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A Simple .EML Email File Viewer

Screen image of Message Viewer Lite menus.

MessageViewer Lite is a simple .eml viewer with excellent email rendering abilities. MessageViewer Lite is capable of opening .eml files, Outlook .msg files and winmail.dat files.

Download a free trial of MessageViewer Lite .eml file viewer.

First, a bit of background.

Outlook Express (OE) is an email client that Microsoft distributed with its popular Microsoft Windows XP operating system. With XP still commanding about 40% of the desktop operating system market, Outlook Express remains an important email client for millions of people

Saving individual emails from Outlook Express produces a file with the .EML extension. .EML files are an open email format specified in RFC-822 and RFC-2822.  In a single file, they can contain the email message (text and html formatting), the message header,  message path information, time/date information, file attachments, and other bits and bobs of information.

When someone wants to share an email message and its attachments from OE they may save it as a .eml file and then attach it to another email message.  Sometimes, .eml files are attached to a customer record in customer relationship software to remain part of the contact history. If an email client capable of opening .eml  files is not present on the computer when someone tries to open the .eml file, then the user may see an error message.  Being unable to open a .eml file at the moment its needed can be frustrating and unproductive.

A .eml file viewer can make it easy to open .eml files, even if Outlook Express or another capable email client is not installed on the computer.  EML file viewers can be very light, with a small software footprint, unlike a full email client package. 

A closer look at MessageViewer Lite

 

Installing and using the MessageViewer Lite .EML Viewer

MessageViewer Lite can be set as a the Windows system default software for handling .eml and .msg files, allowing the user to open email files simply by clicking on them.  MesageViewer Lite allows you to have multiple windows open at once, a nice convenience if you need to capture bits of information from several emails.
MessageViewer Lite was designed to be simple to use, and therefor has few advanced features. With MessageViewer Lite, you can copy the text of an email, print the message, or save it as a text file.  Files attached to the email can be saved to disk simply by dragging the file out of the email and dropping it to your desktop.
 MessageViewer Lite is available for installation from an .MSI file, which is good news for system administrators who want to do a silient installation. A 15 day trial  can be downloaded free of charge from the MessageViewer Lite website. This is an overview of the installation process. When you start MessageViewer Lite Setup, a welcome screen starts to begin guiding you through the installation process.
Notice that as you install MessageViewer Lite, there is no advertising or special offers, or attempts to install software on your computer other than MessageViewer Lite. This is an advantage of using a commercial .eml viewer like MessageViewer Lite; they have no financial incentive to install unwanted ads or tracking software on your computer. Their only goal is to provide you with a good experience so that you’ll pay a few dollars and buy the software.
MessageViewer Lite .eml viewer setup wizard.
MessageViewer Lite installation welcome screen

Click next to continue

MessageViewer Lite email viewer is ready to install.
Ready to install.

MessageViewer Lite will quickly assess your computer and if everything is ok, it offers to continue the installation. The next step would be the acceptance of the End-User License Agreement, a standard requirement these days. Click “I accept” and then “Continue” to start the process.

End user license agreement.
MessageViewer Lite EULA.

The Installation Process begins. A status bar shows you the progress as MessageViewer Lite installs.

Installation process: "Installing MessageViewer Lite" email viewer.
Installing MessageViewer Lite.

When the installation process concludes, MessageViewer Lite will open with a welcome message.

Email viewer welcome message on startup.
Welcome Message.

Let’s take a look at the options in the  File menu drop down list.
Open lets you select and open an email file.
Close will close out MessageViewer Lite.
Print will allow you to print the email message.
Check file associations will allow you to reset MessageViewer Lite as .msg, or .eml Windows default.

The MessageViewer Lite File Menu. Options are Open, Close, Print, Check file associations or Exit.
File Menu.

