Attachment In Email Downloading Versus Copy and Paste

An attachment is a file that was down loaded with the email. When you click on it your just opening it up. If your paying for excessive email for exceeding some size limit. I would inform those that send attachments to send them compressed.

Dear Mr.ozzb,

Thank you for your advise. The majority of the attachment is win-zipped and it is some times 18 MB.

Dhayanandhan.S

There are a couple of ways to reduce data usage I know of....The first is to use a wifi connection, which is usually free and doesn't count, the second is to use a file compression app, like Onavo, as was mentioned.....

Thank you Mr.SolarEagle, for your advise.

I will try and any difficulty, I will post the information.

Dhayanandhan.S

Another way is to place the file in some cloud area and invite the potential recipient to open it in the cloud.

_{Cor. Isn't bold italics difficult to read! Still, at least it isn't in capital letters; that would be really objectionable.}

Thank you Mr. PWSlack, for your advise. I will post any information for further advise, if required.

DHAYANANDHAN.S

QUIT SHOUTING, DAMMIT!

Thank you Mr.Tornado, for your comment.

Relatively the capital letters are less. Pl. high light which are the area is equivalent for shouting.

During my college days, I studied type writing and as per the teaching I follow the typing.

DHAYANANDHAN.S

Thanks to the moderators for fixing all of that.

Data volume is data volume regardless of the package it arrives to you in. A real pain especially if downloading attached files is not optional but comes through with the email anyway. Data greedy websites and and popups add to the unsolicited data consumption too....

I used to sweat my data allowance due to the onerous overusage charges. I have now switched to another ISP on an unlimitted data allowance all you can eat package.

512kbps speed and USD6/month, 2 bucks more and I can have a 1Mbps all you can eat service.

I should have done that ages ago but change inertia had me by the short and curlies for some stupid reason.

Dhaya, go to an all you can eat deal if possible.

Dear Mr.Wal,

Thanking you for your advise.

I will try fo follow. any difficulty, I will post the inf.

Dhayanandhan.S

Hi Dhayanandhan,

OK, I think from the post that you're using web e-mail, like Hotmail, so that's where I'll go. I also think that you're talking about written files, not pictures.

To fill in the wider picture a little first, most e-mail programmes will download attachments automatically but with the option in settings not to, the idea being that you can choose if you want to. You can then - sometimes - download the attachments in a browser rather than as a file download over e-mail. There is not significant data difference between these two methods. In both cases the full file is downloaded.

If you're using webmail, as I think you are, it's different. You can then either download the file or, usually, view it. Downloading will store the full file on your computer complete with all the formatting and other information that is contained in the file: version history, tracked changes, control codes, you name it. If you merely 'view' the file much of the information, is processed server-side so less data is pulled down by your machine.

You can indeed then cut and paste the displayed content into a new document and save on the data used. However, you will have saved data by not downloading some of the information embedded in the document. In effect, you're converting the document to 'plain text' - ish - it's not quite plain text since your word processor will recognise most of the fonts and formatting displayed on the screen but you will loose some of the embedded information: that which isn't displayed will be lost; your programme will not convert some information, tabs for example, correctly. The degree of benefit / disbenefit very much depends on the original format. If the original document is a Word docx file you'll save quite a bit. If it was a .txt file to start with you're not going to save much, if anything, as there wasn't any surplus information in it in the first place to avoid downloading.

Pictures…. a bit different. If the picture is displayed at the same quality as it was stored you won't gain anything by viewing it in a browser as opposed to e-mail.

So, to answer your ultimate question, "Now my doubt is if attachment is copied and pasted whether this volume of attachment is accounted as Free, for charging in the free limit or charged extra if limit is exceeded.". You've displayed that information on your screen, that has involved a data transaction, it counts toward your total data. Depending on the original format of the file you may be saving data by doing it that way at the expense of not downloading some of the information into the file that you store it in.

Cofion cynnes,

dear Mr.evnmjones

Tanking you for advise. I have noted the contents and follow, any observations I will post here.

Indeed, good response from other CR4 Members - and happy to note suggestions.

DHAYANANDHAN.S