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how do i attach a whole folder and send it thru email?

Anonymous
2012-09-27T16:11:06+00:00

i want to attach a folder and send it to my email by mai but the whoe folder is not getting attached ,ineed to agin go deeper opening each document and attaching,whereas i want to attach the whoe folder in one single attachment.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-27T16:16:36+00:00

    You need to zip the folder first. Right Click | Send To | Compressed (zipped) Folder.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-29T18:31:16+00:00

    You never mentioned it was an email folder. You can't zip that.

    Are you using MS Outlook or Outlook.com? I have never used either program but if MS Outlook, you can create a Windows folder on the desktop. Open the Outlook folder and highlight all the messages and then drag them into the Windows folder. (They will remain in Outlook). Zip that folder and attach it. Of course the recipient will need to drag the messages into a compatible email folder.

    If this does not work, you should try asking in the forum for your email program instead of here. It's not a file issue.

    Help for Microsoft Office Outlook is found in these forums.
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/outlook?tab=all

    Help for Outlook.com is found in this forum
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/mail?tab=all

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-29T18:26:36+00:00

    Bruce:  Thanks for the visual, but I still have this problem:  when I right click on this Outlook Email

    folder the menu is totally different than the one you suggest:  I only get these options:  rename,

    delete, new subfolder, mark all as read, and empty folder.  Why do I not get the menu you suggest, beginning with open and the option to send to zip??

    Confused!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-29T18:15:07+00:00

    Thanks but I'm still a bit confused.  When I attempt on Outlook to attach or insert a file all that comes

    up are files from Word "documents" file, but I want to send as attachment an entire Email folder.  I see

    no way to browse to the Email folders to attach same.  The only other option for insertion [attachment] is "OneDrive".   So I could sent this folder to or save to OneDrive and then it might attach.  How do I move

    it from the Email folder menu to One Drive?

    Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-29T18:02:14+00:00

    Sounds simple, but.....when I right click on the Email folder [I want to send the total folder, not one

    file therein] I do not get any option to Zip or

    Send to.  What I get is this menu:  "new subfolder", "rename", "delete", "mark all as read", and

    empty folder.  any suggestions??

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