Import .eml files to Mail

I have a folder on my Mac with about 100 .eml files, which were dragged and dropped out of Microsoft Entourage a few months ago.
Is there way to import this whole folder and its .eml files into a mailbox inside Apple Mail?
I can do it one by one by opening a single .eml file in Mail and moving it to the mailbox: Message menu -> Move To -> [Mailbox]
However I would like to do this in one go. I tried EmailConverterLite from the App Store, and while it works quite well, imported messages do NOT have a paperclip symbol if they have attachments. This is a real pain as you would have to look through all messages to find messages with attachments.
Any ideas would be great.
Thank you.

Use EMailchemy

Similar Messages

How to import .eml files to Mail.app?

Hello,
I've been trying to find a less tedious way to migrate from Gmail to iCloud. Trying to drag and drop (or simply move via mail.app options) results in errors. I've been able to move over about 10000 of my 60000 messages so far, but it's been a long process disrupted by the aforementioned errors. Therefore, I've decided to simply download the Gmail messages. Unfortunately, they are in .eml files. Obviously I can open them in mail.app if I ever need them, but it would be much easier to import them into mail.app so they are on the iCloud server on not on my mac. This is good because it saves room on my mac, and also makes searching for old messages easier.
So my question is (and I've been searching all over for this), is there still no way to import .eml files into mail.app? Are there no programs that can at least convert .eml to .mbox?
A workable solution would be a time (life) saver and greatly appreciated!!!

In case anyone runs into this issue in the future, here is how I moved Gmail messages to iCloud.
1) Download an app for mac called Backup Gmail. Proceed to backup all your Gmail messages to your mac by following instructions given. The files will be in .eml.
2) Download emailchemy from the link above. Proceed to convert .eml messages to .mbox.
3) Open mail.app and go to File > Import Mailboxes. Follow on screen instructions. Depending on how many messages you have, this can take a while. When done you will see a folder called "import-1" in your mail.app under On My Mac. At this point your Gmail messages are able to be used in mail.app and if you are happy with this, don't go to step 4. In step 4 we will move the messages to your iCloud server.
4) This is where things get tedious and tricky if you have a lot of messages. Go to each folder in your "import-1" folder and select all messages. Then drag and drop them either in your iCloud inbox or any designated folder in iCloud. It appears that your sent messages are mixed in here, so it's not a clean solution, but the best one I've found so far. This process can take a long time if you have a lot of messages and you might run into some errors, but it works.s
If anyone has an easier solution, please do share!

Importing eml files into Mail

Hi,
I have thousands of emails that I need to import into Mail (v 2.0.7) for archival purposes. We want to start using Mail as the default e-mail client and all of our current e-mail messages are in "eml" format which can be read by Entrouage. We need to have access to these old e-mails for refrence, etc.
I have tried going through the Mail import option with no luck. It appears to only want to import mbox files. I understand that Mail uses mbox files which-in turn-contain emlx files. This is so spotlight can search them.
So my question is how do I convert the eml files to emlx files?
And once they are emlx files how do I get them into Mail?
Thanks!
Dual 2.7 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I go under file/import mailboxes.
Then I am given the options of:
Microsoft Entourage
Outlook Express
Claris Emailer
Netscape/Mozilla
Eudora
Mail for Mac OS X
Other
I select "other" and then click continue. I then navigate to the desktop and find the folder that has the .eml files in it, and click "choose."
I then get a dialog box saying "Error, No valid mbox files were found." I click "OK" and am left with a dialog with a blank list of items to import. This is where I am stuck.
Now I've downloaded "emlx to mbox converter" but the files I have are .eml not .emlx
I have searched the web in vain for how to convert .eml to .emlx. Simply changing the suffix on a file does not do it. I've tried that and then used the emlx to mbox converter and ran it through the Mail import process—no go.
So where I am now is a folder full of .eml files that I need to convert to .emlx files. Once I have those I can run the emlx to mbox converter.
Thanks for any guidance you can give.

