigate to the Web page you would like to send.2.Click the page options button on the toolbar.

3.Click the send this page by e-mail button. A write new mail form displays with the name of the Web page in the subject line and the Web page address in the body of the mail.

4.Type in any comments you want to make, and click the send mail button when you are finished writing the message. You are then returned to the Web page.

Reading or Viewing an E-mailAttachment

If an e-mail message contains an attachment that your Home Internet Appliance can display, this picture or text file appears at the end of the message for some types of files, or a link displays: for example, read resume.doc. If the attachment is a link attachment, click the link to display the document. Types of documents that can be viewed include Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Other file types can also be displayed. See online Help for more information.

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