How to Open EML Extension File in Outlook?

Nowadays users have wide variety of choices for the email clients. All the email clients are different from each other in terms of configuration, supported file format, interface, etc. There are certain group of email clients that store single mailbox files in EML extension. These are Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express, eM Client, Entourage, Windows Mail, DreamMail, AppleMail, etc. Outlook on the other hand is a desktop based email application of Microsoft that store mailbox information in PST file format. The PST files contain emails, contact, calendar, task, journal, notes, and other user information. You cannot open EML files directly into Outlook interface that is why users find difficulty in opening EML to PST Outlook. Here in this blog, we are going to discuss about how to open EML extension file in Outlook with all the attachments. To know complete guide of reading EML files in Outlook, keep reading the blog till end.

Why Users Need to Open EML Files in Outlook?

There are so many reasons because of which users want to open, export and read EML files in Outlook. Some of the reasons are:

• Sometimes users are working in a limited space and EML files consumes lots of PC storage. In order to manage the files more efficiently, users convert EML files into PST.
• Outlook is considered as one of the safest platform to store database. To eliminate data loss and corruption of files, users export EML to Outlook PST.
• In Outlook you will get variety of features and advance functions. To utilize all these features users migrate EML data in Outlook.
• In case you switched email client to Outlook from any EML supported email client. To open old email client database in Outlook, users need to transfer EML to PST.

Transfer EML Files in Outlook Manually

The manual method explains free approach of opening EML files in Outlook. These approaches may vary if you are migrating EML database from any particular email client to Outlook. To move EML files stored in Windows Live Mail to Outlook, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: In the first step, launch Outlook and Windows Live Mail in the same machine.

Step 2: In Windows Live Mail, import EML files via this way: Files menu>> Import>> Import Messages.

Step 3: Again open Windows Live mail and go to File tab in menu bar. Then click on Export>> Export Messages.

Step 4: In newly opened Windows, choose Microsoft Exchange>> Next button.

Step 5: A pop-up Windows opens with a message “This will export messages from Windows Live Mail to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange”. Hit on Ok button to proceed.

Step 6: Now either choose Select Folders or All Folders according to your requirement.

Step 7: Click on Ok button to start EML files export to PST.

Step 8: In the end, click on Finish button.

The above mentioned steps explain manual steps to understand how to open EML extension file in Outlook. However the method is only reliable option when the EML file size is small in quantity.

EML to PST Converter – The Instant Solution

EML to PST Converter is a professional solution that export unlimited EML files to Outlook interface in single time processing. The software is better than any manual approach as it covers all the risk associated with EML files conversion to PST. You can use the utility on Windows operating system of 32 bit and 64 bit. The software has users friendly graphical interface and does not require any technical support to handle. The tool retained original mail formatting and hierarchy of EML files while exporting them in Outlook. EML to PST Converter support all the Outlook editions such as 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and 2003.

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