A large attachment may use so much of this space that other messages can't be received. Your recipient must have the same software you used to create the file you are attaching. For example, if you send someone a document created with MS Word, they need to have MS Word in order to read it. For large files you should use an FTP program or send them on a floppy or Zip disk. To send attachments using pine , the file you want to attach must reside on the carroll1 server.
Attachments are a potential source of computer viruses.
If you computer has a virus you may send it with an attachment. If you receive an attachment it may also contain a computer virus. Sending plain text as an attachment can make your e-mail message up to ten times larger than if you simply include the text as part of your message. You must know the full path to the file, including any directories or sub-directories. If you select a directory, a screen will open showing the files in that directory.