Send E-mail Attachment using MailShield

Note: This capability is now available via MailShield. The directions below are not needed.

  1. Use FrontPage to compose the e-mail message or attachment

  2. Or you can copy [Ctrl+C] from another software package and paste [Ctrl+V] to FrontPage

  3. "Pretty" the content until you are pleased

  4. Save the message/attachment to your mapped web drive

  5. Open the saved file in your brower (Internet Explorer) using the full path
    (e.g., http://www.abac.edu/psob/etc.htm)

  6. Select and Copy [Ctrl+C] the address

  7. Go to MailShield to the point you can enter the message contents

  8. Select the radio button for HTML (not Text)

  9. Place your cursor in the message body

  10. Type in the following
    <a href="

  11. Ctrl+V (paste) the address from #6 above

  12. Type in the following
    ">

  13. Type in the words that you want the link to say (e.g., Link to PSBO)

  14. Type in the following
    </a>

  15. The finished line should resemble
    <a href="http://www.abac.edu/psbo">Link to PSBO</a>

  16. In the message received by recipients, the finished line will resemble and function as follows
    Link to PSBO

  17. Send the message your yourself only first to ensure the link works

Last updated Thursday, August 07, 2008 04:12:29 PM