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53 lines
2.6 KiB
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View, export and convert .MSG email files without Outlook
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- tested on python 3.12.3
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- the source project is fork of [JoshData MSG convertor](https://github.com/JoshData/convert-outlook-msg-file) - to convert .msg to .eml (yet to implement)
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- the console option to export to .eml is for now commented out for a time.
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- it also using [TeamMsgExtractor](https://github.com/TeamMsgExtractor/msg-extractor) to view content of .msg
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- I have PyQt6 application what can view (no export to eml) and save to pdf + export attachments using msg-extractor and PyQt6-Webview
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- The HTML formated emails have some links not working and embeded images in body can be missing in exported PDF
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- But I am working on more light weigh version where webview is not necessary as the .exe file has about 155MB when compiled
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- Also now I am trying to use only PyQt6 lybrary to access and export the emails to PDF/HTML
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- The bellow is the first version of GUI app (no eml export) it is in: [extra-options/Gui-MSG-Viewer.py`](https://github.com/ghostersk/msg-viewer-with-eml-export/blob/primary/extra-options/Gui-MSG-Viewer.py)
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# Install
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Install the dependencies with:
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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## MSG-EML-Convertor.py use:
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```
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import msg-eml-convertor
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# to export one message:
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msg_file="emails/test1.msg" # only msg_file is required.
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dest_folder = "../msg-viewer/tests" # this is just file path (no file name)
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dest_file = "aaaatest.eml" # this can be just name or with path
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print(convert_msg_to_eml(msg_file, dest_folder, dest_file))
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# This returns string - new file location and 1 for success.
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# if it fails it returns string with error and 0 for fail
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# to export all msgs in folder:
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src_folder="tests" # this is where to look for .msg, including subfolders
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# if dst_folder missing, then it creates folder in src_folder/exported_msgs and saves it all there
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dst_folder # if provided will serve as export location ( is created if not exists)
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print(convert_all_msg_in_folder(src_folder, dst_folder=None))
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# sample output when failed:
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(0, [], {'ERR': 'No MSG files found in: /home/user/Projects/msg-viewer/testsSSS'})
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# sample output when success:
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(1, ['/home/user/Projects/msg-viewer/emails/The latest highlights.msg', '/home/user/Projects/msg-viewer/emails/test1.msg'], {})
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```
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## Original MSG convertor use:
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To use it in your application
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import outlookmsgfile
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eml = outlookmsgfile.load('my_email_sample.msg')
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The ``load()`` function returns an [EmailMessage](https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.message.html#email.message.EmailMessage) instance.
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