Unless you have specified a particular directory for your incoming attachments (see the section "Specifying an Attachment Directory"), they are automatically decoded and saved in the Attach Directory in your Eudora Directory. If you receive multiple attachments with the same name, a number is added to the end of each duplicate name, in the order they are received.

Attachment names are displayed at the bottom of incoming messages. To open an attachment from the message window, double-click on the attachment name. If you have the application that the attachment was created in, that application launches and the attachment opens.

If you recieve a large message consisting largely of indecipherable text, it is probably an attachment that was not automatically decoded. Usually this is because the attachment headers are formatted incorrectly. To decode an attachment that was not automatically decoded, open the message and select Save As from the File menu to save the message as a text file. Then run the decoding utility appropriate for the encoding method that the sender used. Decoding utilities can be found at various shareware sites on the Internet.

Specifying an Attachment Directory

If you do not want to use the default Attach Directory to receive your attachments, select Options... from the Tools menu and select the Attachments Options. Then click on the large button beneath the Attachment Folder prompt. A standard file dialog is displayed.

Double-click on the name of the directory you want to use (its name should be displayed in the menu above the list), then click the Use Directory button. The dialog closes, leaving the Options dialog displayed. The name of the folder you just selected is now displayed in the Attachment Directory button.

Note: If at any time Eudora cannot find your selected directory, Eudora will use the Attach Directory in the Eudora directory for attachments until you designate a new directory.

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