Thanks Pat for an enlightening explanation. How about those of us who use
Eudora Pro & have been unable to open attachments through our university
server? Aline Hornaday
At 05:50 AM 11/3/99 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11-3-1999 4:02:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> >
>> > It should load into your word processor,
>>
>> How? I do not get the message in the first place.
>>
>> Oriens.
>>
>Well, we'll take this slowly, because I don't use Yahoo and I'm hoping my
>do-gooderism hasn't led me in over my head. Certain things are common to all
>email programs, so it's a question of picking out what those are.
>
>The file is definitely there. It will be in the directory for your email
>program. Look on your c: drive for a directory called YAHOO. One level down
>in that directory will be a subdirectory set aside for receiving email
>attachments. It will probably have a name like "download" or "down."
>Anything that might imply it's for incoming files being downloaded (files you
>receive), rather than outgoing files being uploaded (files you send). Look
>in that subdirectory, and if it has any rtf file--files with names like
>ANYTHING.RTF, that's it.
>
>If you can't find "download" or "down," and you can't figure out which of
>several subdirectories it might be, the first step is to see if anyone else
>on this list uses Yahoo and might know what it's called. Second step is give
>me a list of the subdirectories under YAHOO and I'll try to figure out which
>one it is. Third step is to get in touch with Yahoo tech support and ask
>them what the subdirectory for incoming files is called.
>
>pat
>
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