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How can I attach or insert a received email into another email?

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Outlook allows you to attach an existing email from your inbox to a new email. How can this be done in Thunderbird? Copying and pasting the content does not include the date and time the email was sent.

Outlook allows you to attach an existing email from your inbox to a new email. How can this be done in Thunderbird? Copying and pasting the content does not include the date and time the email was sent.

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Virtually any file can be attached to a message open in the Write window by drag-and-drop onto the addressing area. This includes other email messages.

An alternative approach is to forward the original message, in which case its body content can be inserted into a new message, or the whole thing can be sent as an attachment. Inline vs attachment is a user set option, but there are add-ons that let you decide at the point of starting your new message.

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at least I hope so, although I don't understand how we drag-and-drop into the address area works.