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Share Point - Email Attaching Error

Anonymous
2021-04-29T06:14:37+00:00

When attaching a file on outlook email from Share Point, the file says it is unable to download. Why will the file not download to send as an attachment?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-29T08:36:51+00:00

    Hi Nicky,

    Thanks for using Microsoft products and posting in the community, I'm glad to offer help.

    According to your description, it seems that you are using Outlook desktop app to insert files from SharePoint directly.

     

    In this case, after we select a file from SharePoint, Outlook will ask us how we insert the file.

     

    If we choose "Attach as copy", Outlook will download the file first before inserting it to the mail because it is attached as a local file.

    In your situation, if  you chose to "Attach as copy" but got an "unable to download" error, it may be caused by that you don't have the permission to download the file. Thus, you can choose "Share link", but it requires that you have the permission to share this file.

    So if you want to attach a file from SharePoint to Outlook directly, pleas make sure you have the share or download permission at least.

    Hope the above information can be helpful, if I have any misunderstanding of your situation or you have any concerns, please feel free to let me know.

    Best Regards,

    Arck

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