How to Add Past Emails If Your Missionary Already Started Their Mission

You can start your book at any point during your missionary's service, not just before they leave. Every email sent to your project address from the moment you activate your book is captured automatically, and you can add earlier emails by forwarding them.

Before you start

Activate your book project if you have not already, so you have your project's unique email address. You will also need copies of the emails you want to add. Check your own inbox first, since you may already have copies there. If not, ask a family member or your missionary to send you what they have.

Steps

1. Gather the emails your missionary already sent that you want included in the book.

2. Forward each one to your project's unique email address, one at a time, using the original message rather than retyping it.

3. Make sure any photos from the original email are still attached before you forward it. Some email programs strip attachments automatically, so double-check before sending.

4. Repeat for as many earlier emails as you want to include.

What happens next

Forwarded emails are organized the same way as new ones, placed into the book in chronological order based on when your missionary originally sent them, not the order you forward them in. You do not need to forward them in any particular sequence.

If it does not work

A forwarded email arrives without its photos. This usually happens when the original photos are attached in a way your email program strips out during forwarding. Open the original email, save the photos to your device, then upload them directly to that chapter using the Storied story editor once the email has come through.

Questions?

Contact us at customerservice@mymissionarybook.com or through our contact form.