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Mailer

Attachments

adding attachments

Different ways of adding an attachment

i) Reply/ Forward a mail as an attachment
ii) Goto insert and select attachment
iii) press <ctrl><alt>A
iv) Open the attachment bar, right-click and select add attachment in the attachment bar
v) Select one or more files from a folder or from the Desktop, right-click and select 'Send To...'

The file should be attached to the message

Mailer

Attachments

saving attachments

The user should be able to save attachments from a received mail

i) Right-click on the attachment and select 'save as'
ii) Select more than one attachment, right-click and select 'save as'
iii) Open the attachment using one of the related applications and save the file
iv) Goto actions and select 'save attachments'

The attachments should be saved in the specified location with the specified name

Mailer

Attachments

deleting attachments

The user should be able to delete attachments that were added by him

i) Select the attachment and press delete
ii) Right-click on the attachment and select remove
iii) Select more than one attachment and press delete
iv) Select more than one attachment, right-click and select remove

The selected files should be removed as attachments from the mail message

Mailer

Attachments

viewing attachments inline

The content of the attachment should be shown from within the message itself whether it is the preview pane or in the window that the message is opened

i) Right-click on the attachment and select 'view inline'
ii) If an attachment can be viewed inline it shows an arrow in its icon. Click on the arrow.
iii) Click on the arrow attached to the icon of the attachment

The content of the attachment should be shown within the mail message itself

Mailer

Attachments

opening attachments

The user should be able to open attachments

Right-click on the attachment and select 'Open with...'. Open an attachment
i) which can be viewed inline
ii) which cannot be viewed inline
iii) which cannot be opened like executable files
iv) that cannot be viewed inline using an application that makes the attachment to be viewed inline

The file should be opened with the specified application

Mailer

Attachments

different types of attachments

File types that can be attached

Different types of attachments can be
i) Office documents
ii) plain text files
iii) executable files
iv) patches
v) compressed files
vi) images (.jpeg, .gif, etc)
vii) audio and video files
ix) Adobe acrobat files
x) Read-only files
xi) HTML documents
xii) .vcf, .vcard, .mbox, .ics, .ldif, .mbx, .gcrd files
xiii) .rpm files
xiv) installable files
xv) script files (.c, .java, .py, etc)
xvi) another mail (reply/ forward as attachment)

Irrespective of its type, size and extension, the file should be attached to the mail message

Mailer

Attachments

number of attachments

Number of files to be attached

Number of attachments could be
i) 0 files
ii) 'n' files such that the size of all the attachments is greater than the maximum size
iii) 'n' files such that the total size of attachments is greater than the mailbox size

All the files should be attached and sent in the same way that they were attached

Mailer

Attachments

properties of attachments

changing the properties of attachments

Add an attachment, right-click on the attachment and select properties. Change
i) the name of the attachment
ii) description of the attachment

The edited name and description should appear in the received mail and the attachment should be accessible

Mailer

Attachments

automatic display of attachment

The attachment should be displayed automatically

Mark the check-box that says 'Suggest automatic display of attachments'
i) when adding the attachment in the add attachment dialog
ii) in the properties (right-click and select properties) of the attachment after the attachment is added

attachments which can be viewed inline are automatically displayed once the mail is opened