Convert eml to msg
How to convert .eml files to .msg format?
Outlook Import Wizard is utility that can mass convert Filename.eml to Filename.msg while keeping them in original subdirectories.
The main function of Outlook Import Wizard is the messages importing. But version 2 additionally powered with converting module which can easily turn industry standard RFC-822 .eml files to proprietary Microsoft Outlook formated .msg files. It walks an hard drive directory and subdirectory converting every .eml file into a .msg file.
Convert EML email files to Outlook MSG
The .eml format appropriates to multiple email clients. It is based on text format with special delimiters and tags. The .msg is native e-mail format for Microsoft Outlook and it is more complex then .eml because it is encoded as binary.
To convert the number of eml files into msg, please do following steps:
- Start Outlook Import Wizard utility
- Click ”Convert emails to MSG files instead of importing (EML to MSG)” option to enable it
- Click “Next >>” button
- Type in the full path to source folder where .eml files are located or click “Browse” button and point to the source directory
At this step you can click “Options” button and configure some functions.
- Click “Next >>” button
The software will scan selected directory and all sub-folders (if the recursive function turned on), find all .eml files and display them in the file list were you can deselect some items.
- Press “Start” button
Outlook Import Wizard will convert selected .eml files and save them as .msg files with the same name. Each Outlook .msg file will be saved to the same directory where source .eml file located. You can open the source folder and copy .msg files to another location using standard Microsoft Windows functions.

