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In Mail (connected to my work Exchange server, if that matters), when I forward an email which contains inline images they are preserved. However, if I reply to the email then they are not preserved. They are instead replaced with something like this:

<image001.jpg>

Is there a way to preserve the images in a reply?

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I suppose that is because it usually makes no sense to include attachments again in a reply. I have no solution to your question, though. – leberwurstsaft Jul 25 '12 at 19:09
@leberwurstsaft: In the simplest cases, I would agree. In longer email chains where people get added to the conversation late in the game it's very handy. – David Jul 25 '12 at 19:10
If someone comes in late you can always forward them the original mail for reference. Otherwise you'd have to send the images back and forth all the time. Not exactly space-saving ;) – leberwurstsaft Jul 25 '12 at 19:19

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In Mail.app go to the Edit menu, go down to Attachments, then select Include Original Attachments with Reply.

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Great, would've never occured to me to look for what are essentially preferences in the Edit menu :o – leberwurstsaft Jul 25 '12 at 19:43

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