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Forward an Email as an Attachment in Outlook

Last modified 9/22/2023

You may forward an email message as an attachment to a new email message using Outlook 2010/ 2013/ 2016.

To forward an email message as an attachment using Outlook:

  1. Launch Outlook.
  2. Locate and highlight the email you wish to forward as an attachment.
  3. In the email Reply menu, click the elipses ... for more options and select Forward as Attachment (Figure 1).

    Figure 1:
  4. A blank New Message template will open with the original email message attached (Figure 2).

    Figure 2:
    email shown as an attachment
  5. Compose and send the email as normal.

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