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Convert Outlook .msg Files to .eml (MIME format)
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This repository contains a Python 3.9+ module for
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reading Microsoft Outlook .msg files and converting
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them to .eml format, which is the standard MIME
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format for email messages.
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This project uses
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[compoundfiles](https://pypi.org/project/compoundfiles/)
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to navigate the .msg file structure,
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[compressed-rtf](https://pypi.org/project/compressed-rtf/)
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and [rtfparse](https://pypi.org/project/rtfparse/)
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to unpack HTML message bodies, and
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[html2text](https://pypi.org/project/html2text/) to
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back-fill plain text message bodies when only an HTML body
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is present.
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Install the dependencies with:
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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(You may need to create and activate a Python virtual environment first.)
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Then either convert a single file by piping:
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python outlookmsgfile.py < message.msg > message.eml
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Or convert a set of files:
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python outlookmsgfile.py *.msg
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When passing filenames as command-line arguments, a new file with `.eml`
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appended to the filename is written out with the message in MIME format.
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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. |