How to Open an Email Attachment From Your Yahoo Account
With the ease of Internet communication, many email account holders send attachments to co-workers, family and friends. These attachments can range from documents to pictures. Regardless of the content, the attachment must be opened upon receipt of the email to be viewed. Each email program has a different method for opening attachments, although many are similar to the instructions for a Yahoo! email account.
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Instructions
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Turn on your computer's Internet connection and open your Internet browser.
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Go to your Yahoo! mail homepage and sign-in to your email account.
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Check for new email messages and select an email that contains an attachment. This will be denoted by a paperclip icon next to the email message.
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Open the email. Notice the link just above the email message. Click on the link.
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Choose to save the attachment or open it, by selecting the option in the pop-up box. A virus scan will be done on the attachment and you will be given the option to download the file or cancel the download.
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Open the file to see the attachment appear. An option will come up to choose where to save the file and then you may open the file once it has been saved.
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Tips & Warnings
Downloading a large attachment could take a long time. Only open attachments when you have time to wait for the download or to read the email.
Never open an attachment from an unknown sender. It could contain a virus or a harmful file.
