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Working with attachments

When sending an email, you can attach files from your hard drive or Amazon WorkDocs. You can also download email attachments to your hard drive or Amazon WorkDocs.

Adding attachments to email messages
To attach a file, create an email message and then click Attach.

If your IT administrator has authorized you for Amazon WorkDocs, you can add files from Amazon WorkDocs to messages and send them to other recipients.

To attach a file from Amazon WorkDocs

  1. In the Amazon WorkMail web application toolbar, click the New Email + icon in the toolbar.
  2. Click Attach and navigate to the Amazon WorkDocs directory.
  3. Select the files to attach and click Attach Files.

Note
The total size of the attached files must not exceed 25 MB.

 

Downloading Attachments
You can download the received attachments and save them to your hard drive.

To download attachments

  1. On the Amazon WorkMail Web App toolbar, click the mail icon on the toolbar.
  2. Open the context menu (right-click) for the attachment and select Download.

    If your IT administrator has authorized you for Amazon WorkDocs, you can also save your email attachments to Amazon WorkDocs for archiving or collaboration purposes.

To save an attachment to Amazon WorkDocs
  1. Open the message with the attachment you want to save.
  2. Open the attachment and click Save to WorkDocs. The file is saved to your My Documents directory in Amazon WorkDocs.

Unsupported attachment types

The following attachment types are not supported:

.ade

.adp

.app

.asp

.bas

.bat

.cer

.chm

.cmd

.com

.cpl

.crt

.csh  

.der

.exe

.fxp

.gadget 

.hlp

.hta

.inf

.ins

.isp

.its

.js

.jse

.ksh

.lib

.lnk

.mad

.maf

.mag

.mam

.maq

.mar

.mas

.mat

.mau

.mav

.maw

.mda

.mdb

.mde

.mdt

.mdw  

.mdz

.msc

.msh

.msh1

.msh2

.mshxml

.msh1xml

.msh2xml 

.msi

.msp

.mst

.ops

.pcd

.pif

.plg

.prf

.prg

.reg

.scf

.scr

.sct

.shb

.shs

.sys

.ps1

.ps1xml

.ps2

.ps2xml 

.psc1

.psc2

.tmp

.URL

.vb

.vbe

.vbs

.vps

.vsmacros 

.vss

.vst

.vsw