How to convert .eml file to .msg file without using 3rd party custom libraries?

[MGP]

How to convert .eml file to .msg file without using custom UiPath Package/Activities?

.msg is a proprietary format from Microsoft, no matter how you slice it you will need outlook or the office binaries installed. you could check out the OOM (Outlook Object Model) and try to use that in powershell. Good luck

Hello uipath experts out there,

anyone knows how to use this solution in UiPath to convert .eml file to .msg file without using custom UiPath Package/Activities?

Thanks.

[Nithinkrishna]

Hey @MGP

Do you want to convert an MSG file to EML file right or to get a mail from mailbox and cover it to EML ?

Kindly confirm.

Thanks
#nK

[MGP]

Hi @Nithinkrishna

I am getting email via Exchange activity and saving them in .eml format.
Now, I would like to convert those .eml files to .msg files without using any 3rd party libraries.

There is also known solution which I have attached in my question, but I don’t know how to use it in UiPath. It would be great help if you can explain that or provide your own solution.

Thanks.

[Nithinkrishna]

Sure, let me check it @MGP

Will keep you posted.

[Nithinkrishna]

Hey @MGP

Just curious to know, why don’t you directly save it in MSG format.

Thanks
#nK

[Palaniyappan (Forum Leader)]

Hi

I would suggest to save directly as msg file if we are not going to use that eml file

Refer this thread to save the mail as msg file with a xaml file

Save outlook mail as .msg file

@mwerner Latest version, office 365. The get mail messages activity is working (the subsequent move activity is) but this is failing regularly though not every time. My workflow is: [image] Filename is mail.Subject.GetHashCode.ToString+mail.Body.GetHashCode.tostring+mail.Headers(“Date”).GetHashCode.tostring+mail.Sender.tostring.GetHashCode.tostring+datetime.today.ToString(“ddMMyyyy”) Thanks for your reply, I’ve been struggling to resolve this for over a week!

cheers @MGP

[MGP]

Hi @Palaniyappan & @Nithinkrishna

I have tried to save directly as .msg file but there was a problem.

On production VMs, we can not use outlook activites becuase outlook is not available. That’s why we can not use “save outlook mail message” activity to save directly as .msg file

When I use “save mail message” to save it directly as .msg file then downloaded file is not accessible with following message. This is known problem from uipath.

So, as a work around I try to save it as .eml & convert it as .msg file but that also I find it difficult without using any 3rd party libraries. Any solution would be helpful here.

Thanks.

[Nithinkrishna]

Hey @MGP

Check this once if it helps,

How to troubleshoot : Save Mail Message Activity is corrupting body embedded images

When using Get Outlook Mail Messages and Save Mail Message activities to save an email as ".eml" format, All the body embedded images gets corrupted. On the other hand, if we copy and paste the email directly from from Outlook, it shows the images correctly. Explanation :  When the email is saved with UiPath Save Mail Message activity, it saves the email in eml format and the body embedded images are not shown correctly or shown corrupted, while if we directly copy and save the email in the mach…

Thanks
#nK

[MGP]

Thanks for the suggestion @Nithinkrishna

In this process we archive emails for audit purpose and it would not be great idea to perform copy and paste option to convert eml to msg. In this case, there is room for manipulation which will not look good while audit.

That’s why I am looking for a method which can directly convert eml to msg.

PS. my apologies if it sounds too demanding but it’s matter of security in audit.

Thanks.

[Nithinkrishna]

Hey @MGP

No worries, It’s fine as you have a valid scenario.

We will see if anything comes up and keep you posted.

Thanks
#nK

[Sudarshana_Sharma_P]

Hey @Nithinkrishna

By any chance any valid solutions for above issue?
I have same scenario in my case!

[AJ411036 (Joshi Akash7)]

Facing same issue, pls share final solution if any?