How to Forward an E-mail Message

When you forward an e-mail, you send a message you've received to someone else. Usually you can add your own message to the forwarded message before you send it. These instructions should work for most e-mail programs.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer Desks
• E-mail Accounts
• Computers
• E-mail Software

1. Select or open the message you want to forward.

2. Using the Message menu, select Forward, or click Forward on the toolbar. The message you received will appear in a new message window.

3. Leave the subject field as it is or change it. The subject will typically be preceded by "FW:" so that your recipients know it's a forwarded message.

4. Type the e-mail address or addresses of the recipients.

5. Edit the text or add new text if desired.

6. Click Send.

Tips & Warnings

• The material from the original message is usually preceded by > signs in your forwarded message, to distinguish it from material that you add.
• In the Eudora e-mail program, you can use the Redirect command in the Message menu to send a copy of the message instead of the original. Redirected messages don't contain the > signs that Eudora uses to precede forwarded material in a message.
• Forwarding someone else's message without permission is viewed as poor Netiquette. In certain cases, it could also be a copyright violation.