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Forwarding e-mail as an attachment

This user guide explains how to forward an e-mail as an attached EML file.

Outlook Web App (OWA)

  1. Open the Outlook Web App and log in.
  2. Select the e-mail you want to forward.
  3. Click the arrow on the right side of the Reply all button and select the option Forward.
  1. Drag the e-mail you want to forward as an attachment from the list on the left into the editing window. The e-mail will then be added and displayed as an attachment.
  2. Enter the receiving address and change the subject line of the e-mail if you wish.
  3. Click Send.

Outlook

Hinweis

If possible, use the Outlook Web App to forward the e-mail as an attachment. The analysis of the metadata in the e-mail is more comprehensive this way.

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. Open the e-mail you want to forward by double-clicking it.
  3. Click the More button and then select the option Forward as Attachment.
  1. Outlook then generates a new e-mail that contains the original e-mail you want to forward as an attachment.
  2. Enter the receiving address and change the subject line of the e-mail if you wish.
  3. Click Send.

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Webmail

  1. Open Webmail.
  2. Select the e-mail you want to forward.
  3. Click the small triangle on the right side of the Forward button and then click Forward as attachment.
  1. Webmail then generates a new e-mail that contains the original e-mail you want to forward as an attachment.
  2. Enter the receiving address and change the subject line of the e-mail if you wish.
  3. Click Send.

Thunderbird

  1. Open Thunderbird.
  2. Select the e-mail you want to forward.
  3. Right-click this e-mail and select the option Forward As – Attachment.
  1. Thunderbird then opens a new window with a new e-mail draft that contains the original e-mail you want to forward as an attachment.
  2. Enter the receiving address and change the subject line of the e-mail if you wish.
  3. Click Send.

Apple Mail

  1. Open Apple Mail.
  2. Select the e-mail you want to forward.
  3. Right-click this e-mail and select the option Forward as Attachment.
  1. Apple Mail then opens a new window with a new e-mail draft that contains the original e-mail you want to forward as an attachment.
  2. Enter the receiving address and change the subject line of the e-mail if you wish.
  3. Click the paper plane icon to send the e-mail.

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