How to Import EML Files into Outlook 2019, 2016, 2010?

Microsoft Outlook continues to appear to achieve tremendous credibility due to its characteristics and efficiency, and many companies are considering importing EML to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2010. This article focuses on the user’s query and provides the correct way to import EML files into outlook. Let’s understand its importance by a user query:

“Upon cleaning up my hard disk, I found a lot of EML files. Some of them are saved messages that I saved directly while others exported from email clients used over the years like Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. I noticed there that the recent versions of Outlook now can directly open EML files so I want to import all the EML files to Outlook. I didn’t find the proper way to convert EML to PST of Outlook”.

The EML format is a popular way to transfer messages between different email clients, systems and to back up all emails. But using EML format, users face some issues that’s why they are migrating towards Outlook because of some beneficial reasons.

Users can send/receive messages, handle calendars and contacts, etc. with the use of Outlook. However, replacing an email user with another one is not as easy as each application has its distinct file format for storing information.

Microsoft Outlook stores information in a PST file format whereas Outlook Express, WLM, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Apple Mail use the same EML format.

Before going towards the steps first we should know the factors responsible for the migration of EML to Outlook.

Factors for Migrating EML to Outlook

Error in Network: Some internet connection problems may arise depending on the wide range of variables, such issues will cause interruption while working with apps that support EML files.

Human Error: Users may change some of the default configurations of the e-mail application while working with one or the other e-mail application that could lead to import EML emails to Outlook if an error happens due to a change in default settings.

Now it’s time to see the process of importing EML to Outlook. Below are the steps to follow:

How to Open an Individual EML in Outlook?

There are following manual ways to import EML to Outlook.

I. Using Outlook and Windows Live Mail

Note: User must keep backup while doing this procedure.

Steps are given below:

1. On your system, Launch both MS Outlook and Windows Live Mail applications.
2. Click on the File tab in WLM and Export option then choose the Email messages.
3. As the export option choose Microsoft Exchange and click on the Next button.
4. A pop-up message will appear on your screen that all emails will be exported to MS Outlook/ Microsoft Exchange. Then click OK.
5. Select only appropriate folders or you can either migrate all email folders that you need to export by using the Select folders option.
6. Click on the OK option and then wait till the export process completes successfully.
7. At last click Finish after prompting Export Complete wizard.

II. Export EML to Outlook

This method can be used on your system when EML files are stored separately and there is no EML supported email client installed to access them. But it is mandatory to perform the instructions on the local machine for Outlook.

Follow the below steps one by one:

1. First, Open Outlook.
2. Go to the location where EML files are saved and then select a file.
3. Then drag and drop the selected EML file into Outlook application.

Now you find the EML files in Outlook.

A manual process is a time-consuming one so users rarely opt for this. Let us know the reasons behind it.

Limitations of the Manual Method

• All manual procedures are both slow and monotonous. Usually, users have a lot of of.eml files that they might want to open with Outlook. If this is the case, the manual technique will take up loads of time as well as difficult physical work.
• You may lose your SMTP headers. It may change the portion of the EML file in your SMTP header. Along with the header, there may be modifications that may occur in the meta characteristics of your EML documents.
• High chance of losing your information because you can’t be sure that the data before you migrated is the same after migration. With the help of manual techniques, email attachments are barely moved to your Outlook.

Third-Party Solution For EML File Conversion

It is not feasible to migrate EML to Outlook without compromising data loss with manual methods, therefore there is a need for business utility. One such EML to PST Converter tool by SysInfoTools, which enables users to import individual EML or multiple EML files into Outlook 2019, 2016, 2010. There is an eminent way to export various EML messages along with attachments to Microsoft Outlook in bulks.

Features of EML to PST Converter

• It converts EML files safely into Outlook PST format without any modifications.
• For saving the selected emails, it provides a date range selection feature.
• It searches EML files in an automation mode from the user’s system directory.
• It performs batch conversion of selected EML files within no time.
• From selected EML files it saves all the data into a new PST file of Unicode format.

Some common Windows live Mail errors and solution are mentioned here.

Conclusion

To import EML files into Outlook 2019, 2016, 2010 and other Outlook versions, we have discussed a manual alternative for the same in this article. However, manual techniques include some severe constraints that may make users believe twice before using them. Therefore, it is also suggested that you can use a third-party solution to solve the issue quickly.