Palm Tungsten T5 User Manual

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CHAPTER 15
Sending and Receiving Email Messages
Working with attachments
You can easily download, view, and send attachments with email messages.
Downloading an attachment to your handheld
Email may contain attached files, such as Microsoft Word or text files, that you want to view or 
install on your handheld. When you receive a message that has an attachment, the VersaMail 
application scans your handheld to see if you have an application that can open the attachment. If 
so, you can open the attachment with the application.
Here are the kinds of attached files you can work with:
vCard (VCF)
This is contact information. Open these files in the Contacts application on your 
handheld.
vCal/iCal (VCS or ICS)
This is usually a calendar appointment or a task. Open these files in the 
Calendar or Tasks application on your handheld.
Text (TXT)
This is usually a memo or another plain text file. Open these files in the Memos 
application on your handheld.
HTML (HTML or HTM)
This is usually a web page or a formatted text file. Open these files in the 
web browser on your handheld. Your handheld displays HTML attachments with full formatting 
intact. 
Microsoft Word (DOC), Excel (XLS), and PowerPoint (PPT) files 
Open these files in the 
Documents application on your handheld.
Graphics files (JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF)
Open these files in the palmOne™ Media application on your 
handheld.
Other application files
For other types of application files, your handheld may contain a viewer 
that allows other applications to pass it a file for viewing. If your handheld contains such a viewer, 
you can open the attachment; if not, you can’t view the attachment.
Tip
You can also save 
downloaded files to an 
expansion card.
Tip
The maximum message 
size you can download is 
60KB for the body text 
and approximately 5MB 
total, including 
attachments. If an 
attachment is too large, it 
cannot be downloaded to 
the  handheld. You can 
download a maximum of 
10 attachments for any 
received messages, 
regardless of message 
size.