Gmail is the most widely used email service worldwide because of its accessibility on almost all devices. However, other mail client, particularly Outlook, have been competing with it and were one step ahead of Gmail in terms of their ability to attach emails in another email.
Things have changed now, Gmail has again become the best in class by rolling out the ‘add email as attachment’ feature. This makes referring to other emails easier.
Now you can add old emails into new ones in the standard ‘.eml’ format. However, this feature is only accessible on the Gmail web client on PCs & laptops.
In this article, we will discuss how to use the email attachment feature in various ways and get the best out of it. Use the following quick links for faster navigation within the article:
Can you attach an email in Gmail?
Yes, you can attach emails in Gmail.
The attachment emails are first converted into the EML files, which then is added to the email with attachment.
The attached email, when clicked upon, opens in a new window with the message “You are viewing an attachment emails.” However, there is no way Gmail can verify the authenticity of an original message when it’s attached to an email files for now.
How to attach an email to another email in Gmail?
You can attach an email thread to another email in three ways: forwarding, replying, and new email.
The methods to attach email addresses or email lists while forwarding, reply messages, and creating new messages are as follows:
How do I send an email as an attachment in a new mail?
Use the following step by step guide to add an email as an attachment in a new mail:
- Firstly log in to Gmail on your laptop or computer and click on Compose from top-left corner.
- If the compose window opens in full screen, click on the Exit full screen option from the top-right corner as shown in the below image in order to minimize it.
- Subsequently drag and drop email in the email window. You can also select single email or multiple emails and drag them altogether into the email window.
- The attached email would appear at the bottom of message body. Add recipient details, subject, and body then click Send.
How do I forward an email as an attachment?
Use the following step by step guide to forward emails as an attachment:
- Firstly select the email you want to forward, open the options menu shown as three dots at the top and click Forward as attachment.
- The email would then be attached in a new mail. Subsequently enter the recipient’s email ID, subject and body to the email and click Send.
How do I attach an email in a reply?
Use the following steps to add email as an attachment in a reply:
- Scroll down to the bottom of the email to which you want to reply and click Reply button.
- The reply window will open. Click on the Pop out reply option from lower-right corner as shown in the below image.
- Now drag and drop the email you want to attach into the email window.
- Finally the dropped email or a pop-out window would appear as attachment at the bottom of the email body. Subsequently add recipient, subject, and body for the email and click Send.
Can I attach an email in the Gmail app?
So far, there is no option to attach emails in a single message on the Gmail app for mobile. So, you cannot add emails as an attachment on Gmail on Android and iPhone.
However, you can easily view the attachment on your smartphone. You only have to download or preview the ‘.eml’ format attachment with an appropriate EML viewer.
As an alternate to attaching email, you can forward or reply to an email on a mobile phone.
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Conclusion
After reading this article, you can easily send emails as attachments in Gmail email service with the least chance of getting “Gmail attachment failed“.
This feature will come in handy while referring to specific emails in email conversations.
FAQs
You cannot directly attach a folder in an entire email. Either you have to compress it into ‘.zip’ format or upload it on Google drive and attach its link in the email.
You cannot forward entire email as an Attachment on default email app. You can only forward an email and add additional information along with it. The only difference is that the forwarded email would not be converted into ‘.eml’ format but will be sent directly as text along with other attachments.
To forward an email, open the email, tap the three vertical dots, select Forward, enter the recipient’s email id, and tap Send.
You can add the email with attachments as an attachment itself into the new email to copy all its attachments. Select the email and select Send email as attachment in the options menu.