The “View” drop down list has only one option. It allows you to toggle between Text and HTML/Rich Text email viewing. If you want MessageViewer Lite to always open emails in Texxt mode, the select this option. Below is a before/after snippet showing MessageViewer Lite in HTML mode, and the next image shows it in Text mode.

Show .eml files in html or plain text. Select your preferences.
MessageViewer Lite in HTML/Rich Text viewing mode

 

Plain text viewing mode for .eml files.
MessageViewer Lite in Plain text viewing mode

Let’s look at MessageViewer Lite’s Help drop down menu next.

Help drop down menu for MessageViewer Lite.
Help Drop Down Menu.

About – This will provide the version number of your software. It’s always helpful to know this if you ever need to contact the support team for help viewing .eml files.

Buy Now! – If you haven’t purchased a license for MessageViewer Lite, selecting this option will take you directly to the product purchase page.

Registration – Enter your product activation code here after purchasing.

Start Logging – This is included as a support function. If you should even run into any difficult, you can create a Log File that you can share with the support team. The log file will help them understand the issue.

Check update now – See if there is a newer version of MessageViewer Lite available.

Configure Update – Tells MessageViewer Lite how often to check for software updates.

Registering MessageViewer Lite

To register MessageViewer Lite, first obtain a product activation code. Next, go to Help>Registration and enter the code, then click Activate.
Registration screen to activate MessageViewer Lite email viewer.
Software activation screen.

After MessageViewer Lite is activated, you will see an option here to “Release License.” This allows you to uninstall the software, and then move it to a different computer, a helpful feature that allows you to keep using MessageViewer Lite even if you upgrade to a different computer.

MessageViewer Lite EML Viewer

MessageViewer Lite is a very easy to use and capable email viewer for .EML and Outlook .MSG files. We hope you have found this overview of the product to be useful.  Download a free trial of MessageViewer Lite and try it out yourself!

If you are looking for a fully featured .eml viewer/extractor/converter with search capabilities, then look at PstViewer Pro.

 

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Viewer makes it easy to open .EML files on iPad

iPad screen shot.
Apple iPad users who depend on email may sometimes have a need to open .msg and .eml files. Sometimes email files types come as attachments in email messages.

We decided to try Klammer, the email file viewer app from Kupon B.G. that is available in Apple’s App Store. Klammer says it will open Outlook .msg files, standard .eml files, and also winmail.dat files on your iPad. We purchased the app and took it for a spin on our iPad, testing its ability to open both eml and Outlook msg files.

To test Klammer,  we sent ourselves an email message containing a plethora of .eml and .msg files as attachments.

First we opened our email using the iPad’s Mail application.  The file attachments were immediately visible in the email.

Eml files shown in Klammer app.
EML Files attached to our email message

To view the file attachments in Klammer, we simply touched the .eml file we wanted to view, pressing on it for a full two seconds.  iPad then opened a window asking us which application we wanted to use to open the file.  We choose Klammer.

Image shows Klammer icon in IOS.
Klammer app in IOS.

The .eml file immediately appeared rendered in full html formatting. Below is the result when we opened a promotional .eml file attachment in Klammer.

 

.eml file opened on iPad device.
EML file opened on iPad

In our tests, Klammer performed very well. We opened .msg files, .eml files, both with a mixture of text, and html formatting.  It opened every email we gave it without losing the formatting.

There’s not a lot of bells and whistles with Klammer. It does what it says: no more, and no less.

Klammer is a very simple app for opening .msg and .eml email messages. It integrates logically within IOS.

When you first acquire Klammer, the cost is .99 cents. This allows you to open .eml files only. If you want to add .msg file capabilities to Klammer, the cost is an additional $1.99.  Despite the publisher’s statement to the contrary, some users people get confused about this, thinking that both file types are part of the 99 cent purchase.

If you are an iPad or iPhone users who need an easy way to open individual .eml or .msg files, Klammer is well worth the $2.99 investment.

You can learn more about Klammer in the Apple App Store.

Image of Klammer app's about page.
Klammer app’s About page