Attachments lost when forwarding mail

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Lx Ager

For some reason when I forward a message that contains an attachment, the
original attached file is not automatically included. This hasn't always
been the case and I can't find any preference that changes this.

Any ideas what could be happening?
 
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Barry Wainwright

For some reason when I forward a message that contains an attachment, the
original attached file is not automatically included. This hasn't always
been the case and I can't find any preference that changes this.

Any ideas what could be happening?
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Attachments are not included in forwarded messages. Embedded images
sometimes are - it depends on the format of the email and the means by which
the image is embedded.
 
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Dave Cortright

Attachments are not included in forwarded messages. Embedded images
sometimes are - it depends on the format of the email and the means by which
the image is embedded.
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Actually, attachments should be always included when forwarding or
redirecting, never when replying. There's no preference for this, so if it's
not working I'm not sure what's going on.
 
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Gnarlodious

Entity Lx Ager spoke thus:
For some reason when I forward a message that contains an attachment, the
original attached file is not automatically included. This hasn't always
been the case and I can't find any preference that changes this.
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Pretty irritating. This must have started recently. With the mess my desktop
is in I'll never find those attachments!
I notice you can drag the attachment directly to the forwarded message but
it is automagically renamed by replacing the last character of the filename
with a digit.

Bizarre! Another Microsoft booby trap.

-- Gnarlie
http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Cogent/Cogent.html
 
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Diane Ross

Pretty irritating. This must have started recently. With the mess my desktop
is in I'll never find those attachments!
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Tip: in OS X, drag the folder Desktop the Dock. Now when you click on the
folder it will show you everything on your desktop. Use Column or List View
to see contents.
I notice you can drag the attachment directly to the forwarded message but
it is automagically renamed by replacing the last character of the filename
with a digit.
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If it's renaming it with a digit, then it means the attachment is already
there. Have you ever noticed that when you download a file a second time,
the Finder adds a digit to the file name.
 
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