Add a Record by Email: File Upload

Add a Record by Email: File Upload

The ability to add html data (rich text) by email is terrific (see https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/community/topic/rich-text-data-by-email)

It seems logical to extend this functionality by also accepting an attached file. There are a number of situations where this could be valuable. For example, accepting PDF contracts, job applications as Word documents, and system logs as text files.

In email, attached files are MIME blocks that are encoded with Base 64. Listed below are some typical ones

A Picture
Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="my_cat.jpg" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="my_cat.jpg" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
A Word Document
Content-Type: application/msword; name="February_2012_agenda.doc" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="February_2012_agenda.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
A PDF file
Content-Type: application/pdf; name="This is a test.pdf" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="This is a test.pdf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
There are a huge number of file types that MIME supports for attachments. I'm not suggesting that all types could be added by email. The ZC team could select just a few typical Office types, PDFs, text files, and the popular image formats.

John M. Whitney