Qualcomm 4.3 Attaching a File to a Message

Attaching a File to a Message Eudora User Manual
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Attaching a File to a Message
Any file can be attached to and sent with a Eudora message. Most of the time, an attached
document functions like a “rider” to the email message, and does not appear within th e
message text. Instead, the name of the document appears automatically in the Attached
field of the message header.
To attach a file to an outgoing message, do the following.
1From the Message menu, choose Attach File. The Attach File dialog box appears.
Attach File dialog box
2Locate the file you want, select it, and click Open to attach the document to the current
message or to open a new message with the file attached. You can add as many
attachments as you want to a message.
You can also drag one or more files from either the desktop or the File Browser window
onto the message window to attach them. See “File Browser Window” on page 148.
To detach an attached document before the message is sent, select the document name
in the Attached field; then press either the backspace key or the Delete key.
When the message is sent, if the chosen document is not a plain text (ASC II) file, it is
encoded in the selected attachment type. This allows you to send any kind of document
through the mail, even applications.
If the document is an ASCII file, you can put it in the body of the message by turning off
the Text as Attachment button in the message toolbar, or by turning on the “Put text
attachments in body of message” option in the Attachments options. See “Attachments”
on page 207. The toolbar button applies to the current outgoing messag e; the Attach-
ments option applies to all outgoing messages.
The attachment types include the following.
MIME—This is best for recipients with MIME-compliant email readers, regardles s of what
operating system they are using. For more information on MIME, see “MIME and Mapping
in the extended online user manual.
BinHex—This is best for recipients on a Macintosh with an email reader that is not
MIME-compliant.