How to forward Email as an Attachment from Outlook

Instead of forwarding only email content, if you want to forward an email as an attachment from Outlook, here is what you need to do. This tutorial includes how to forward an email as an attachment from Outlook.com and Outlook for desktop. Although the Outlook app offers a dedicated option, you cannot find any direct option on Outlook.com.

Many times, you might need to forward an email to someone. It can be related to a spam or scam mail investigation, or anything else. If you forward the email as people usually do, it won’t contain the routing information, header, and some other relevant things. In that case, you have to forward an email as an attachment so that the recipient receives a .eml file.

Forward an Email as an Attachment from Outlook app

To forward an email as an attachment from the Outlook app, follow these steps-

Select the email that you want to send as an attachment.
Click the More menu in the Respond section.
Select Forward as Attachment option.
Enter the recipient’s email address.
Click on the Send button.

To learn more about these steps, continue reading.

To get started, you need to open the Outlook app on your Windows PC and select an email that you want to send as an attachment. It can contain only text, images, or anything else. Next, you need to make sure that you are in the Home tab. If so, find the More button in the Respond section, and select Forward as Attachment option.

If you are using the newer versions of Outlook including Outlook for Microsoft 365, you will get this option in the Respond section. However, if you are using an older version of Outlook (Outlook 2003 and 2007), you need to go to Actions > Forward as Attachment. Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl+Alt+F buttons together. It does the same job, but the option placements are different.

After that, a pop-up window will appear where you can write down the recipient’s email address, change the default subject line, compose the email body, etc. At last, click the Send button to complete the job.

If you want to do the same while using Outlook.com, you should know that there is no direct option to do it. That implies you cannot find a dedicated option or button in the Outlook.com as Outlook desktop app offers to the users. However, it is possible to send an email as an attachment from Outlook.com, and the process is mentioned below.

Always forward an email as an attachment from Outlook app

If you like to forward an email as an attachment always, you can make a simple change in the settings panel of the Outlook app. It is quite easy and not much time-consuming as well. It is handy when you need to send tons of emails as an attachment to someone. Instead of going through the steps mentioned above to send only one email as an attachment at a time, you can tweak this to do it automatically. The best thing is that you do not need any third-party service for this.

Go to File > Options
Switch to Mail
Scroll down to the Replies and forwards section
Select Attach original message option
Save your change

Open the Outlook app on your computer and go to File > Options. In the popup window, click the Mail tab and scroll down to the Replied and forwards section.

Here you can find a drop-down menu named When forwarding a message. You need to select Attach original message from the list and click the OK button to save the change.

Forward an email as an attachment from Outlook.com

To forward an email as an attachment from Outlook.com, follow these steps-

Compose a new email in Outlook.com
Browse the email that you want to send as an attachment on your left-hand side
Use drag and drop technique to convert it into an email attachment
Fill up the necessary sections to send out the email

First, you need to sign in to your Microsoft account on the Outlook.com website. After that, compose a new email by clicking the New message button. It should open up the compose window like it usually does on the web version of Outlook.

Now, you need to select the email that you want to send as an attachment. If you are using the default appearance of Outlook, you should find the email list on your left side. Once you get the email, you need to click on it, hold the mouse, drag it to the email body section, and drop it accordingly.

Now you should find an attachment in your new email. Following that, you can enter the recipient’s email address, add a subject line, write something in the email body, and click the Send button.

How to forward email as an attachment from new Outlook app

To forward an email as an attachment from the new Outlook app, follow these steps:

Open the new Outlook app.
Open an email you want to send as an attachment.
Click on the three-dotted button.
Select Other reply actions > Forward as attachment.
Enter the recipient’s email address.
Click the Send button.

To know more about these steps, continue reading.

The new Outlook app has a web-inspired interface, so traditional options are not available. That is why you need to go through these steps.

First, you need to open the new Outlook app and open an email that you want to send as an attachment. Then, click on the three-dotted icon and select Other reply actions > Forward as attachment.

After that, enter the recipient’s email address and click the Send button. Before that, you can also write a subject line, compose text in the body, etc.

That’s all! I hope this tutorial will be helpful to you.

Read: Outlook Drag and Drop attachments not working

How do I send an email as an attachment in Outlook?

To send an email as an attachment in Outlook, you need to use the Forward as Attachment option. For that, open the Outlook app and select an email that you want to send as an attachment to someone. Then, make sure that you are in the Home tab. If so, find the More option in the Respond panel. After expanding, you can find an option named Forward as Attachment. After selecting this option, your email will be translated into an attachment that you can send to anybody.

What is the shortcut for forwarding emails as attachments?

The keyboard shortcut for forwarding emails as attachments is Ctrl+Alt+F. If you press these buttons, your current email will be converted to an attachment that you can send to anybody. For your information, you can use the same option from the Respond tab. Here you can find an option called Forward as Attachment.