Email attachment

An email attachment (or e-mail attachment) is a file which is sent along with an e-mail message. In MIME, the standard format of e-mail messages, attaching a file to a message is accomplished by encoding both the original message and the file to be attached in a multipart message.

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See also: Email attachment, Computer file, Computer network, Electronic mail, MIME