send attachments from memory stick

[MaryA]

Might I suggest opening an account with www.gmail.com I find this site better than hotmail.

When you send an email there is a link underneath the heading to "attach a file" and you should be able to navigate to your flashdrive, as usual, again DO NOT right click on the file, just LEFT click on it and and then press the "Open" button.  It should then show you a bar working from left to right as the file is uploaded and when it is finished the name of the file should be in italics with a tick next to it.

It is all quite self explanatory when you look at it, just my instructions without seeing the page in front of you might seem too much to take in at once.  Perhaps have a practice at home before you go.

Again, never RIGHT click when you have an email programme open.

[mike175]

All I can suggest is to ask the library whether the USB port is locked.  It could well be.

Surely, if the file can be seen in the "Open File Dialog" it can be opened, even if it is "Read Only", and attached to the email. I thought that locking the USB Port either totally disabled it or just prevented writing to the device 

From reading the earlier posts I agree with MaryA that right-clicking seems to be the problem.

Mike.

[falcybe]

Hello byegeorge,

I tried r.clicking the photo, and sending it to myself, and I received the email,saying (as the original) "  The message is ready to be sent with the following file or attachments"  And if I send it again, the message is repeated.    Many thanks.  Byegeorge

The email you see is the one ready to send so in the "To" box you should write the address of the person you want to send the mail and pictures to. Then either click "send" straight away (if you do this you will need to write a second email with a message you wanted to include with the pics) or you write a message in the box provided and then click on send.


cheers, falcybe

[falcybe]

Have you tried Mary's solution:

when you have written your mail, click on "attachment" and add the photo by browsing your flash-stick

cheers, falcybe

[MaryA]

I do like my gmail solution as this allows you to see it attached by name before sending.

[purplekat]

You also see the attachment, as a thumbnail, in hotmail before you send it.  As has been already said, my advice would be no more right clicking, left click only

[MaryA]

I think that was the first thing I said, however byegeorge did comment that he had tried all suggestions without success, so I was thinking of other ways and means.

I am aware that an attachment shows in hotmail, but depending on the colour scheme used for the browser, and it's possibly - probably? the basic one on a library computer, although the attachment is visible, it doesn't stand out as well as it might.  Gmail uses a bar indication showing the progress as it attaches and I personally find it to be quite an obvious link to view.

[byegeorge]

Hi falcybe and Mary A,    I have tried again and I managed to send the attachment to myself. And I have noted down each move I made !  I think what did it was selecting the actual photo, then "open" then send. Many thanks to you both.   Byegeorge

[falcybe]

hello byegeorge,

that is a great advancement. Now, you should be able to go to your inbox and open the email with attachment that you sent to yourself and then you should be able to FORWARD it to the person you are trying to send the attachment to and everything will work fine.

Good luck, falcybe