10.6: Forward multiple emails as one message in Mail

Sep 02, '09 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: robg

This old Mail hint explains how to forward any number of messages as one new message. You just select and copy the emails of interest, create a new message, and then paste the copied messages into the new message's body. I use this trick quite often, but found that it broke in 10.6.

After some experimentation, and help from a friend, we figured out the problem: it now only works if you create the new message as rich text, not plain text. If you try to paste the copied messages into a plain text message, nothing happens. But when set to rich text, the copied messages paste fine. Once pasted, you can convert the message back to plain text mode, if you wish.

Because I prefer to use plain text, I've got Mail's preferences set to create new messages in plain text mode. To use the old hint in 10.6, I hit Shift-Command-T (Format » Make Rich Text) after creating the new message, which forces it into rich text mode. Then I paste the copied messages, and hit Shift-Command-T again to switch back to plain text mode. A bit more work, but at least it still works.

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