1. A method of fetching multiple distinct documents attached to a document, comprising: on a client system: concurrently displaying the document, a multiple document fetching icon, a single document fetching icon for each distinct document attached to the displayed document, and a single document viewing icon for at least one of the documents attached to the displayed document, the displayed document having attached thereto multiple distinct documents; and responding to a single user selection of the multiple document fetching icon, including: fetching all of the multiple documents attached to the displayed document from a document storage system; and automatically opening and displaying at least one of the fetched documents on a computer display using at least one application program.