Forgot your flash drive? (How to save your work or other items by e-mailing them to yourself!)

Have you ever found yourself working on one of the college's computers when you realize that you cannot save your work because you left your flash drive at home?

There is an easy way around this!

You can save your work (temporarily) to the computer that you're working on, and then e-mail it to yourself!

Just follow these steps:

1. Save the file to the computer.  This can be to the desktop or the documents folder.  The important thing is to remember where you saved it!
2. Log in to your e-mail.  This can be your HAWKMail or any other e-mail account that you regularly use.
3. Start a new message, and enter your own e-mail address in the to: field.
4. Use the attachment option and attach the file that you saved to the e-mail.
5. Send the e-mail.
6. Wait to make sure that the e-mail shows up in your mailbox, and that the document is successfully attached.
7. Go to the place that you saved the e-mail, and delete it from the public computer.

Feel free to check with a library staff member if you would like some additional help in doing this for the first time!