Attachments

Discover how to add attachments : to your mails with Mail Merge for Gmail

How to send an attachment with Mail Merge for Gmail

There are some limitations to this feature:

• The attachment has to be present in your (or in a public) Google Drive

• Attachment size should be under 5 Mb

Attachment process

Here are the steps to follow :

Add an attachment with Mail Merge for Gmail

1. If your attachment is not yet in your Google drive, follow the optional step described below.
2. Expand options with the button "more options" from the add-on, then click on the Google Drive™ icon.

3. Select the document, image, archive... you want to add in the popup and click on "Select".

Optional : Add the attachment to your Google Drive (optional)

If not done yet, here is how to add a file to Google Drive :

1. From Google Drive, locate and select the New button, then select File upload.
2. Locate and select the file(s) you want to upload on your computer, then click Open.

3. The File is now visible in your Google Drive.

4. Don't close Google Drive right now, we will need it in the next step !

In Google drive, click on "New" to upload your future attachment file

We have a nice blog post about how to send document securely with emails available here

Attachment issues:

Here are the most common errors encountered with attachments:

1- Message "Attachment Error, Limit Exceeded: Email Total Attachments Size should not exceed 5Mb":

There is a limit on the size you are allowed to send with Gmail (It's a limitation decided by Google), we can't do anything about that.