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Converting Outlook Email To .EML

EML Viewer Pro is a software tool for Windows 11/10. It lets you manage directories of  EML files, which are individual email messages that may contain file attachments. If you have hundreds or thousands of EML files that you need to search and convert to different formats such as PDF, then EML Viewer Pro (also known as Pst Viewer Pro or MailDex) is a solid tool for that task.

But what if you are a Microsoft Outlook user and you want to convert your Outlook email messages into the open EML file format?   Microsoft does not natively support converting email into .eml files. Fortunately this task is easily accomplished by downloading the MessageExport add-in for Microsoft Outlook.

MessageExport will install directly to the Outlook toolbar. It is compatible with Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010 and the upcoming 2013, both 32 and 64-bit.

To use MessageExport, first select the email messages in the mail list that you want to convert into .eml files.

Image of Outlook toolbar shows how to convert email to .eml conversion.
Convert Outlook email to .eml files

Next, choose “Export to EML” from the drop down list.  Finally, click the blue “Export” button to begin the eml conversion process. You may be prompted to select a folder where the .eml files can be stored.  MessageExport can convert one, hundreds or thousands of Outlook emails into .eml files.

The .eml files that are produced can be opened with EML Viewer Pro, or with any email software that supports the RFC-822 EML file format (which most do).

There are many, many other options in MessageExport. For example you can have it automatically convert email into .eml files on a scheduled basis. You setup a specific naming scheme based on information in the email. You can also export to msg, pdf, and other formats.

Click here to learn more about MessageExport and download a free trial. The free trial runs for 15 days. After that you can continue to use MessageExport to convert individual email messages to .eml or any of the many other formats that it supports.

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How to Convert Emails From Outlook .MSG to .EML Files

This article will show you how to convert Outlook .msg files to .eml files.

Msg email files are created by Microsoft Office Outlook.  An Msg file contains a single email message and any file attachments.  When an Outlook email message is copied outside of Outlook’s .pst or .ost database file, it is saved as a .msg file. Usually, the file name will be the email subject, such as “monthly report.msg”

If you have Microsoft Outlook for Windows, you can open an .msg file by clicking on it.  Because .msg files are a format that is proprietary to Microsoft, you may want to bulk convert Outlook .msg files to .eml files.  .Eml files are an open format supported by other email clients.

EmlViewer Pro is a handy tool for managing and converting email content.  It can read both .msg and .eml files, as well as Outlook .pst, .ost and .mbox files.

While Outlook can open individual .msg files when you click on them, it does not search or organize .msg or .eml files.  EmlViewer Pro is useful for reading in a folder with hundreds or thousands of .msg or .eml files, searching them, and also exporting them to different formats.

How to convert .Msg to .Eml

Download a free trial of EmlViewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro) and follow along with us.

When EmlViewer Pro starts, use the explorer view in the left column to select the folder containing your .msg email files. The .msg files will be read into EmlViewer Pro.  An .msg file can be recognized by the small “M” email icon in the mail list.

Screen shot of EmlViewer Pro with .msg files displayed.
.Msg Files in the EmlViewer Pro mail list.

Use EmlViewer Pro’s search feature to identify the .msg files you want to convert to .eml.

To select an email, highlight it in the list by clicking on it.  You can hold the control key and select multiple .msg emails for conversion.  To select all emails in the list, type control-A.

Now that the .msg files have been selected, click on the “Export” tab. From the dropdown list, select “Eml” export profile and then click on the “Export” button.

EmlViewer Pro will now begin converting the selected files from Msg to Eml format.

When the process is complete, you can use EmlViewer Pro to select the folder where your new .eml files reside, and they will be read into the mail list.

Converting .msg to .eml emails is easy with EmlViewer Pro. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments, or email us at supportline at encryptomatic.com, or call us at +1-651-815-4902 x2.