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My e-mail will not attach a file, the icon that indicates it is attaching just keeps spinning & nothing happe?

& the attachment never occurs.

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  • 8 years ago
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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    There seems to be a problem for most of us with attachments. This link goes to a page with e-mail problems and there is a button which says customer care.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    It can be many reasons main one would probably be that the file is to large is there a way u can seperate it and attach 2 files

    Source(s): Myself
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