How do I import an .eml file into Mail

I have a .eml file, which was orginally an email message in Mail, which I saved onto my desktop, "saved as" a raw message source out of Mail a while ago. Now I want to import it back into my Mail program but it won't accept it. Does anyone know how I can get the file back into Mail?
null

If it's saved as Raw Source, it's not a .eml file anymore. Unless Apple changed them again in 10.5.x, Mail saves messages as .emlx files.
So, you can download this tool, emlx to mbox Converter to convert individual messages or whole groups to mbox files and import those into Mail (you need to choose Other when the dialog window asks "Import data from").
If the Mail file format really did change in 10.5.x to .eml, here's a similar tool to convert multiple eml files to mbox format: eml2mbox. This is a Ruby script, not an application.
Mulder

Can't import mbox file into Mail anymore

Hi all, I am getting nowhere with this issue...I have archived my Apple Mail inbox and then turned around and imported it into Apple Mail (so as to have it on the local computer, not the network) many times in the past. It no longer works. I got to File>Import Mailboxes. I get the window "Import data from:" and my choices for file formats are "Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Netscape/Mozilla, Thunderbird, Eudora, Files in mbox format." I first chose "Files in mbox format" as I have in the past. I hit "Continue." I go to the folder where I keep my archived mail. I click the containing file for my most recent export, "Inbox 5.mbox." This opens a new window listing "Items to import" that I may check off. Every item on this list is an old mbox folder. My new export folder doesn't show up. If I go back, open the containing file I mentioned above, "Inbox 5.mbox" and click the actual mbox file, I get the message, "no valid mbox files were found."
I've found other threads referring to this and some say the solution is to pick the "Mail from Mac OSX" data type from the import list, the problem is, this is not an option for me!
If anyone can help I would appreciate it, this is really frustrating...

We have users who have been importing collections of old pine and alpine messages who are having problems since switching to SL.
I discovered that alpine has been saving to MBX format, so users ende dup with collections of mixed mbox and MBX files. The "file" command can tell you which file is which format. There is an old program called "mailutil" that can be used to convert MBX to mbox (available in linux "uw-imap" packages). It is also in MacPorts imap-uw, but the latter is not maintained and appears aimed at older versions of MacOSX. There is also a FileImport plugin for Euroda_OSE that seems to handle more of the .mbox files than Apple Mail does, but still has problems with .mbox files from pine for the period 2002--2005. The file command indicates the problem files have long lines. I tried splitting one of the files
using mh inc, but it had 1000's of messages and a large fraction have the long lines problem.
Can you read the archived messages using "mail -f <filename>"? What does "file" say?

ICal won't import .ics files from Mail

Howdy,
I've been using mail/iCal for some time. I get meeting requests via email from Microsoft Outlook users in the .ics format. I used to be able to just click on the .ics file in mail, or drag it to my calendar, and it would add the meeting. But past few months, when I click on the .ics file, nothing happens. If I drag the .ics file to my calendar, I see a "blank" event with nothing in it on the date of the meeting.
However... if I save the .ics file to my desktop, then go to File -> Import and select that file, it works fine. Just frustrating because it takes a lot of extra steps.
Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi:
Just started to have the same problem with importing events onto my iBook. Problem has been made worst in that while I get attached ics files from emails coming from my Outlook 2003 application on my desktop computer, emails from work (also using Outlook 2003 on a Microsoft Mail Exchange Network) no longer even include ics file. (Note: Outlook to Outlook meeting invites do work.)
Am wondering if the combination of the most recent updates from Apple for iCal and Mail may be at fault?
Anyone out there have any ideas on this? It was nice being able to indirectly sync my Outlook and iCal calenders, but now it is a pain in the you know where.
Any help will be welcomed. Thanks.
Howdy,
I've been using mail/iCal for some time. I get
meeting requests via email from Microsoft Outlook
users in the .ics format. I used to be able to just
click on the .ics file in mail, or drag it to my
calendar, and it would add the meeting. But past few
months, when I click on the .ics file, nothing
happens. If I drag the .ics file to my calendar, I
see a "blank" event with nothing in it on the date of
the meeting.
However... if I save the .ics file to my desktop,
then go to File -> Import and select that file, it
works fine. Just frustrating because it takes a lot
of extra steps.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) WindowsXP SP2 on Home Desktop PC
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) WindowsXP SP2
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) WindowsXP SP2

Can't open .EML files with Mail?

A relative has an old G4 tower and he's running Tiger. He's got an old version of Mail. He used to be able to open .EML files with it, but his friend came over and fixed up his printer/scanner and now he can't open them. I can open them just fine cause I'm running 10.6.6... it's just weird how it suddenly stopped for him when his friend fixed the scanner... anyone know how he can open .EML files again?
Thanks!!!

s.patrix wrote:
how this is going to help to isolate the issue?
Even if it is going to work with another user account, I still have to keep this user active as the primary account.
If it works in another account, then the problem is likely just a preference file or something else account specific. Those problems can be easily fixed. If it happens in the new account, then it is a system problem.
The first step to solving a problem is figuring out where it is.

