Save pictures from email - Video Tip
It's been almost one year since I first posted this tip. We have many new visitors this year, and not enough of you are heading my advice yet on this subject, so I'm posting it again. Please believe me when I tell you that this tip alone can save you countless dollars, time, and tears!
Through my travels, I have noticed that many computer users save emails with pictures because they are unsure of how to save those pictures. Saving lots of pictures in your email program can drastically slow down the performance of the email program over time. Email programs typically can handle thousands of messages, but if something happens to the email database, and you haven't backed up those databases, the pictures will be gone for good. Your best insurance for saving pictures is to save them to a folder on your computer (like My Pictures or a subfolder of My Pictures) then back them up on a regular basis.
To save pictures from your email to a folder on your hard drive, do the following:
Outlook Express
1. Click the paper clip icon in the preview pane*
2. Click Save Attachments
3. In the "Save To" box at the bottom of the dialog box that pops up, click Browse and choose where YOU want to save the pictures and click OK
4. Click Save
* If you read your Outlook Express email in its own window, then RIGHT Click on the attachment name and click Save As
AOL
Click the "Download Now" button at the bottom of the email you are reading and follow on-screen instructions. Remember that most AOL versions automatically download to an AOL Downloads folder in the AOL directory. It differs, however, from version to version.
Juno/NetZero
Depending on your method of reading messages, the technique changes, but generally you should be able to RIGHT click on an attachment and save it.
For any email program that you can see the picture in the body of the message, you can RIGHT click on the photo itself to save it by clicking "Save As" or "Save Picture As".
Keeping your pictures stored in a known folder allows you to access the pictures easier, print them easier and most importantly gives you the ability to back them up. For more tips about receiving, printing and sending pictures via email, browse through our tips archive.
Watch the video below for a demonstration of this tip.
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MS Outlook 07
Embedded photos: Open message. In menu, click on "Other Actions',then 'View in Browser.' The browser will open with pix. You can then a right-click on the pictures you want and do a 'Save picture as'
Thank you!!!
This is great!!!! My mom needed to know how to do this and I was unable to walk her through it over the phone. I'm going to email her your link right now, and I think this will do the trick. Thanks for creating this!!!!! :)
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fwd email pictures
after I send my pictures to email I cannot fwd them it says images removed when I try to fwd
save email pictures and other email tasks
How come you never give tips on email users using, excite, yahoo or other web email addresses?????? Anyone have some info on this kind of email.
Save pictures from email
Any suggestions for a Thunderbird user"
Thanks in advance - Chalmers
Save Pictures from Email
Outlook Express
Some times the option listed in your article is NOT available. And there is no "save as" option under "File"
In those cases, click on "forward" for the message containing the picture.
In the pop up message to be forwarded, click on "File" (upper left corner of pop up message).
Click on "Save attachments as" and select the folder you want to use to save the picture.
Click on "OK" (or save - don't recall off hand what option is offered).
Close pop up message without saving (or go ahead and forward the message if you were going to anyway).
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