Snap Mail allows you to send files, folders, and the clipboard along with your mail.
To enclose files or folders with your mail, click on the enclosure pop-up menu in the OutBox and select ‚ÄúEnclose Files...‚Äù from the available options (keyboard shortcut: Cmd-N). A Macintosh file-selection dialog box will appear, in which you can pick the file or folder you want to enclose. If you want to enclose a file, select the file and click on the ‚ÄúEnclose‚Äù button. If you want to enclose a folder, select the folder and click on the ‚ÄúEnclose Δí‚Äù button. You can also double-click on a file to enclose it. Double clicking on a folder will open it. You may add as many enclosures as you like, up to a total of fifteen megabytes of data. The items you enclose will disappear as you enclose them and a number at the bottom of the window will indicate the total number of files you have enclosed. If you decide to enclose an alias, Snap Mail will enclose the file pointed to by the alias. If you want to enclose the alias itself instead, click on the ‚ÄúEnclose Aliases‚Äù check box before enclosing the alias. When you have chosen all the files you want to enclose, click on the ‚ÄúDone‚Äù button; if you change your mind, you can cancel your enclosures with the ‚ÄúCancel‚Äù button.
If files have been enclosed, a number will appear in the enclosure pop-up menu box indicating how many files you have currently enclosed. The names of the files or folders will be added to the menu as well. If you select a particular enclosure item from this list, you will be able to see the size and type of the item and you will have the option to delete it from your enclosure list. To remove all files from your enclosure list, select the “Clear Enclosures” option from the enclosure pop-up menu.
• Enclosing the Clipboard
To send the contents of the clipboard with your mail, choose the “Enclose Clipboard” option from the enclosure pop-up menu. If the clipboard is being sent, you will see a picture of a clipboard appear in the enclosure pop-up menu. Whatever is currently copied into the clipboard when you click the “Send” button will be sent along with your mail. You can use the clipboard to send graphics, text, sound, or anything else that you can cut and paste. If you decide you don’t want to send the clipboard, you can choose the “Enclose Clipboard” option again and the clipboard will no longer be sent.
• Extracting Files and the Clipboard
When you receive enclosures, you will see a special icon in place of the letter icon. This can be one or both of the following:
The paper clip indicates that the mail item has file enclosures.
The clipboard indicates that the mail item has a clipboard enclosed.
To extract enclosures, simply select the mail item containing the enclosures and click on the “Extract” button in the InBox. A window will come up that lets you save your enclosures. You can save each enclosed file or folder to disk with its default name or rename it before saving. There is also a button you can click if you want to skip a particular item and a button to click if you want to extract all enclosures. If the clipboard has been enclosed, you will be asked separately if you would like to copy its contents to your Mac’s clipboard. If you press “OK” the contents of your clipboard will be replaced with the enclosed clipboard. You can then switch to any other application (a paint program, for example) and paste in the enclosure.
