Attachments, going out and coming in
Send photographs that actually arrive, and open the files you are sent without any anxiety about what you are opening.
Attaching is the same everywhere: press the paperclip, find the file, choose it. The name appears at the bottom of the message, and you send as usual.
Key points
- An attachment is a copy traveling with the message; the original never moves
- About 25 megabytes per message — five or six phone photographs
- Too large means send it in two goes, or send a link instead
- Expected, from someone you know: open it. Otherwise it will wait
What to remember
- Too large is never a refusal. It is the system saying the parcel will not go through the mailbox in one piece.
- Too large is never a refusal. It is the system asking you to send it in two goes.
- Expected, and from someone you know: open it. Anything else: the message will wait while you check.
- The email is the archive. Downloading only takes a copy out of it, and you can take another whenever you like.
Try this
Send yourself an email with a photograph attached, then open it on your phone. Seeing the same file arrive on a different device is oddly reassuring, and it takes a minute.
Practice: Attachments, going out and coming in. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.