Cfmail attachment

I am trying to include an attachemnt in cfmail, for the first time.
Reviewing some of the online documentation and techniques, I found this easy one - I could not get it to work using variables so I hardcoded and it works.
<cfmail to=[email protected]
from="#form.customerEmail#"
subject="Garage Sale
mimeattach="E:\wwwroot\folder1\forms\uploadFolderName\fileName.gif"
type="html">
A couple of questions :
The email has a body of text and it adds the atttachment before the text. What do I have to do to get the attachement after the text ?
Also, my form contains this : <td>Attachment: </td><td><input type="file" name="attachmentFile"></td>
Instead of hardcoding, how do I get the variable in there ? I tried to use the code below but it kept blowing up in the destination part (what I have in there now, I was just trying different things)
<cffile action="upload"
filefield="attachmentFile"
destination="#uploadFile##attachmentfile#"
nameconflict="makeunique">

I was able to insert the attachment into the table using your suggestion, #cffile.serverfile#.
Regarding the display of the attachment inside cfmail, it is on top instead of on the bottom after the text. Here is a snippet of the cfmail code :
<tr>
<td class="TitleText" >Shipment Number:</td><td class="TitleText" >#form.shipmentNumber#</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="TitleText" >Date Submitted:</td><td class="TitleText" >#dateformat(now(), "mm/dd/yyy")# #timeformat(now(), "hh:mm:ss tt")#</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="TitleText" >Type of Issue:</td><td class="TitleText" >#qryGetIssuesType.issueType#</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p align="justify">
#form.comments#
</p>
<p>
<cfmailparam file="#cffile.serverDirectory#\#cffile.serverFile#" />
</p>
</cfmail>
This should display the Shipment number, date submitted, etc, then the attachment ? The actual output has the atttachemement first, then the shipment number, date submitted, etc...
I want the attachement as the last item in the cfmail.

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attachments. I've scoured the internet looking for users who might
have run into this issue and haven't found any.
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<font face='courier new' size=-2>
&nbspLIFE  MED  (line
continues out to over 600 chacters)...
</font>
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3) Applied hot fix hf702-65414 (which was for an issue
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I figured I'd ask around in a few newsgroups before we
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If the attached file doesn't have to be interactive, how
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Cfmail: attach file with cfmailparam?

Greetings
I created a form several years ago that allows users to submit maintenance requests. They check a box if they want a receipt sent to their own email.
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Norman

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