How to Download and Save E-mail attachments
How to Download and Save E-mail attachments
Files can be sent and received as attachments (file attachments), together with an e-mail. Typical e-mail attachments are documents, archive files, photos, images, videos, music files or presentations. You can download file attachments individually or as a ZIP archive and save them locally on your computer or a storage medium.
Security tip: Never open file attachments that you have received unsolicited! It is not enough to know the sender. The sender alone is no indication of the correctness of an e-mail. If you receive an unexpected e-mail with a file attachment, you should make sure in case of doubt that the message actually comes from the specified sender.
How do I recognize a file attachment in an e-mail?
You can tell whether an e-mail contains an attachment by the paper clip symbol, the file name and the file type, e.g. .odt, .docx, .txt, .jpg or .pdf.
How to download attachments:
How file attachments can be displayed and downloaded depends on the folder view in the desktop version.
View with Preview Right:
If an e-mail is open, click on the paper clip icon in the info line. The attachments are now displayed and can be downloaded or viewed.- Download file attachment:: Right mouse button > Save as.
- Show file attachment:Click on file attachment with the left mouse button > Opens the viewer defined in the operating system for the file format.
View with Preview Bottom:
When an e-mail is open, the attachments are displayed directly in the info block of the open e-mail and can be downloaded or viewed.- Download file attachment:: Right mouse button > Save as.
- Show file attachment:Click on file attachment with the left mouse button > Opens the viewer defined in the operating system for the file format.
View without preview (list view):
Open the e-mail with a double click. If an e-mail is open, the attachments are displayed in the attachment block in the lower menu.- Download a single file:: Click on the file > Select "Download" from the menu that appears or click on the download icon on the right side of the attachment block.
- Show file attachment:Click on file attachment with the left mouse button > Opens the viewer defined in the operating system for the file format.
- Download several or all attachments: Check the checkbox at "Attachments". When all desired files are marked, open the action menu at the bottom and select "Download". The process starts as soon as you have clicked on the "OK" button.