Q: I periodically receive pictures in e-mail that gets sent to me. Instead of saving the e-mail message itself, is there any way that I can individually download the images to my hard drive?

A: Whether it’s from family, friends, or coworkers, you will receive photos in your e-mail account from time to time – it’s inevitable. Instead of thinking about these images as being a part of the main e-mail message, try to view them as individual attachments to the core message. The good news is that you can easily save these images without needing to save the entire e-mail.

When you receive attachments, there will usually be some sort of indicator in the message itself that tells you specific files accompany the message. For example, in Outlook Express, a paperclip is used to indicate this. By clicking on it, you’ll see a dropdown listing of the files. You can click on each file individually, or choose to save the attachments to a location on your hard drive – separate from the e-mail.

You’re probably familiar with the concept of saving an image in your Web browser by right clicking on it and selecting the proper option in the menu that pops up. Just so you know, this same thing can be done in most of the e-mail clients out there today. When you find a picture that you’d like to keep, just right click on it and choose the option to save the image.

This should be helpful to some of you, but I’m going to refrain from explaining how to actually block the daily images that your grandma sends of her rash.

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