Sometimes you need a forwarded email to stand on its own as an attachment, apart from everything else. There are a couple of ways to make the older email an attachment to a new email. If you know in advance of starting a new email that you want to attach a previous one, Find the email you wish to attach, Click the email to highlight it, Click More, then Click Forward as Attachment.

A new email automatically populates with the same subject line and the email attached.

Another method to attach an email can be used if you already have the new email started and then determine you need to attach a previous one. Click Attach Item on the ribbon and then Click Outlook Item.

Once the Insert Item window opens, there is a scroll bar to find the folder the email is in and another scroll bar at the bottom to find the email itself. In this example, I clicked my “Information” folder and then clicked the actual email near the bottom. You can either double-click the email or Click OK to attach it.

The previous email is now attached.