16.6.2000

Happy Father's Day! My dad always brings up questions which springboard into future Lockergnome tips, so helping him is the least I can do. This tip isn't just for newbies (advanced users can jump to the end). "How do you attach a file to an e-mail message?" Have you tried dragging & dropping it? "No, how do I do that?" Fire up the Windows Explorer and browse to where the to-be-attached file resides. Now, start a new message in your e-mail program. Left-click the to-be-attached file and drag it onto the new message window. If your client (indeed) is up to scratch, congratulations -- you've just attached! NOTE: don't go attaching everything on your hard drive. One at a time, folks. And remember NEVER to attach anything larger than 1 (one) megabyte unless it was requested by the recipient. Just get a shared Web storage account (from FREEDRIVE.COM, for instance) and upload something there; it's quicker and more courteous to pass along the URL for a large file rather than send it directly through e-mail.