Using Python 3 to covert MS Outlook .msg files to .eml format.

Dependencies :

The module requires Python 3 and the compoundfiles package.

pip3 install compoundfiles

The module is also using compressed_rtf.

Setup :

cp msg2eml.py /usr/local/bin/msg2eml

chmod 711 /usr/local/bin/msg2eml

How to use :

Either convert a single file by piping:

msg2eml < some_email.msg > some_email.eml

Or convert a set of files:

msg2eml *.msg