How to Attach an Email to a Reply in Gmail

Sometimes it’s easier to give someone an email you receive than to explain or copy and paste the text. In Gmail, you can attach an email to a reply and let recipients read it for themselves.

Forwarding emails as attachments in Gmail is always an option. However, if you want to keep the same email thread going, you can attach one or more emails to your reply instead.

Attach an email to a Gmail reply

You have to take care of this task on the Gmail website and not in the mobile app. So visit Gmail, log in and select the email you want to reply to.

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Use the reading pane

To reply and attach the email from the Reading Pane, click the Reply icon to the right of the email.

You will then see the answer box in the reading pane on the right or below depending on your settings.

Click on the email you want to attach, drag it into the reply box and release. As you drag, you’ll see the Drop emails here box.

You will see the attachment below in the response box as an EML file. You can then attach another email in the same way, or just complete your message and send it on its way.

Use the pop-out window

If you find it easier to use the pop-out for your replies, you can attach an email just as easily.

Start with one of the following:

method one: Select the email, click the In New Window icon (a box with an arrow sticking out of it) in the upper-right corner, and then click the Reply icon (an arrow pointing left).

method two: Select the email, click the reply icon (a left-spinning arrow), and then click the open in a popup icon (a box with a smaller box inside) in the reply box.

method three: Right-click the email in your inbox and select “Reply”. This will automatically open the reply in its own window.

Once you’ve opened your reply in a new window, drag and drop the email you want to attach into that window. As with the Reading Pane option, when you drag, you’ll see Drop emails here.

You will see the attached email at the bottom of the reply. Attach another email using the same steps or complete your message and click send when done.

Learn about reply attachments in Gmail

Here are just a few things to keep in mind when attaching an email to a reply in Gmail.

• You can attach as many emails as you like to your reply.
• If the file size of the attachments exceeds 25MB, the file will be attached via Google Drive instead.
• The attached e-mails are sent as EML files, which your recipient can view by clicking or double-clicking, depending on the e-mail program.

Attaching an email to a reply in Gmail is much easier than trying to repeat what you wrote or copy and paste the email body into your reply. Remember this handy trick the next time you want to reply with an email attachment in Gmail.

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