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Receiving Email Attachments

You know you’ve received an email with an attachment when you see a paper clip (Attachment icon) next to the email’s subject in the mail folder. Open the message to see what type of file is attached.

 

Here’s How

  1. In a mail folder, click the subject of an email message that includes an attachment (the paper clip icon appears to the left of the subject).

    Click the subject of an email that includes an attachment.

    When the message opens, a thumbnail of each attachment appears in the message header.

    Thumbnails of attachments appear in the message header.

 

What’s Next

You can open attachments and save them if you like.

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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.
  • Message header: the information used to deliver an email message, including the To, From, Date, and Subject fields.
  • Thumbnail: a small version of an image, often linked to a larger version.