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Convert Outlook .msg Files to .eml (MIME format)
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This repository contains a Python 3.6 module for
reading Microsoft Outlook .msg files and converting
them to .eml format, which is the standard MIME
format for email messages.
Install the dependencies with:
pip3.6 install -r requirements.txt
Then either convert a single file by piping:
python3.6 outlookmsgfile.py < message.msg > message.eml
Or convert a set of files:
python3.6 outlookmsgfile.py *.msg
When passing filenames as command-line arguments, a new file with `.eml`
appended to the filename is written out with the message in MIME format.
To use it in your application
import outlookmsgfile
eml = outlookmsgfile.load('my_email_sample.msg')
The ``load()`` function returns an [EmailMessage](https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.message.html#email.message.EmailMessage) instance.