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Using Mail

Specifying attachment types

Mail attachments may have several different types depending on their contents. Their types are indicated by the symbol that appears in the message heading. See ``The attachment type symbols'' for illustrations of the attachment symbols. Types of attachments include:


Audio
Audio data (sound).

Data
Data of an unspecified type.

Message
An electronic mail message with headers.

Microsoft® Excel
A document produced using Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft® PowerPoint®
A document produced using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft® Word
A document produced using Microsoft Word.

Multipart
A message that includes one or more attachments.

Picture
A graphical image.

PostScript®
Postscript output.

Text
Plain ASCII text. This is the default attachment type.

Video
Video data.

See also:


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