How to Send Pictures From My Computer to My Email
Email is a popular method of digital communication which can be used to send text as well as images and other data through attachments. Another use of an email account is as an online storage area for files like personal pictures and photographs. By sending a picture to your own email address, you create a copy of the picture on the server that handles your email. This creates an online backup that can allow you to replace lost image files if your computer's hard drive is damaged.
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Instructions
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Open a Web browser and log in to your email account. The exact procedure for logging in will vary depending on your email service; typically, you must go to the homepage of your email service and enter a user name and password to log in.
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Click the appropriate button to begin writing a new email message. The exact button will depend on your email service. For instance, if you have a Gmail account, click "Compose Mail" or if you have a Yahoo email account, click "New."
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Enter your own email address in the line labeled "To."
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Enter a title for the email and short description of the pictures you are sending to yourself in the body of the email message if desired. This can help you remember which email your pictures are saved in later on.
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Click the appropriate button to attach a file to the email. Most email services will have a conspicuous "Attach" or "Attach a file" button.
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Browse your computer's folders for the picture file that you want to send, select it and then click "Open." The file will be uploaded as an attachment.
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Send the email. For most email services, sending simply requires pressing a "Send" button.
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Repeat steps 2 to 7 to send additional pictures to your email account.
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Tips & Warnings
After sending photos to your own email address, you can send the images out to other people from your email by forwarding the email containing the photo attachments to others.
Email providers place size limits on how much information you can attach to an email. If your image files are large, they may exceed the capacity allowed by your email service.
You may be able to attach more than one photo file per email that you send to yourself.
Email accounts have maximum storage limits allocated to users; if you send yourself too many photos you may reach your allotted capacity although these limits are usually large enough so that average users will not reach them.
References
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