Sending an Email as an Attachment

Overview

This article contains directions for sending emails as attachments. If you need any assistance, please call Help Desk Central at (979) 845-8300 or start a chat at help.tamu.edu.

If you are reporting a suspected phishing attempt, please be sure to send the attachment in response to an email containing your ticket number in the subject line (INC...). If you do not have a ticket open, please send the attachment to helpdesk@tamu.edu

Instructions

Gmail

1. Open up the email in question.
2. Click More in the top right corner, next to the reply arrow.
3. Click Download message. The email will download as an .eml file.
4. Save it to your computer.
5. The .eml file can now be attached to outgoing emails.

Outlook Client - Windows

1. Open up the email in question.
2. Navigate to the File tab.
3. Click Save As.
4. Make sure the email is saving in .msg format (This should happen by default).
5. Save the file to your computer.
6. The .msg file can now be attached to outgoing emails .
   
   NOTE: You can also simply drag and drop the email you want sent as an attachment to the outgoing email.

Outlook Client - Mac

1. Drag and drop the email in question to your desktop.
2. The file should now be saved to your desktop, and can be sent as an attachment to outgoing emails.

Here is an animated image of the above instructions.

Outlook Web App

1. Open up the following two windows and arrange them so you can easily see both:
   1. Your mailbox in list view, with the subject line of the email you want sent as an attachment visible.
   2. The email you are wanting to send or reply to.
2. Select the email you want to send as an attachment, and drag it over to the outgoing email.

Mac Mail

1. Drag and drop the email in question to your desktop.
2. The file should now be saved to your desktop, and can be sent as an attachment to outgoing emails.

Yahoo Webmail

1. Open the the message.
2. Click on the three horizontal dots in the upper right, and click View Raw Message.
3. Select the entire raw message content.
4. Copy the content.
5. Paste the content into an empty text editor
6. Save the file with a .eml file extension.
7. Attach the file to a new email, and send it.