Gmail Now Lets You Attach Emails…in Emails

Google is rolling out a new feature for Gmail to G Suite users this week. The feature’s rollout is expected to take almost a month and come to all users by new January.

The new feature is an interesting one: it lets you attach emails, in emails.

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So that means when you need to forward multiple different emails, you can simply attach them to a single email instead of having to manually forward them separately. You can right-click on emails and “Forward as attachment” to attach them to a new email, or you can simply drag-and-drop emails from your inbox to the compose window to attach an email to an email.

Google attaches emails as .eml files on Gmail, which means it will work on other email clients just fine, and you won’t need all the email clients to add support for this new feature individually.

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  • bart

    Premium Member
    10 December, 2019 - 4:59 am

    <p>So if you have emails with attachments, that are attached to an email….?</p>

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    10 December, 2019 - 7:20 am

    <p>Yo dawg…</p>

  • Orin

    10 December, 2019 - 8:29 am

    <p>This is a useful feature on desktop e-mail applications like Outlook. I'm surprised this has just made its way to Gmail. Better late than never!</p>

  • Chris_Kez

    Premium Member
    10 December, 2019 - 10:09 am

    <p>The lack of this feature was a HUGE pain point throughout my company's transition from Office 365 to G Suite. </p>

  • Travelrobert

    Premium Member
    10 December, 2019 - 2:18 pm

    <p>@mehedi – Did you not know this feature has been around in Outlook (desktop) forever?</p>

  • train_wreck

    10 December, 2019 - 4:57 pm

    <p>Yo dawg, we heard you like email…</p>

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