Guide to Saving or Forwarding a Gmail Email Message as a File on your Computer

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

1. On your computer’s web browser, go to Gmail and log into your account.
2. Open the email message you want to save.
3. In the right upper corner of the email, click More .
4. Selected Download message.
5. The message will be saved to your Downloads folder as a file with the subject as the filename and with the extension “.eml”. 

Send emails as attachments.

1. On your computer’s web browser within Gmail, Click Compose.
2. At the bottom, click Attach files .
3. Select the file you downloaded as .eml and click Open.
4. Address the email to your CIR POC(s), please put the Client name in the subject, and Click Send.

Alternatively, you can forward an email as an attachment:

1. On your computer’s web browser, go to Gmail and log into your account.
2. Select the email(s) that you want.
3. In the top center of Gmail, click More  .
4. Select Forward as attachment.

5. Address the email to your CIR POC(s), please put the Client name in the subject, and Click Send.