- Set up an email to automatically save attachments to an online file storage service.
- Use a cloud storage service to store your email attachments.
The second way is to use the cloud storage service iCloud.com. You can create an account and then choose to save your files to either iCloud Drive or iCloud.com.
The other method is more flexible, but it doesn’t work with all email providers.
Using Koofr To Auto-Save Email Attachments
Koofr is a new social media platform that allows users to make new accounts with their email address or Google account. To create a new account, go to Add > Create folder.
Share your email attachments with your friends and family.
If you have an email address that you want to forward all attachments to, go to your email provider’s website and set up automatic forwarding. In Gmail, you can do this by entering the Koofr email into the forwarding settings. After confirming that the email address is yours, select the arrow next to the search bar and marking Has attachment. From there, choose Create filter and then Forward it to
Your attachments are stored in the folder you made above. This means that if something goes wrong with your email account, your attachments will still be there to backup.
Unfortunately, you can’t choose to save only the attachments, so the folder could get cluttered quickly if you don’t keep all of your files in one place.
Automatically Saving Email Attachments With Zapier
If you’re not logged in, you’ll be prompted to create an account. Enter your email address in the first text box (Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, and others are supported) and then choose a file attachment in the second one. Click Continue. ..
To connect to your email account, choose from the drop-down box or click Log In if prompted. If you have a label set for attachments only, press Continue. If you want to save all attachments, regardless of their labels, press Save Attachments. You can also use this screen to force attachment saving to take place only if the email matches a specific search. For example, enter person@example.com to auto-save attachments from a specific person. Press Continue when finished. ..
The test can be completed by selecting Test & Review, or by finishing with the Test & Continue button.
When prompted to sign in, enter your cloud service provider credentials. If you want to save attachments within your account, select the File option and then choose Attachment. In the Attachment field, type a file name or select an attachment from your account. If you want to add more information to the file, fill out the other fields and press Continue. ..
To test the routine, press Turn Zap On. If everything is working as it should, the light will turn on and stay on. ..
Zapier doesn’t work to automatically save email attachments. The message won’t be marked as read and the attachment and/or message won’t be deleted.
Other Email Attachment Saving Methods
Some email providers, like Gmail, offer a “zap” feature that automatically saves attachments to your account. However, this feature is not always reliable and can sometimes fail to save files properly. Another option is to use an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird to save attachments. However, these clients are not as user-friendly as some of the other options we’ve listed and can be more difficult to use if you don’t know how to navigate them.
With Gmail, you can hover your mouse over an attachment and choose Save to Drive to instantly transfer it to Google Drive. If you’re on Outlook.com, select the cloud icon that shows up on attachments to save the file to OneDrive. Yandex.Mail users can open an attachment and select save to Yandex.Disk.
Another way to save attachments is to use cloudHQ. This service works by opening the attachment and choosing where you want it to be stored in your cloud storage service.
With a few clicks, you can save the attachment to your computer instead of downloading it and uploading it to a file storage site. ..
- The “Incognito Mode” extension, which will keep your browsing history and passwords private.
- The “Private Browsing” extension, which will keep your browsing history and passwords private and disable tracking cookies.
- The “Security Extensions” extension, which will help protect you from malicious websites and online threats. ..
How to save emails to different cloud storage services ..
- Open Gmail and sign in.
- In the top right corner of the screen, click the three lines in a triangle to open the menu bar.
- Click Settings.
- Under “General,” click Accounts and then select Google Drive (or any other account you want to use).
- Under “Email,” click Save Attachments to Google Drive (or any other folder you want). If you’re using it in Outlook, follow these steps: 1. Open Outlook and sign in. 2. On the File tab, under Options, click File Types (or press Ctrl+Shift+T). 3. In the File Types dialog box, under Microsoft Office files (* .docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx), select Outlook (.pst) files and then click Add (+). 4. In the Save As Type dialog box that appears, type Outlook (.pst) and then click Save (). 5. In the Navigation pane on the left side of your screen, under Files (or press Ctrl+F), double-click your Outlook (.pst) file to open it in its own window (). 6. On the Home tab of your ribbon, under Email Accounts (or press F3), select your email account from the list () and then select Mailbox > Attachments (). 7. Under “Attachments,” on the right side of your screen (), select Files from Your Computer or Other Devices () and then drag-and-drop any attachment you want to add to your email message into this window (). 8.(Optional) To add an attachment as a file type instead of as an email attachment (), on the right side of your screen (), under Advanced Options (), select Email Attachments from File Types (). 9.(Optional) To change where attachments are saved (), on the right side of your screen (), under Advanced Options (), select where attachments ..
Open the email that has the attachment.Select the download button from the menu at the top.Choose Save to Google Drive.
Save only attachments from the drop-down menu. Optionally change how the attachment is named, and then press Save.
CloudHQ can save the entire message if you’d prefer. Just change the Save settings option to do that.