Solutions are provided for authorizing access to and/or sharing of email attachments. An example method may include, by a computing device, detecting an email message with a file attachment. The email message may identify one or more recipients of the file attachment. The file attachment may be stored in a database table. The database table may include at least one permissions entry controlling access by the one or more recipients to the stored file attachment. The file attachment may be replaced in the email message, with a download link to a location in the database table storing the file attachment. The email message may be delivered with the download link to the one or more recipients.