“I am working in an organization in a well-reputed post. We use Microsoft Outlook in our company. However, yesterday a very important client of ours sent some confidential files in EML format. Now, I do not know how to view EML files in Outlook? I cannot ask the client to send the file once again in other formats. Please let me know any easy way to perform EML to PST conversion.”
In the present arena, MS Outlook can be categorized as one of the appreciated email applications among different organizations. With the help of Outlook, users can send and receive emails, manage the entries in calendars and contacts, etc. It stores its entire data in PST format. In spite of this, there is a large number of users accessing data in EML supported email clients and cannot be underestimated. Hence, there are possibilities that users who are accessing the data in EML format want to access it in Microsoft Outlook. Nevertheless, this is not as easy as it seems to be because to open and view EML files in an Outlook email application, users first need to convert EML to PST format. Therefore, in the upcoming part of the blog, we are going to introduce some remarkable methods to perform the conversion of EML to PST file format. The methods discussed here are easy and safe to execute. However, before going to the solution, let us go through the reasons to convert EML into PST.
Responsible Factors to Convert EML to PST
- Microsoft Outlook is a more preferred and famous email client that provides several handy features.
- Management and transfer of data in MS Outlook is easier as compared to other email applications.
- Switching from one to another organization also becomes one of the reasons for this migration.
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Manual Method to Perform EML to PST Conversion
Windows Live Mail application can be used to convert EML files to PST file format. But, before executing the steps below, take a backup of your data.
- After this, launch Microsoft Outlook and Windows Live Mail applications on your system
- In Windows Live Mail, click on the File tab and choose Export option. Click Email messages
- Select Microsoft Exchange and hit the Next button
- Right after that, you will get a pop-up that all your emails are exported to MS Outlook or Microsoft Exchange and click OK
- One can either move all the email folders or some selected folders using Select folders option
- Click OK and export process will begin after that. Wait until it gets complete
- In Export Complete window, click Finish
Note: This method is not applicable to convert EML files into PST in bulk and requires Windows Live Mail installation on the local machine. In addition, there are high probabilities of data loss if the steps are not executed carefully.
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Automatic Method to Export EML to Outlook PST File
Bulk EML to PST Converter is another simplest way to export multiple EMLs into Outlook PST along with attachments. The software allows bulk conversion of EML to PST and maintains folder hierarchy throughout the migration. Using this, one can save the resultant PST in any desired system location and view the current progress report. Follow the steps below to perform conversion of EML to PST file format in an effortless manner:
- Launch the tool and import EML files into Software:
- Hit the Convert button.
- In the next pop-up, browse a destination location for the resultant file and check the radio button next to Import All Messages and Maintain Folder Hierarchy.
- Also, you can use its Split PST Option and define the size of the resultant file. Click OK.
- Bulk EML to PST conversion process will begin after this and let it completed successfully.
- After conversion, you can simply access all your EML file in Outlook application.
The Bottom Line
Migration from one to another platform is one of the most common scenarios nowadays. Organizations or users need to move their data due to some personal or professional reasons. However, it is very important to find a trustworthy method for the execution of this task. As the matter of fact, that relevant methods are hard to find, in the above blog, we have introduced two incredible approaches to perform EML to PST conversion.