https://github.com/JoshData/convert-outlook-msg-file

Python library to convert Microsoft Outlook .msg files to .eml/MIME message files.
https://github.com/JoshData/convert-outlook-msg-file

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Python library to convert Microsoft Outlook .msg files to .eml/MIME message files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/JoshData/convert-outlook-msg-file
• Owner: JoshData
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-03-14T20:25:27.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: primary
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-03T01:35:26.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-20T03:38:06.945Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 40 KB
• Stars: 193
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 66
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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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

reading Microsoft Outlook .msg files and converting

them to .eml format, which is the standard MIME

format for email messages.

This project uses

[compoundfiles](https://pypi.org/project/compoundfiles/)

to navigate the .msg file structure,

[compressed-rtf](https://pypi.org/project/compressed-rtf/)

and [rtfparse](https://pypi.org/project/rtfparse/)

to unpack HTML message bodies, and

[html2text](https://pypi.org/project/html2text/) to

back-fill plain text message bodies when only an HTML body

is present.

Install the dependencies with:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

(You may need to create and activate a Python virtual environment first.)

Then either convert a single file by piping:

	python outlookmsgfile.py < message.msg > message.eml

Or convert a set of files:

	python 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.