Working Safely With Email Attachments

Avoiding Computer Viruses Receiving Attachments Opening and Saving Attachments Sending Attachments

Sending Attachments With Outgoing Email Messages

You can send all types of files as attachments, including word processor or spreadsheet documents, audio files, image files (such as .bmp, .jpg, .gif), web pages saves as HTML files, and more.

After you log in to your BT Yahoo! Mail account, simply compose your message and add your attachment.

Notes: With BT Yahoo! Mail, you need not do anything to have effective email virus protection. Anti-virus software in BT Yahoo! Mail automatically detects and cleans viruses in incoming and outgoing email and attachments.

Please be aware, however, that not all viruses can be detected and cleaned. There is a risk involved whenever you download email attachments to your computer or send email attachments to others. As provided in the Terms of Service, neither BT Yahoo! nor its licensors are responsible for any damages caused by your decision to do so.

BT Yahoo! Mail does not scan PDF, GIF, or JPG files for viruses.

 

Here’s How

  1. Open BT Yahoo! Mail.

  2. Click the Compose button.

    Click Compose.

    The Compose page appears.

  3. Click the Attach Files button.

    Click Attach Files.

    The Attach Files page appears.

    Attach Files page

    Tip: Norton AntiVirus™ automatically scans all outgoing email attachments and will not let you attach an infected file.

  4. Click the first Browse button.

    Click Browse.

    The Choose File or Open File dialog box appears (depending on your operating system).

  5. Locate the file you want to attach, select it, and click the Open or OK button.

    The selected file and its location appear in the first attachment field.

  6. To attach more files, click the next Browse button, and repeat step 5.

    Tips:

    You cannot attach the same file multiple times to the same email message.

    If you need more attachment fields, click the Attach More Files link. BT Yahoo! Mail adds another field.

    You can attach one or more files up to a total combined size of 20 MB.

  7. When all the files you want to send are listed, click the Attach Files button.

    Click Attach Files.

    Progress bars display the process of scanning and attaching each file. When the process is complete, a message confirms that the files were attached.

    Attachment confirmation

  8. Click the Continue to Message button.

    Click the Continue to Message button.

    You return to the Compose page with the attached files listed above the message area.

    Compose page with attached files listed

 

What’s Next

After one or more files are attached, you can address, compose, and send the message as you normally would.

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Words to Know

  • Attachment: a separate file included as part of an email message; for example, a multimedia or document file.
  • Scan: the process of checking files to see if they contain known viruses or other suspicious software.