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Replying to and forwarding a message

Replying to and forwarding a message

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Replying to and forwarding a message

- Outlook contains some different options for handling emailed responses. We'll go over each one, so you'll know which one to pick that meets your needs. Here's an email that I'm looking at in the preview pane on the right hand side. If I want to directly reply to this email, I can select Reply from the top of the email itself, or Reply from the ribbon toolbar. I'll click Reply, and I'll send an email to Leslie. You'll notice that the attachments that have been included in this message to start with are stripped out. This is because, if I'm sending a reply back to Leslie, we can assume that, since she was the one that sent me the attachments in the first place, that she already has them and doesn't need them again. To save space, Outlook will remove the attachments. I'll click Send, and off my message goes. Instantly, the icon in the folder list changes to an envelope with a purple arrow pointing to the left, meaning I've replied to it. Let's click on this email right here. This one…

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