Nokia 6600 - Viewing e-mail attachments

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Viewing e-mail attachments

Options in the Attachments view:

Open

,

Retrieve

,

Save

,

Send

,

Delete

,

Help

,

and

Exit

.

• Open a message that has the attachment indicator

and select

Options

Attachments

to open the Attachments view. In the Attachments view, you can

retrieve, open, or save attachments, in supported formats. You can also send
attachments, via infrared or Bluetooth.

Important: E-mail attachments may contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your

phone or PC. Do not open any attachment if you are not sure of the trustworthiness of the
sender.

See ‘Certif. management’, p. 118.

Retrieving attachments to the phone
• If the attachment has a dimmed indicator, it has not been retrieved to the

phone. To retrieve the attachment, scroll to it and select

Options

Retrieve

.

Note: If your mailbox uses the IMAP4 protocol, you can decide whether to

retrieve e-mail headings only, messages only, or messages and attachments. With
the POP3 protocol, the options are e-mail headings only or messages and
attachments.

See ‘Settings for e-mail’, p. 99.

Opening an attachment
1. In the Attachments view, scroll to an attachment and press

to open it.

• If you are online, the attachment is retrieved directly from the server and

opened in the corresponding application.

• If you are offline, the phone asks if you want to retrieve the attachment to

the phone. If you answer

Yes

, a connection to the remote mailbox is started.

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2. Press

Back

to return to the e-mail viewer.

Saving attachments separately

To save an attachment, select

Options

Save

in the Attachments view. The

attachment is saved in the corresponding application. For example, sounds can be
saved in the Gallery, and text files (.TXT) in Notes.

Note: Attachments, such as images, can be saved on the memory card, if

one is used.