Question:
When I attach files to a Spitfire document, I notice that some files say Native on the Incl/Include column. I want them to be Assembled, so I end up having to change them manually. Can I change the default?
Answer:
The Incl/Include column on the Attachments tab indicates whether each attached file should be included when the document is routed via email. Anyone with access to the System Admin Dashboard, Rule Maintenance tool can change the default for specific file types.
- Not Sent are not included.
- Native are included in their original format (e.g. .DOCX, .JPG, .PPT, etc.)
- PDF are included as PDF files, if the original file type can be converted to PDF.
- Assembled are converted to PDFs (if possible) then merged into one PDF file.
To change the default for a particular file type:
- Go to the Rule Maintenance tool on the System Admin Dashboard.
- Expand the FileCatalogConfig rule group.
- Add an AttachMode:% rule for the specific file type where you replace the % with the file type extension. The Result Value can be any of the following:
- 0 = Not Sent
- 1 = Native
- M = Assembled
- P = PDF
- For example, if you wanted all .DOCX and .PDF files to be Assembled (result value = M) by default, you would enter the following two rules:
Note: the AttachMode rule (without any file extension) shown above indicates the default for all other file types. The default is 1 for Native in the example above.
Additional Comments:
See KBA-01265 for more information about the FileCatalogConfig rules.
KBA-01907; Last updated: January 29, 2026 at 9:53 am;
Keywords: SMTP, attachments, Always, Never, include files, include attachment