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uploading attachment in a pm

Northstar68
Northstar68 Posts: 222 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Morning all,

I need to scan and upload a copy of a letter in a PM, had a look around the reply box and it only seems to give me the option to upload from a url.
Mine is a doc on my desktop, it's not from the web.

Can I still upload in my pm or am I only able to upload to the thread I am involved with?

Many thanks for any help.
Total Debt : £61,302.84 :eek:
DMP with CCCS started 1.01.2010
Debt Free in 13 Years 1 month, hopefully sooner as things improve and they stop interest/charges!!
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Thank you so much to all posters :beer:
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  • Baldur
    Baldur Posts: 6,565 Forumite
    I've PM'd you an example of how I'd do it - via an image hosting site.
  • Northstar68
    Northstar68 Posts: 222 Forumite
    Great thank you, just got the pm.
    Total Debt : £61,302.84 :eek:
    DMP with CCCS started 1.01.2010
    Debt Free in 13 Years 1 month, hopefully sooner as things improve and they stop interest/charges!!
    Long Hauler #188 DMP Member 353
    Thank you so much to all posters :beer:
  • Baldur
    Baldur Posts: 6,565 Forumite
    Hope it helps.

    You may need to adjust the size of the scanned image (via JPEG compression, etc.) depending on any limitations of the hosting site that you use.
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    As said, you need to host the image on one of the free image hosting sites and include it as a link.

    Some forums allow you to "attach" files to posts/PMs which means it goes on to the forum's own server; CAG for example.

    MSE has that function disabled I'm afraid.
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  • Northstar68
    Northstar68 Posts: 222 Forumite
    That would have been much easier for me to attach it that way but no worries. I have an old account with photobucket, havent used it in 2 years so I will have a go with that.
    Many thanks
    Total Debt : £61,302.84 :eek:
    DMP with CCCS started 1.01.2010
    Debt Free in 13 Years 1 month, hopefully sooner as things improve and they stop interest/charges!!
    Long Hauler #188 DMP Member 353
    Thank you so much to all posters :beer:
  • pastmybest
    pastmybest Posts: 577 Forumite
    Baldur wrote: »
    I've PM'd you an example of how I'd do it - via an image hosting site.

    Could you PM me to let me know as well?
  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    http://tinypic.com/ is quite good also - no registration required ;)
  • Northstar68
    Northstar68 Posts: 222 Forumite
    Great! That saves me looking for old passwords and reregistering! LOL
    Total Debt : £61,302.84 :eek:
    DMP with CCCS started 1.01.2010
    Debt Free in 13 Years 1 month, hopefully sooner as things improve and they stop interest/charges!!
    Long Hauler #188 DMP Member 353
    Thank you so much to all posters :beer:
  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    Northstar68 wrote: »
    Great! That saves me looking for old passwords and reregistering! LOL
    ^Never a prob. Have a lovely weekend too ;)
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler
    The only thing with using free hosts with no registration is that there is no way to remove the image once posted.

    Fine for most things, but if you are posting docs/letters to do with debts or claims etc... then you may well want to remove the files from the host once you are done with it.

    Just something to keep in mind...........
    Free/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB

    IVA & fee charging DMP companies: Profits from misery, motivated ONLY by greed
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