How do I use WinZip to process AOL e-mail
How do I use WinZip to process AOL e-mail attachments?
WinZip can be used to decode certain e-mail attachments (known as "MIME- encoded") that are not handled by AOL e-mail services.
When you install the current release of WinZip using the standard installation options, the installation procedure automatically associates WinZip with MIME- encoded files. This will allow you to open a MIME-encoded file with WinZip simply by double-clicking it in My Computer or Windows Explorer. If you are not running the current release (now WinZip 8.1), we recommend that you obtain the upgrade to the current release before attempting to decode your e-mail attachment. To see what release of WinZip you have using the Classic interface, choose About WinZip... from the Help menu; using the WinZip Wizard, click About on the first Wizard screen.
Once you have the current release of WinZip installed, you can use it to decode the contents of MIME-encoded files, much as you would extract the contents of Zip files. Here is a quick example of how to decode files that are encoded within the .MIM file:
|If you use the Classic interface |If you use the WinZip Wizard |
| |(requires WinZip 8.0 or higher) |
|1. Open the MIME-encoded file by double-clicking its name in My Computer or|1. Open the MIME-encoded file by double-clicking its name in My Computer or |
|Windows Explorer. It will typically be in your AOL downloads folder. |Windows Explorer. It will typically be in your AOL downloads folder. |
|2. In the main WinZip window, you should see a list of the encoded file(s) |2. Click Next in the Welcome panel. |
|that are contained in the .MIM file. Select a file you'd like to decode by |3. Click Next again in the Select Activity panel. |
|single-clicking it, and then press the Extract button on the toolbar or |4. In the Unzip panel, use Select different folder to browse to the folder |
|choose Extract from the Actions menu. |where you want the decoded file(s) to be stored, then click Unzip Now. This |
|3. In the Extract dialog box that appears, use the "Folders/drives" window |will decode the file(s) encoded in the MIME file and place them in the folder |
|to navigate to the folder where you want the decoded copy of the file to go,|you specified. If you checked the option to Display file icons after unzipping,|
|and then click the Extract button. This will decode the file and place it in|WinZip will automatically open the folder containing the decoded files. Just |
|the folder you specified. |double-click each file to view its contents. |
How to compress and attach files or folders from My Computer or Windows Explorer
To compress files or folders and attach them to a new e-mail message from My Computer or Windows Explorer, simply right-click on the files or folders and choose Zip and E-Mail from the pop-up menu. WinZip will compress the selected items to a temporary Zip file, create a new e-mail message and attach the Zip file to it. You can then address and mail the message as you normally would. WinZip will automatically delete the temporary Zip file when it is no longer needed.
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