# Add ability to download incoming/bounced/etc. email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ability-to-download-incoming-bounced-etc-email/275388>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ability-to-download-incoming-bounced-etc-email/275388 "2023-08-16T13:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ability-to-download-incoming-bounced-etc-email/275388/1 "2023-08-16T13:48:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [How to export sent email as eml/msg file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-sent-email-as-eml-msg-file/269227/13):

> [@How to export sent email as eml/msg file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-sent-email-as-eml-msg-file/269227/13):
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> > [@How to export sent email as eml/msg file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-sent-email-as-eml-msg-file/269227/12):
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> > I do not see a possibility to download the message as a file.
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> Copy and paste the _raw_ message (headers and body, all of it) into a text file. That’s the same thing.

I daresay the vast majority of people _do not know this_.

To make people’s lives easier, would it be a good idea to add a convenient “Download email” button to various places the admin can see emails:

- the “Incoming Email” viewer on a post
- the Email logs (`/admin/email/…`)