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Forwarding email conversations externally
Forwarding email conversations externally

Forward email conversations from the Help Desk to share information with external collaborators.

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Written by Beth-Ann Sher
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You may want to forward an email conversation from the Help Desk to share information with external collaborators. By forwarding the email, a new conversation will be created for the email participant(s) with all the prior messages.


Get started

Hover over a message in the email conversation to view the three dot button and click to view message options.

Then select Forward message.

This will open a new conversation with the messages and subject attached.

You can add participants to address and any additional text in the message content before sending the message.

Note: The forwarded message will create a new conversation in your inbox.

The forwarded message appears like a regular forwarded email to the participant(s).

When you forward a message, a conversation event will add a link that connects the original conversation to the forwarded conversation and vice-versa.

Note:

  • You cannot forward ticket statuses but can forward ticket email conversations.

  • You cannot forward Operator messages.

  • The content of messages with HTML tables might not be visible in the forwarding history.

  • The 'forward message' button only appears for email messages. If the conversation started as a chat, the option will not be available. It's not possible to forward any emails started from a chat message, you would need to manually create a new email.


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