How to copy emails as attachments in Outlook?

Author Kelly Last modified 2025-04-08

For example, you need to send some emails to other users via Outlook, and how could you copy these emails as attachments quickly? Actually, there are several solutions:

Copy emails as attachments with Forward as Attachment feature
Copy email as attachments with Outlook Item feature
Copy original email as attachment when replying in Outlook

Copy emails as attachments with Forward as Attachment feature

You can copy one or multiple emails as attachments of another email easily with the "Forward as Attachment" feature in Outlook. Please do as follows:

1. In the "Mail" view, open the mail folder containing emails you will copy as attachments, and then select them in the Mail list.

Note: Holding the "Ctrl" key, you can select multiple nonadjacent emails with clicking them one by one; holding the "Shift" key, you can select multiple adjacent emails with clicking the first one and the last one.

2. Click "Home" > "More" > "Forward as Attachment". See screenshot:

the step 1 about copying emails as attachments with Forward as Attachment feature

3. Now all selected emails are copied as attachments and added into a new email as below screenshot shown. Please compose the new email and send it.

the step 2 about copying emails as attachments with Forward as Attachment feature

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Copy email as attachments with Outlook Item feature

When creating new emails, replying or forwarding emails in Outlook, you can copy other emails as attachments with the "Outlook Item" feature in Outlook. Please do as follows:

1. Click "Insert" > "Outlook Item" in the message window. See screenshot:

the step 1 about copying emails as attachments with Outlook Item feature

2. In the opening Insert Item dialog box, please:
(1) In the "Look in" box, please click to select the mail folder containing the emails you will copy as attachments;
(2) In the "Items" box, please select one or multiple emails you will copy as attachments;
(3) Click the "OK" button.

the step 2 about copying emails as attachments with Outlook Item feature

3. Now all selected emails are copied and added into the currently composing email. Please compose the email and send it.

Copy original email as attachment when replying in Outlook

Sometimes, you may need to automatically copy the original email as an attachment when replying this email in Outlook. You can configure the Outlook options to achieve it.

1. Click "File" > "Options".

2. In the Outlook Options dialog box, please:
(1) Click "Mail" in the left bar;
(2) Go to the "Replies and forwards" section, and select "Attach original message" from the "When replying to a message" drop down list;
(3) Click the "OK" button. See screenshot: