Word doc as email attachment--where would it get saved?

[S. Needham]

Folk:

I was working on an important Word doc for 4 hours the other day, and when I
went to open it up today, I couldn't find it anywhere. Almost threw up. So
I realized that the original of that doc--even though I had saved my work
many times--was an email attachment that I never saved to any location other
than the email it rode in on. So now I know something new. HOWEVER, is
there any chance that that document survives in some occult location? And,
no, I don't mean the basement of the Vatican, or Solomon's stables...
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Regards and Happy Trails,

Scott Needham,
Boulder, Colorado, USA

 

[MyVeryOwnSelf]

I was working on an important Word doc for 4 hours the other day, and

when I went to open it up today, I couldn't find it anywhere. Almost
threw up. So I realized that the original of that doc--even though I
had saved my work many times--was an email attachment that I never
saved to any location other than the email it rode in on. So now I
know something new. HOWEVER, is there any chance that that document
survives in some occult location?

You don't say what kind of email software you use, but most email methods
have a "Sent" folder.

Other than that, you can ask the addressee to send you back a copy, if that
isn't too embarrassing.

 

[Bernard W Joseph]

Folk:

I was working on an important Word doc for 4 hours the other day, and when I
went to open it up today, I couldn't find it anywhere. Almost threw up. So
I realized that the original of that doc--even though I had saved my work
many times--was an email attachment that I never saved to any location other
than the email it rode in on. So now I know something new. HOWEVER, is
there any chance that that document survives in some occult location? And,
no, I don't mean the basement of the Vatican, or Solomon's stables...

The sent box suggestion is where I'd look first. You should be able to
find the e-mail. Otherwise, use the computer search engine to look in
every file on your machine for a phrase that's unique to your file.
There's a possibility that you unknowingly saved it as another name.
File don't just disappear once they are saved.

Good luck,

Bernard