diff --git a/src/imessage/send.ts b/src/imessage/send.ts
index 91dfd496434..7684f81f717 100644
--- a/src/imessage/send.ts
+++ b/src/imessage/send.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { convertMarkdownTables } from "../markdown/tables.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
-import { saveMediaBuffer } from "../media/store.js";
-import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
+import { resolveOutboundAttachmentFromUrl } from "../media/outbound-attachment.js";
 import { resolveIMessageAccount, type ResolvedIMessageAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { createIMessageRpcClient, type IMessageRpcClient } from "./client.js";
 import { formatIMessageChatTarget, type IMessageService, parseIMessageTarget } from "./targets.js";
@@ -46,20 +45,6 @@ function resolveMessageId(result: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined): s
   return raw ? String(raw).trim() : null;
 }
 
-async function resolveAttachment(
-  mediaUrl: string,
-  maxBytes: number,
-): Promise<{ path: string; contentType?: string }> {
-  const media = await loadWebMedia(mediaUrl, maxBytes);
-  const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
-    media.buffer,
-    media.contentType ?? undefined,
-    "outbound",
-    maxBytes,
-  );
-  return { path: saved.path, contentType: saved.contentType };
-}
-
 export async function sendMessageIMessage(
   to: string,
   text: string,
@@ -90,7 +75,7 @@ export async function sendMessageIMessage(
   let filePath: string | undefined;
 
   if (opts.mediaUrl?.trim()) {
-    const resolveAttachmentFn = opts.resolveAttachmentImpl ?? resolveAttachment;
+    const resolveAttachmentFn = opts.resolveAttachmentImpl ?? resolveOutboundAttachmentFromUrl;
     const resolved = await resolveAttachmentFn(opts.mediaUrl.trim(), maxBytes);
     filePath = resolved.path;
     if (!message.trim()) {
diff --git a/src/media/outbound-attachment.ts b/src/media/outbound-attachment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85abcd714c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/media/outbound-attachment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
+import { saveMediaBuffer } from "./store.js";
+
+export async function resolveOutboundAttachmentFromUrl(
+  mediaUrl: string,
+  maxBytes: number,
+): Promise<{ path: string; contentType?: string }> {
+  const media = await loadWebMedia(mediaUrl, maxBytes);
+  const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
+    media.buffer,
+    media.contentType ?? undefined,
+    "outbound",
+    maxBytes,
+  );
+  return { path: saved.path, contentType: saved.contentType };
+}
diff --git a/src/signal/send.ts b/src/signal/send.ts
index d4db79a87ac..82b343cbd39 100644
--- a/src/signal/send.ts
+++ b/src/signal/send.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveMarkdownTableMode } from "../config/markdown-tables.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
-import { saveMediaBuffer } from "../media/store.js";
-import { loadWebMedia } from "../web/media.js";
+import { resolveOutboundAttachmentFromUrl } from "../media/outbound-attachment.js";
 import { resolveSignalAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { signalRpcRequest } from "./client.js";
 import { markdownToSignalText, type SignalTextStyleRange } from "./format.js";
@@ -95,20 +94,6 @@ function buildTargetParams(
   return null;
 }
 
-async function resolveAttachment(
-  mediaUrl: string,
-  maxBytes: number,
-): Promise<{ path: string; contentType?: string }> {
-  const media = await loadWebMedia(mediaUrl, maxBytes);
-  const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
-    media.buffer,
-    media.contentType ?? undefined,
-    "outbound",
-    maxBytes,
-  );
-  return { path: saved.path, contentType: saved.contentType };
-}
-
 export async function sendMessageSignal(
   to: string,
   text: string,
@@ -140,7 +125,7 @@ export async function sendMessageSignal(
 
   let attachments: string[] | undefined;
   if (opts.mediaUrl?.trim()) {
-    const resolved = await resolveAttachment(opts.mediaUrl.trim(), maxBytes);
+    const resolved = await resolveOutboundAttachmentFromUrl(opts.mediaUrl.trim(), maxBytes);
     attachments = [resolved.path];
     const kind = mediaKindFromMime(resolved.contentType ?? undefined);
     if (!message && kind) {