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How to send a message with an attachment #howto


 

In my moderators' group (I'm the owner), attachments are set to moderated, umlimited size.
I wish to reply to one of my own messages, but can't find a way to add an attachment to the reply.
I only see the "quote message" icon, but not the link icon.
How can I add an attachment?

Thank you,
Marina


 

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:26 AM, Marina wrote:
I wish to reply to one of my own messages, but can't find a way to add an attachment to the reply.
I only see the "quote message" icon, but not the link icon.
Marina -- Use the paperclip icon, not the link icon. See screenshot below.



How can I add an attachment?
If the paperclip icon is absent, double-check your group settings in Message Formatting. If you have attachments set to either "bounce" or "strip," the icon will not appear.

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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I don't see any formatting bar in my message box. Maybe because my group is set to Normalize HTML Emails?
So there is no paperclip icon (that's what I meant by "link" icon, sorry for my imperfect English).

I double checked under Settings > Message Formatting > Attachments are actually set to Moderated. So they should be allowed.

Where did I go wrong?
Marina


 

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 09:35 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
If the paperclip icon is absent, double-check your group settings in Message Formatting.
Also check your account setting for your Editor Preference on /account?page=prefs? The other icons won't show up if you've chosen Plain Text or Markdown.

Duane
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Duane:
Also check your account setting for your Editor Preference on /account?page=prefs? The other icons won't show up if you've chosen Plain Text or Markdown.

I edited my Preferences and chose HTML (I was in Plain Text). At last, I can see all icons, including the paperclip!
Thank you, Bruce and Duane.

Just one more silly question: where do attachments go?
My group is set to Delete old attachments,? but I'd rather check and delete them myself.

Regards,
Marina


 

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:14 PM, Marina wrote:
Just one more silly question: where do attachments go?
My group is set to Delete old attachments,? but I'd rather check and delete them myself.
They remain attached to the message in the message archive, and are actually stored as base64-encoded text.

Attached photos can be deleted via the Emailed Photos folder, but any other attachments have to be deleted by editing the message.

See also?/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/7120?

Regards,
Bruce

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Thank you, Bruce. I accidentally deleted an old message in the process, but I'm not particularly bothered :-)
Happy New Year everyone!
Marina