Thursday, December 3, 2015

MessageExport add-in for Outlook is updated.

An update for MessageExport is available. Download version 4.0 through the in-software upgrade service, or from https://www.encryptomatic.com/messageexport/

This release delivers tested compatibility for Microsoft Oulook 2016. It has an updated help menu system and include fixes for various  customer contributed issues.
MessageExport add-in for Microsoft ‪#‎Outlook‬ is the premier tool for exporting, converting and copying Outlook ‪#‎email‬ messages to ‪#‎PDF‬ and many other formats. Convert emails in bulk, individually, or automate the email export process.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

How to Export Outlook Emails From a Nested Folder Structure

We get it. You spent months or years organizing your Outlook email into logical folders.  Now that a situation has come up that requires that you to convert or export those emails to PDF, EML, MSG or any other  file format, you will surely want to preserve the folder structure.

Doing this process manually sounds like a nightmare. The idea of converting each email into, say, a PDF file and then copying that file into a Windows folder that mirrors your Outlook organization might be enough to put you off the entire project.



MessageExport is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that tightly integrates with Outlook's menu system.  It works with Outlook 2016/2013/2010 and 2007, both 32 and 64 bit versions of Outlook. MessageExport was created by Encryptomatic LLC to help simplify Outlook email conversion. Among its tool set is the ability to convert email to various formats (PDF, MSG, EML, MBOX, CSV, HTML, among them) while preserving a nested Outlook folder structure.

This image below shows MessageExport installed in the Outlook 2013 menu.

With MessageExport, you can select individual emails,  bulk select emails, select entire folders to export. For example, if you have an Outlook folder with subfolders and you wanted to save all of those nested emails as .MSG files, but you need to make sure that the exported MSG files will mirror your Outlook folder organization, here's what to do.

First, select the MessageExport profile called "Export MSG folder tree."

Convert Outlook emails while preserving the Outlook nested filing structure
Second, select the Outlook folder you want to export.

Outlook 2013 screen shot showing nested email folders.
Nested Outlook email folders

Finally, click the "Export" button to begin the operation.

MessageExport toolbar in Outlook 2013 with position of Export button indicated
Location of Export button


Because of naming length restrictions in the Windows file system, MessageExport may need to truncate the name of the folder if it's really long. The good news is that when the email export operation is done, your emails will be organized in folders that mimic your nested Outlook folders.

MessageExport's profiles can be customized to your requirements. For example, if you do not want to automatically export sub folders, you can edit the export profile and change it to "selected folders."

Export email from Outlook 2013 folders with MessageExport add-on.
Export Selected Folders
Now MessageExport will only export email from a folder that you specifically choose.  You can edit, create and delete as many export profiles as you want. 

Try MessageExport Add-in for Outlook, Free


A free 15 day trial of MessageExport is available.  Unfortunately the trial limits export operations to 50 emails per batch. 50 emails is more than enough to show off most of MessageExport's features, but if your nested Outlook folders are holding hundreds or thousands of email messages like mine, MessageExport will only convert the first 50 emails. This means that during the free trial, MessageExport may not continue on to create the deep nested Outlook folder structure before it hits the 50 email limitation.  Rest assured, this is a limitation of the trial that does not exist in the licensed version of MessageExport.    

MessageExport costs $79.99 for a single license and includes a year of updates and support. Your satisfaction is guaranteed by a no-hassle 30 day full money back guarantee.

If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.



Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Email to Html: How to Save Microsoft Outlook Emails as Html Files


 So you want to turn an email message into a web page?  Yes, you can do that!  This article discusses two ways to convert your Outlook e-mails as HTML web page files. The first method will be to use the native capabilities in Microsoft Outlook 2013, and then we will do the same task using the MessageExport add-on for Outlook.

Outlook 2013 logo.

Saving Email to HTML in Outlook 2013

Outlook 2013 has the native ability to save emails as html files. Here's how to convert email to html in Outlook 2013:
1. select an email from the Outlook mail list.
2. Go to File > Save As and select HTML from the "save as type"
3. Click the save button to save your email.
4. Outlook can only save one email at a time. For bulk email to html conversion, read on.


Screen sht of Outlook "save as" screen, with html selected.
Saving email in html format from Outlook

How to Bulk Convert Outlook Email to HTML

MessageExport is add-on software developed by Encryptomatic LLC. It adds new many new and useful export formats to Microsoft Outlook 2013 through 2007, including bulk email to html conversion. MessageExport is compatible with both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Outlook.

As we learned in the last section, Outlook is only able to convert one email message to HTML at a time. If you selected more than one email in the Outloo mail list, then the "save as html" option would not have been present as a selection in the "save as type" drop down list.

MessageExport's integration is visible in the Outlook toolbar. You can convert any number of Outlook emails to HTML format. First, select the emails in the mail list. To choose them all, type Ctrl-A.

MessageExport addon toolbar is shown with "Export to HTML" selected.
MessageExport Toolbar. Export to HTML
Next, go to the MessageExport toolbar and select "Export to HTML."
Finally, click the "Export" button and choose the folder on your hard drive that will hold the html files and any picture elements that are contained in the email.

Trying MessageExport


While you won't need MessageExport to convert just one two emails to HTML, it's very useful if you need to automatically convert emails, or if you are converting dozens, hundreds or thousands of emails at once.  In addition to email to Html, MessageExport adds PDF, CSV, MHT, PNG, GIF, TIF, DOCx, and many other formats. If you work with email, MessageExport may be able to save you time.

MessageExport profiles flexibility in how it operates. For example, you can apply a structured name to the html docs you export. You could also implement automatic exports using the scheduler function. This would allow you to check a list of selected folder and export any new emails automatically to html.


Image of the MssageExport profile editor, with the HTML profile selected.
MessageExport profile editor lets you schedule html email exports.

Get a free 15 day trial of MessageExport, and take it for a test drive. If you agree it can save you time, the cost is just $79.99.

If you have questions post them below, or call us at 1-651-815-4902.  We looking for talking with you.