This article will talk on how to save emails from Outlook.com in EML file format. Those who wish to download Outlook.com emails in EML format can read the below article. Some simple techniques will be discussed below to done your task effortlessly.
EML is a file extension and the shortened form of an Electronic mail (Email). This format is supported over a large number of email clients and webmail clients. Some popular mail clients supporting EML format are MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Windows Live Mail, Zoho Mail, Dream mail, emClient, TheBat, Zarafa, Outlook 2011, Ice Wrap, Outlook Express, etc.
Since EML format is supported over a large number of mail clients, many users prefer to save their emails in EML format. Outlook.com does not offer any form of file export function. In such a case of email save, you need to configure OWA on MS Outlook and then save the data in local hard drive. MS Outlook offers an export feature to migrate the emails in PST format. Though, it can open the EML file in MS Outlook application.
Thus, the user failing to export emails from Outlook.live.com in EML format can follow the below procedures to easily copy emails from Outlook.com.
How to Save Emails from Outlook.com to Single EML Files?
As discussed, Outlook.com does not offer a direct transfer of emails to any file format. Also, MS Outlook offers to open EML files and not export the same. Thus, here we will be using some different mechanisms to get success in this. You may have heard about Mozilla Thunderbird.
Thunderbird is a popular Email client, offering an open-source code, and cross-platform accessibility (Win/ Mac). You can easily download the email client on your System and configure a profile on it. To configure the Outlook.com account in Thunderbird, you need to process the configuration process.
Steps to Add Outlook.live.com to Thunderbird
- Run Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Go to the Tools menu. Select the Account Settings option.
- Account settings window Pops-up. Click on Account Actions drop-down. Select Add Mail Account option.
- Enter Your Name, (Outlook.com) Email Address, and Password. Click on Connect button.
- Choose for IMAP (remote folders) account type.
- Click on Manual Config. Option.
- Enter outlook.office365.com beside Incoming Server and stmp.office365.com beside Outgoing Server.
- Enter port number 993 beside Incoming server, select (SSL/TLS) encryption. Enter 587 beside Outgoing server with (STARTTLS) encryption type.
- Click on Re-test option. Click on Done button.
This will include the Outlook.com account in the Thunderbird application. Also, your Outlook.com mailbox will be saved in the Thunderbird default file saving location. This data is saved in MBOX format. To copy the Outlook.com emails in EML format, just drag and drop the emails to the local system drive. This drag and drop will create an EML file for each respective email. This process will take time and effort according to the number of emails to copy in EML format.
In case, you can a large number of emails, prefer the Zoho mail client for exporting emails. This webmail client export and save emails from Outlook.com in EML files. For this, you have to configure the Outlook.com in Zoho Mail. Then, move the email folder from the Outlook mailbox to Zoho account mailbox. Afterward, perform the Zoho Export process. This might take up to 2 days to create the download file. Download the file from the link to save your Outlook.com emails in EML format.
This process is simple but can take a long time if the number of emails is large in number. Also, shifting all mail folders from one mailbox to another may be effortful. Thus, in such a case, you can try the below solution.
How to Save Emails from Outlook.com in EML Effortlessly?
Outlook.com Backup utility is one efficient application that allows saving the emails from Outlook.live.com to local hard drive. This offers to save emails in EML format directly without any trouble or data loss. Apart from the direct method, the application facilitates to save the data in selective techniques. It offers email folder selection, email filtering option, multiple format backup option, pause and resume live mail backup, etc. Though we need the Outlook.com emails in EML format, we can easily perform the tool process and save all important emails locally.
Step to Save Emails from Outlook.com to Hard Drive
- Install and Run Outlook.com Backup Tool.
- Login the tool with Outlook.com account.
- Select Folders to download and click on Next option.
- Select EML format to save Outlook.com emails.
- Browse a location on hard drive to save Output file.
- Click on Start button.
The above process will download all emails from Outlook.com and save it on the hard drive in EML format. All the data copied will be safe and secure and there will not be any data loss. At the present time, this functionality is possible in Windows only. If you are a Mac user, try Thunderbird application for Mac and the above-directed process. Also, you can try SysTools Mac Hotmail Backup tool for the effortless process.
Conclusion
The above article illustrates some simple techniques on how to save emails from Outlook.com in EML format. Save the process shown above to easily comfort your solution according to the situation. Try to read the whole article to find more solutions and compare it with the earlier to find the easiest for you to use.
