Manage Files and Sharing in Enom Webmail

You can use Files to store and share up to 2,000 files, as long as you don't exceed your total allowed space quota. You can create up to 100 folders, including subfolders, with up to 1,000 files in any one folder. This guide covers uploading files, organizing them into folders, deleting them, and sharing them with others.

Uploading and storing files

Before you can upload a file, you first have to save it to your computer. You can then upload it to the Files section and choose what type of files to store there.

Uploading files

1. Click the Files tab.
2. Navigate to the folder where you want to store the file.
3. Click Upload file here.
4. Navigate to the file you want and click Open.
5. Your file is uploaded to the location you chose.

What types of files you can upload

You can upload any type of file, as long as you don't exceed your total space quota. For example, you can upload data files such as Word, Excel, and PDF, as well as photos and videos.

Organizing files into folders

Folders help you keep your files organized. You can create folders and subfolders, and move existing files between them.

Creating folders

You can create up to 100 folders, including subfolders. Subfolders can contain other subfolders, nested up to five levels deep. All folders are displayed in alphabetical order.

1. Click the Files tab.
2. Select Create folder from the toolbar at the top.
3. In the text field, enter a name for the folder.
4. Press the check mark.

Creating a subfolder

1. Click the Files tab.
2. Select the folder that you want to be the parent folder.
3. Click Create folder and enter the name of your subfolder.

Moving files into a folder

When you upload files, you can specify the folders where you want to store them. If you have already uploaded files, you can move them into any of your existing folders.

1. Click the Files tab.
2. Select the file or files that you want to move.
3. Choose Move from the actions toolbar.
4. Using the Move to drop-down, select the folder you want to move the files into.

Deleting a file or folder

1. Click the Files tab.
2. Hover your cursor over the file or folder that you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
4. Click Ok to confirm the deletion.

Sharing files and working with email

You can share files and folders by URL, and move files between your email and your Files section. The sections below explain how.

Sharing files or folders

To share a file or folder, you must first mark it as shared. You can then let people know about it by posting its URL via email, website, blog, social media, and so on.

1. Go to the Files tab.
2. Select the file or folder that you want to share.
3. Choose Share, and a link is created.
4. Select the link icon beside the shared file. The URL displays beneath the file for you to copy and paste wherever you want to share it.
5. When anyone clicks the URL or pastes it into a browser, the corresponding file or folder is displayed.

Saving an email attachment to your Files section

If you receive a file in an email and want to save it to File sharing, you first need to save it to your computer. You can then upload the attachment back into your Webmail Files.

Attaching a stored file to an email

You cannot attach a file that is in Files directly to an email message; however, you can email the URL for the file.

Next steps

• Using Webmail — attach files and share large files in your messages
• The complete Webmail guide — explore the other Webmail components

Questions? Contact Enom Support.