Forward an Email as an Attachment in Outlook

Overview

There are occasions where more information is required than what is included when you simply forward an email. Forwarding an email as an attachment provides that additional information that a third party may need.

 

Steps

Outlook Desktop App for Windows

  1. Open the Outlook desktop application.
  2. Double click the target email to open it in a new window.
  3. In the Respond group on the Ribbon, click More.
  4. Click Forward as Attachment.
  5. A new email with the attached target email will be created. Finish the email as normal.

Outlook Desktop App for MacOS

  1. Open the Outlook application.
  2. Click on the Home tab.
  3. Select the target email.
  4. From the Ribbon, click Attachment.

Outlook Web Mail

  1. Go to https://outlook.office.com
  2. Click New message.
  3. Click the pop-out window icon in the upper right corner to open the message in a new window.
  4. Click and drag the target email to the new email field.
  5. The target email will appear as an attachment in the new email message. Finish the email as normal.
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