EML was introduced by Microsoft for their email client Outlook in order to store e-mails on the hard drive of the user. The EML file format belongs to a family of different file formats which are used to describe one single e-mail.
At least we think one or two things to share about this topic.Ĭreate a Mailparser account But first things first … What does EML actually stand for?ĮML is an acronym for ‘Email’, simple as that. So we thought why not write the ultimate guide on how to save e-mails as EML files. Having those e-mails available as EML files makes it easy to import them into mailparser.io and to extract all relevant data fields. For example e-mails sent by a contact form, leads, order confirmations from e-commerce system, reports, … you name it. A lot of our customers have thousands of e-mails containing important data stuck in their inbox. So what can you do if you want to export them one day for backup purposes or import them into another e-mail account? The answer to this is most probably a file format called EML.Įxporting e-mails to EML files is something we see quite often at mailparser.io. If you are a business running on e-mail, chances are high that you have tons of important e-mails locked down in your inbox.
