It's pretty simple. You are using webmail and not an email client. Since you can't make webmail a default program, simply start a new message and then use the Attach icon to add the file as an attachment.
Can't figure out how to send an attachment to email
I'm sort of pulling my hair out trying to figure out something. I can't send an attachment to my email account (Yahoo). Every time I scan a document and try attaching that document to a email I'm sending, I keep getting the message: there is no email program associated to perform the required action. I can't figure out how to get a email program associated to send the darn attachment. Being I can't do the procedure, I end up doing all kinds of of the wall operations to get the attached document to send as a attachment to a email I'm trying to send, Can someone please help. I thought all along, I have a email account set up. It's with Yahoo. Why do I keep getting "no email account is set up"? Thank you.
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Anonymous
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2016-11-24T20:42:22+00:00 Scan to a file. Then attach the file to your Yahoo message.
To use your scanners 'scan to email feature' you would have to be using an email program like Windows Mail. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. It won't work with Web mail, i.e. email you use through a Web browser.
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Anonymous
2016-11-25T00:04:31+00:00 What email program do you have installed? IE Windows Mail. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.
Base on this, can provide a guide to set up email program to be associated with your yahoo email account.
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Anonymous
2016-11-24T23:49:01+00:00 Hi Bruce, I really don't have so much a problem of attaching the attachment to a message I'm sending when I click on the attachment box. I presume you mean the icon box, because I can't find a attachment icon. My problem is, when I use the various features when I create a document, and I have the various options, with one saying send to a email, I get the message I stated. It appears I have to create some kind of account to directly support that feature? And, evidently, I don't have it yet. I sure would be a nice short cut to use compared to what I'm having to do now. Again, it's not so much a problem creating the attachment from a document I made, and attaching that document to a email I'm sending using the attachment box. It is using the sort of short cut of directly sending that document to my email account, with out having to go through the ordeal of looking up my documents file and choosing the correct document, and then clicking on it for the attachment purpose. Just want to use what appears to be a short cut. Thanks Bruce.
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Anonymous
2016-11-24T23:34:31+00:00 Hi GTS, thanks for your reply. But, how do I get those entities, Windows Mail. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. hooked up to my system, so I can employ a scanned document to my email account? Not sure hoe to do that procedure, GTS. Can you explain? Thank you.