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Open .EML Format Documents with EML Viewer Pro Software

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Documents with the .eml extension creep into our work and lives from many different vectors. This article discusses what these files are, how to open .eml files, and software to search and manage large quantities of them.

What are .eml documents?

.Eml document files are emails that contain the message and any file attachments accompanying the message. EML documents have been part of the internet for more than thirty years. They are formatted according to an open standard published in 1982 called RFC-822. This standard put forward the rules that has helped software developers create interoperable email clients such as Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, and others.

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How do I open .eml documents?
EML files are well supported across nearly all email clients, and it is not too difficult to find software to help you open them individually.  If you only have a few .eml documents that you would like to open, try this free online eml file viewer operated by Encryptomatic LLC. Upload your .eml file and then click “view,”  and it will appear in your web browser. File attachments in the email can be downloaded to your computer.  All uploaded emails are destroyed when your session ends, and no information is collected from the emails.
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Open EML Documents In Your Browser With MessageViewer Online

While MessageViewer Online is perfect for opening a few .eml documents, if you want to manage thousands of them you’ll want a more specialized Windows software to handle the chore.

 

EML Viewer Pro is an advanced viewer for opening and searching eml documents. It can read Windows directories containing thousands of files,  rendering them in the viewing pane in their regular text or html formatting, and providing access to any accompanying file attachments.
While there are many applications that an open individual files, EML Viewer Pro excels at managing larger quantities of eml documents.
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Eml document viewer
Searching a folder with hundreds or thousands of .eml formatted documents is easy with EML Viewer Pro.  Select the folder where your eml docs are located, and the click the search button. A form will appear where you can enter in your search criteria. You can perform a search across the subject, text, or search a date range.
Search options in Eml Viewer Pro. Enter search settings for .eml files.
Once you have located the .eml documents that are important to you, EML Viewer Pro will let you process those messages individually or in bulk. You can print them, or convert them to .pdf format, or a wide range of other formats.
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Convert Eml Documents to PDF and other formats
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What Are EML Files?

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Files with the .eml extension are email files that store the content, headers, and pictures included in an email. They can also contain any email attachments, so the file size can be large.

In general, .eml files are created by Microsoft Outlook or other similar email programs when someone receives or saves an email. If someone has sent you a .eml file and you don’t have Outlook on your system, you can still open it through other programs, though.

You can easily open .eml files with Microsoft Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or Mozilla Thunderbird. On a Mac, Apple Mail is always included as a default program and will open .eml files, or the Microsoft program suite includes a version of Outlook that can open .eml files. Eml viewer software programs can process these files if its not desirable to install a full fledged email client application.

Another option for advanced users is to open the .eml files you receive with Internet Explorer, Opera, or another web browser. The compatibility varies depending on the browser software and version you have, the content of the email and so on, but if you’re desperate for another option, this might work. If you can’t figure out how to do this, you can change the file extension from .eml to .mht and it may work. EML and MHT files are very similar, except that MHT files do not have the email header information. For some people, understanding how to change a file extension may be difficult, and it may be impossible if you are operating from a Windows account without Administrator privileges.
 
While the average .eml file should be accessible through an e-mail application or web browser, if this doesn’t work you could try to email the sender of the .eml file and ask them to forward the original email to you as text instead.
If you have many .EML files that you need to search or process, you can try a .EML file viewer.  PST Viewer Pro is one such viewer that is able to work with many different file types such as .EML, .MSG, .PST, .OST and even .MHT files.  Click here for more information on PST Viewer Pro https://www.encryptomatic.com/emlviewer/ and to download a free trial.
Review the specification for RFC 2822, Internet Messaging standard. or read “What Is .EML” for more information on .eml documents.