Email to PDF
Convert email files (.eml or .msg) into a PDF document.
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User Guide
Export the message first
You need the email as a file. In Outlook, drag the message to your desktop or use Save As to produce a .msg. In Apple Mail or Thunderbird, save or drag it out to get a .eml. Forwarding the message to yourself does not create a file — it creates another email.
Upload the .eml or .msg
Add the saved file, up to 10 MB. Conversion runs on a server, so the message is transmitted for processing and removed afterwards. Bear that in mind if the correspondence is sensitive.
Convert to PDF
The headers — sender, recipients, subject and the date — are rendered at the top, with the message body beneath in the formatting it was sent with. That header block is usually the point: an email without it proves very little.
Check the result against the original
Open both and compare. Look specifically at whether the full recipient list survived, whether the date is present, and whether a long quoted thread underneath is complete or truncated.
About the Email to PDF Converter
Email is a poor archive format. A .msg opens properly only in Outlook, a .eml needs a mail client, and neither can be attached to a form or filed in a case folder. PDF opens everywhere and looks the same to everyone, which is why so many processes ask for correspondence in that form.
What is actually inside the two file types
A .eml is a plain-text file following RFC 5322, the internet message format: a block of headers, a blank line, then the body. Open one in a text editor and it is entirely readable. Where a message has both plain-text and HTML versions, or carries attachments, those parts are packed together using MIME, each with its own content type and encoding.
A .msg is a different animal — Microsoft’s Compound File Binary Format, effectively a small filesystem inside one file, with properties stored as binary streams. It can carry Outlook-specific data that has no RFC 5322 equivalent, which is why the two formats are not interchangeable.
What the conversion renders
The headers — sender, recipients, subject, date — are laid out at the top, with the body beneath in its own formatting. That header block is usually the entire point: an email body without it proves very little about who sent what, and when.
What a PDF of an email is not
It is a picture of what the message displayed, not a forensic capture. Authenticity lives in parts a rendering discards: the full chain of Received headers showing the route the message travelled, and the DKIM signature that cryptographically ties the message to the sending domain. If you may need to prove a message is genuine rather than merely readable, keep the original .eml or .msg alongside the PDF. The rendering is for humans; the source file is the evidence.
Attachments
Attachments are separate MIME parts carried beside the body, not inside it, so they are not rendered into the page. Save them from your mail client, convert any that need converting, and use Merge PDF if you want one combined document. Files are capped at 10 MB and processed on a server.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between .eml and .msg?
.eml is the open standard used by Apple Mail, Thunderbird and most other clients. .msg is Microsoft’s own format, produced by Outlook, and it can carry Outlook-specific properties. Both are accepted here.
Are attachments included in the PDF?
No. They live alongside the message rather than inside its body, so they are not rendered into the page. Save them separately, convert what needs converting, then merge the PDFs if you want a single file.
Will the whole quoted thread be included?
Whatever is in the body of the message you saved will be rendered, including quoted history below the reply. If a conversation was split across several messages, each one has to be exported and converted on its own.
Can I convert a whole mailbox at once?
Not here — this handles one message per run. Bulk mailbox export is a different class of tool, usually run from the mail client or server side.
Does the PDF prove the email is genuine?
It preserves what the message showed, which is enough for most administrative purposes. It is not cryptographic proof. Authenticity questions are settled by the raw headers and DKIM signature in the original source file, not by a rendering of it.
Why does my converted email look plainer than it did in Outlook?
Mail clients apply their own display styling on top of the message. The conversion works from what the message itself contains, so some of what you saw was your client’s presentation rather than the email’s own formatting.