SalesForce Email attachemnt - salesforce

Question

Using the send email feature of SalesForce it allows file attachment. I am looking a way to store this attachment in the salesforce to the object from which the email is sent.
I know this limitation form salesforce
"Attachments aren't stored on emails sent from Salesforce. To be saved with the email, attachments must be either associated with the email later or sent to Salesforce using using Email-to-Case, Email-to-Salesforce, On-Demand Email-to-Case, orSalesforce for Outlook."
is there any work around?

Answer 1

One option can be to use Apex code for uploading the same in Attachment object of Object and then sending e-mail.
//Code for attaching a file from Local Machine
//VF Page
<apex:page controller="AttachmentUploadController">
<apex:sectionHeader title="Visualforce Example" subtitle="Attachment Upload Example"/>
<apex:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<apex:pageMessages />
<apex:pageBlock title="Upload a Attachment">
<apex:pageBlockSection showHeader="false" columns="2" id="block1">
<apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
<apex:outputLabel value="File" for="file"/>
<apex:inputFile value="{!attachment.body}" filename="{!attachment.name}" id="file"/>
</apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
<apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
<apex:commandButton action="{!upload}" value="Upload and send an Email"/>
</apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
</apex:pageBlockSection>
</apex:pageBlock>
</apex:form>
</apex:page>
//Controller
public with sharing class AttachmentUploadController
{
public Attachment attachment
{
get
{
if (attachment == null)
attachment = new Attachment();
return attachment;
}
set;
}
public PageReference upload()
{
String parentId = System.currentPagereference().getParameters().get('pid');
attachment.OwnerId = UserInfo.getUserId();
attachment.ParentId = parentId;
attachment.IsPrivate = true;
try
{
insert attachment;
//Start: Send Email with Attachment
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
String[] toAddresses = new String[]{<<email IDs>>};
mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses);
//Set email file attachments
List<Messaging.Emailfileattachment> fileAttachments = new List<Messaging.Emailfileattachment>();
// Add to attachment file list
Messaging.Emailfileattachment efa = new Messaging.Emailfileattachment();
efa.setFileName(attachment.Name);
efa.setBody(attachment.Body);
fileAttachments.add(efa);
//create attachment for object
Attachment att = new Attachment(name = attachment.name, body = attachment.body, parentid = Trigger.new[0].id);
insertAttList.add(att);
mail.setFileAttachments(fileAttachments);
//Send email
Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { mail });
//END : Send Email with Attachment
PageReference page = new PageReference('/' + parentId);
return page;
}
catch (DMLException e)
{
ApexPages.addMessage(new ApexPages.message(ApexPages.severity.ERROR,system.Label.Error_uploading_attachment));
return null;
}
finally
{
attachment = new Attachment();
}
}
}
Points to note :
I have only hardcoded ToAddress in apex code but you can add the same thing in VF page. Infact you can give UI experience same as Send an Email.
I have not tried or executed the code given above; please refer this as a reference to get an idea about the Algo/flow.

Answer 2

Have you looked into Salesforce For Outlook? It is an add-on for Outlook where it syncs with Salesforce for Tasks, Meetings, Events, ECT. It also allows you to save the email and attachments to an Account in Salesforce with 1 click of a button. I'm the sole Admin for over 700 users and the whole field uses this and loves it.

Answer 3

In order to store any kind of email attachments in Salesforce, Salesforce org needs to be connected with some outlook mailbox. And as mentioned the salesforce functionality like Email-to-Case/On-Demand email-to-case services helps to store all the attachments which are sent through email.
In this case, if an attachment is sent with the mail, the attachment should be available under the "Case Attachment" tab.

Answer 4

That quote you included is from a comment thread that's over a DECADE old.
You need to enable Enhanced Emails. Here is Salesforce's response from 4 years ago on what you need to do: https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0B8W00000GdhVxUAJ/email-attachments-should-be-saved-to-salesforce?sfdcIFrameOrigin=null