Import emlx files into Mail

Hello,
I just upgraded to Yosemite - and also recently had a trojan that gave me lots of pop-ups - don't know which of these things was the cause,
but this weekend my Mail had problems connecting to my e-mail provider - one.com. I talked to their chat support - and they said I used the wrong settings,
so following their instructions I switched from pop3 to IMAP. Then my email worked again.
But it also deleted my entire e-mail history since 2008! With thousands of important work mails!
plus I haven't run Time Machine in like two years (yes I know...) . So it's been a pretty ****** day.
Anyway i bought a software uFlysoft Data Recovery that have found lots of these deleted e-mails.
It also recovered them and put them into 10 different folders with 5000 emails each.
So there seems to be hope.
But now I can't import these emlx files into mail again. Tried creating a mbox folder under Library/Mail - pasting and importing back. But no success there.
I guess because the files aren't structured in way that Mail can read? If anyone could help me with this that would be absolutely fantastic.
Thanks,
George

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/18875/emlx-to-mbox-converter

Import entourage files into mail

I just upgraded without I guess reading the fine print. I used Entourage for my e-mails and can't open it anymore with OS X Lion. How can I import my thousands of mails and archived stuff into Apple Mail?

I haven't been able to get a 100% successful import from mail.app (2.0) into Entourage 2004 (latest update). For example, if I import a mail 2.0 account with 2000+ messages (sorted in various folders and subfolders) into entourage 2004, random messages aren't imported, missing attachments, etc.
Also, I've never come across anyone saying this CAN work because Entourage 2004 doesn't understand the new .elmx format.
But, using this tool...
http://www.cosmicsoft.net/emlxconvert.html
...and following these instructions...
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/11/archiveemlx/index.php
...I've been able to successfully import mail 2.0 accounts/message/mailboxes into Entourage 2004 (though, takes a little manual grunt work, but works none the less).
Regards,
Kristin.

Import .pst files to Mail

Just acquired a macbook air and was wondering if there was a problem importing all mi .PST files from outlook into MAIL
Thank you

.PST is Microsofts proprietary container for Notes, Mail, Calendars and Contacts. Mail can not import it.
If it is only Mail that you want I suggest that you buy a copy of Emailchemy.

Importing .pst files into mail without a PC

Hello to all those lovely Mac users,
I've got an Outlook .pst file on CD. How can I import mail messages
b without having access to a PC???
The only OS X email client I'm aware of that supports .pst files is entourage 2004 + pst importer for entourage. I, however, only have Office X which is not supported by pst importer. Nor is Office 2004 Test drive.
Thunderbird for OS X is a dead end as well.
Please help me!

You should probably take a look at one of the following options:
• ol2mbox (free): http://sourceforge.net/projects/ol2mbox
• O2M ($10): http://www.littlemachines.com/
Andreas

Opening .eml files

Could anyone tell me how I might be able to open .eml files in Mail? Also, how can I open them in my webmail account?

When I download an .eml file to my Downloads folder, double clicking it causes Mail to open it. As for your webmail account, do a Save Attachment (if your webmail app offers that) and then save it to disk. Double click to open it.

Can't import .mbox file

My mom recently did a Rebuild command on her Sent Mail folder and made all the messages dissapear. I found this topic: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5574199 and, following the instructions in the reply, copied the Sent Messages.mbox file to my desktop. The file is over 700 mb which thankfully means the emails probably aren't erased. However when I tried to import the .mbox file back into Mail, it won't even let me select it, whether or not I take off the .mbox extention. I tried breaking it up with the script mentioned as well, but that will not recognize the file either! Anyone have any advice? This is for Mail 1.3.11
Thanks!

I went back and realized my mistake: the Import dialogue in Mail and the mboxbreaker script was asking me to choose the folder the mailbox was contained in, and I was trying to select the mailbox itself.
I split up the file with mboxbreaker and re-imported the files into Mail. Everything seems to have gone smoothly. Thanks for everything Apple Discussions!

Unable to import pptx files into key note. Does using PNG file prevent importing slides?

Unable to import powerpoint files from mail to keynote. Picture files are PNG files. Does keynote not support PNG Files?

Hi,
swf files are not supported in Responsive project. swf files should work properly in a non-responsive project.
Regards,
Haridoss

There is no option to import e-mail from Windows Live Mail, *.eml files.

I have all the *.eml files exported to a folder and just need to install.
What software addresses importing Windows Live Mail, *.eml files

You can drag the eml files from their folder and drop them in a TB folder; for this purpose, create a subfolder of Local Folders as the destination.
The eml files can also be imported using [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/ ImportExportTools].

Import .eml files to Mail

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for