Emails as Attachments

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Emails as Attachments

If you need to add an email as an attachment, for sharing or for reporting phishing emails, you can follow the instructions below for the Web Application (OWA) or the Desktop Application

Desktop Application

Web Application (OWA)

Email as Attachments (Desktop Application)

1.Open a new email and enter the email address, then select the "Open in new window" button

Screenshot of an Outlook email compose window. The message is addressed to “UWIT HelpDesk” and contains the text “Email Attached” in the message body. In the upper-right corner, the Open in new window button is highlighted with a red circle, indicating the control used to open the email draft in a separate window.

2. Click and drag the desired email into the body of the new email

Screenshot showing Microsoft Outlook with an email message selected in the inbox on the left side and a new email compose window open on the right. A red circle highlights the email being attached, and a red arrow points from the selected email to the body of the new message. The image demonstrates dragging and dropping an email from the inbox into a new message to attach it.

3. The email should appear as an attachment in the body of the email

Screenshot of an Outlook email compose window with the message addressed to “UWIT HelpDesk.” An Outlook item attachment appears below the message text “Email Attached,” showing that the selected email has been successfully attached to the new message. The attachment is displayed as an Outlook item card within the message body.

Email as Attachments (Web Application, OWA)

To attach an existing email as an attachment in a new email you will need to follow the steps below:

1. Go to https://outlook.office365.com/owa/uwyo.edu and log in with your UW username and password.

2. You will want to create a new email and then move it to a separate window.

3. You can now go to your inbox and drag the email into the body of the new email.

4.Once you drag and drop it into the body of the new email, you should see it appear as an attachment.

You have now attached an existing email to a new email and it is ready to be sent.

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Emails as Attachments