Email Attachments Not Forwarding

[Yielar]

I have a frustrating problem. When I try to forward an email with attachments through the Gmail App (on my Note 9) the attachments don't stay attached. Make sense? The recipient receives email with no attachments. I checked the size of the email attachment and it's usually a few megs nothing huge. Any ideas? 

[Shaggyskunk1BLM]

I know that Gmail blocks some attachments from being sent - ie: anything that Google deems to be a "security risk" - most of the time I appreciate it - But sometimes it can be annoying - For example if I try to send some zip files occasionally they are blocked - Likewise Google does similar things trying to upload files to Google Drive - Point being that it's not only a size issue (25 Meg limit I think) it can also be the type of attachment you are trying to send 🐧

[Yielar]

These are all real estate related PDF's so not sure that would be the reason but I appreciated your reply

[Shaggyskunk1BLM]

Check to find out what email app the recipient is using - The attachment could be getting blocked by their email app - You can test by sending an email with the attachment to yourself & verify if the attachment is being received by you - pdf attachments shouldn't be a problem.

[Yielar]

Why would pdf's be blocked by any app? This is a fairly new problem and it's reared its ugly head two times now with different business colleagues. I cc'd myself to the email and the attachments were not attached. Pisses me off

[Shaggyskunk1BLM]

I think that the problem might be that you are Forwarding the email & then the attachment is not included - Instead of Forwarding the email - Send it to your recipients as a new email with the attachment..

[Yielar]

That's not a solution. I'd like to be able to simply forward an email with attachments and have the attachments send like I've been doing forever. Anyone else have any suggestions?

[Shaggyskunk1BLM]

Well it may not be a solution for you - But it's also not a problem for me - I had no issues in using Gmail to forward an email including the attachment - So you might want to check your settings... Try not to sound so grateful..... You sound like you're pi**ed off with me..
I don't see anyone else trying to help you.

[VSN]

when you select forward there's an option to forward with the attachments and one to just forward the email.

[Yielar]

I'm looking for a solution to my problem not a temporary workaround having to download the attachments and create a new email and reattach. I appreciate your assistance but wondering if anyone else has the same issue or any suggestions?