On the (Actions) page of the form design, is the form for the Forward action set to your published custom form? If not, change it. Otherwise, the form won't behave like a custom form when you forward from it.
"C Reasner" <CReasner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24298A2B-55A3-40BA-997B-E93831BC23FF@microsoft.com...
>I am using a message field in a custom form to allow attachments to be sent
> with the form. When the user attaches a form and includes text below it, the
> text does appear to the email recipient. However, when the form is
> 'forwarded', the attachement is still there but the test that was included in
> the original email disappears. The form is published in an Organizational
> Library, contains both a Read and Compose page and the Send Form Definition
> With Item is unchecked. Any advice on how to correct this is welcome!
> Thanks!