Working With Attachments; Downloading An Attachment To Your Handheld - palmOne Tungsten E2 User Manual

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Tip
You can also save
downloaded files to an
expansion card.
Tip
The maximum message
size you can download is
60KB for the body text
and approximately 5MB
total, including
attachments. If an
attachment is too large, it
cannot be downloaded to
the handheld. You can
download a maximum of
10 attachments for any
received messages,
regardless of message
size.
Tungsten™ E2 Handheld
Sending and Receiving Email Messages

Working with attachments

You can easily download, view, and send attachments with email messages.

Downloading an attachment to your handheld

Email may contain attached files, such as Microsoft Word or text files, that you want to view or
install on your handheld. When you receive a message that has an attachment, the VersaMail
application scans your handheld to see if you have an application that can open the attachment. If
so, you can open the attachment with the application.
Here are the kinds of attached files you can work with:
vCard (VCF) This is contact information. Open these files in the Contacts application on your
handheld.
vCal/iCal (VCS or ICS) This is usually a calendar appointment or a task. Open these files in the
Calendar or Tasks application on your handheld.
Text (TXT) This is usually a memo or another plain text file. Open these files in the Memos
application on your handheld.
HTML (HTML or HTM) This is usually a web page or a formatted text file. Open these files in the
web browser on your handheld. Your handheld displays HTML attachments with full formatting
intact.
Microsoft Word (DOC), Excel (XLS), and PowerPoint (PPT) files
Documents application on your handheld.
Graphics files (JPG, BMP , TIF, GIF) Open these files in the palmOne™ Media application on your
handheld.
Other application files For other types of application files, your handheld may contain a viewer
that allows other applications to pass it a file for viewing. If your handheld contains such a viewer,
you can open the attachment; if not, you can't view the attachment.
Open these files in the
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