Technical Details of .eml File Extension
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Category | Text File |
| Format | Text and Binary |
| Supported platform | Windows & Mac |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Category | Text File |
| Format | Text and Binary |
| Supported platform | Windows & Mac |
Every email client uses one or more than one file formats to save their data. EML is one of the most popular and reliable file formats to save email messages in the MIME RFC 822 standard format of Outlook Express, Apple Mail, MS Outlook of Mac and some other email clients. The file format can hold email messages along with all its properties including subject, sender, recipients and date of the message. It stores more than one email attachments.
More About EML Files
EML files can hold plain ASCII text for the header as well as the main message. It retains hyperlinks.
EML files are flexible to import to multiple email platforms such as Apple Mail, MS Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird and Apple Mail. These files are also accessible in Internet Explorer because its formating is related to . MHT files. Users can change from .eml to .mht in Internet Explorer. EML files are opened in the Internet Explorer with the help of MS Exchange Server Outlook WebAccess client.
Users can open EML files in Text Editor also because the file extension saves partially in the plain text format. Take help from Apple TextEdit or MS Notepad to access EML files. But, in this situation you may have to change the file format of EML to .txt.
If you fail to open EML files in Outlook Express, follow these steps-
Programs Supported by EML
Windows