Download emails to your computer

​You can download emails directly to your computer. Once downloaded, you can attach an email to another email.

  1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
  2. Open the email.
  3. Click More More.
  4. Click Download message.
Important: To open the EML file that downloads, you need a desktop mail client.

Send emails as attachments

  1. Click Compose.
  2. At the bottom, click Attach files Attach files.
  3. Select the file and click Open.
  4. Click Send.
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