Forward an Email as an Attachment

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Phishing warning:

If you receive a suspicious email that you think may be a phishing attempt or otherwise malicious, report it to the Information Security Office to investigate by forwarding the email as an attachment to abuse@cscc.edu. For more information, see the related article: Protect your Account from Phishing

Forward as an attachment

Click on the Outlook type you use below for instructions on how to forward an email as an attachment:

Outlook Application (Installed on Computer)

Open Outlook
Select the email that you are needing to attach from your list of emails.
Right click it and choose the Copy option from the pop-up menu.
Create a New Message, then right click in the body of the message and select the Paste option from he pop-up menu.
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  1 - Click the Home tab
  2 - Click New Email
  3 - Click in the body of the message
  4 - Right-click and select Paste
When you successfully attached the email as an attachment then you should get an icon like this under the subject line of your email.

Outlook Web App (Viewed in Browser)

Log into email at mail.cscc.edu
Click New Message to open a new email message. Then drag the email you want to attach from your mail folder list in to the message you are composing.
It will then show as an attachment.
Enter any other relative information and click Send button.