Correct Answer - Option 4 : attachment
An attachment is simply an additional file sent with an email message. An attachment can be an image file, a Word document, or one of many other supported file types.
Hence, Computer data files that are included with an email message are often referred to as an Attachment.
- The original email standard only supported plain text messages.
- Eventually, email evolved to support rich text with custom formatting.
- Today, email supports HTML, which allows emails to be formatted the same way as websites.
- HTML email messages can include images, links, and CSS layouts.
- We can also send files or "email attachments" along with messages.
- Most mail servers allow us to send multiple attachments with each message, but they limit the total size.
- In the early days of email, attachments were typically limited to one megabyte, but now many mail servers support email attachments that are 20 megabytes in size or more.