idea Email maps from ArcMap in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Email maps from ArcMap

CraigBarraclough1 — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:53:42 GMT

Would love to be able to send a map to an email client through ArcMap...no need to save a PDF file for those one-time map requests. It would be much cleaner to just create a map and click File, Send To, Mail Recipient much like Microsoft or Adobe products do.

Re: Email maps from ArcMap

JenniferBorlick — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:48:28 GMT

I would also like to add zip and email data to that as well.

Re: Email maps from ArcMap

ChrisMathers — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:47:17 GMT

Well it would still need to export to some format before sending. A pretty simple python script could do this. I already send emails from code and with arcpy.mapping being able to export a map to file it would be as easy as running a script tool from a toolbox. The file would export to a temp folder, be sent via email, then deleted. I will have to do some searching to find out how to send an attachment via email from python but I cant imagine it will be too difficult.

Re: Email maps from ArcMap - Status changed to: Closed

ValeriaChavez — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:41:34 GMT

Hi @CraigBarraclough1
ArcGIS Desktop is in mature support and will be retired March 1, 2026 so we won’t be considering this idea. We recommend that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, our fully supported desktop GIS application.

Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas. We truly appreciate your contributions to continuously improving the software to help you do your work and look forward to what ideas you have for ArcGIS Pro.