eMail Attachment Format (*.eml/*.msg)

any ideas on how to convert *.eml to *.msg at all?

thank you very much!

Hi Manuel, there's this wonderful tool called Google, which can provide you with about any answer. See e.g. http://www.msoutlook.info/question/354 for how to open eml in Outlook, or http://www.emltopst.com/convert-eml-to-msg/ for how to convert eml to msg (or simply google for "convert eml to msg" (without the quotes).

thank you, i stumbled over those too

but i was aiming for a server side solution

 
 Hi Manuel

I see this as a Microsoft OutLook issue, since the .eml format is the standard email message format. The fact that Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 doesn't supported it is something that should be addressed by Microsoft. Ultimately, if you need a server-side solution, this means that you need to build your own .msg format message.

You can do this by using a 3rd party tool like Aspose.net, or you can code you own converted based on Microsoft specification document below:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc463912.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171907/en-us

By the way, for a client side solution, microsoft also has a fix for that, available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956693. This will allow outlook to open .eml files.

Cheers

Miguel Simões João