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EML to PDF Converter

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Convert a saved .eml email to PDF, headers and body intact

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EML to PDF
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Input formatsEML
Output formatPDF
Max file size25 MB
Max files1
ProcessingLocal
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How do I convert an .eml email to PDF?

Add the .eml file and convert it. The PDF opens with a header block — From, To, Cc, Date and Subject — then the message body, then a list of what was attached. The HTML version of the message is used when there is one, with the sender’s embedded images restored from inside the file itself; otherwise the plain-text body is laid out with its line breaks kept. The email is read and the PDF written in this browser tab.

About the EML to PDF Converter

Convert a saved email (.eml) into a PDF that reads the way the message did: a header block with From, To, Cc, Date and Subject, then the message body, then a list of what was attached. The HTML version of the message is used when the email carries one, with images the sender embedded in the message itself put back in place from the file; otherwise the plain-text body is laid out with its line breaks preserved. Subjects and names written in an encoded header are decoded, and each part is read in the character set it declares, so accented and non-Latin header text arrives as words rather than as =?UTF-8?B? gibberish. Attachments are listed by name and size but are not embedded — a PDF page cannot carry them. Images the message links to on the web are not fetched, because this converter makes no network requests at all. The text layer uses the built-in PDF fonts, so it covers English, Western European accents and common punctuation, but not Cyrillic, Greek, CJK or emoji.

  • Keep a fixed copy of a message for a legal, HR or insurance file, with the sender, recipients and send time on the page rather than only in the file’s metadata.
  • Attach correspondence to an expense claim or a dispute without forwarding the original mailbox item and its full history.
  • Convert private correspondence without handing it to an upload-based converter, which for an email means handing over the addresses and the thread as well as the text.
  • Turn a .eml exported from Thunderbird, Apple Mail or a webmail download into something a colleague can open with no mail client at all.

How to use the EML to PDF tool

  1. 1

    Upload EML file

    Select EML file from your device or drag file into the upload area.

  2. 2

    Choose settings

    Choose settings such as Page Size, Orientation, Margin before processing.

  3. 3

    Convert to PDF

    Run the EML to PDF tool to create the PDF output.

  4. 4

    Download the result

    Download the finished file. The original file stays on your device and is not uploaded.

Why does saving an email as PDF from a converter site matter more than most conversions?

Because of what an email is. A message carries every recipient address, the reply chain, the sending client, the routing headers and often an account number or a case reference in the subject line — all of it in one file, all of it about identifiable people who did not choose the converter. Uploading correspondence to a conversion service hands over the addresses as well as the words. This page reads the file with JavaScript in your own tab and never opens a connection, which is the only version of this tool where that question does not arise.

What happens to the attachments?

They are listed, not embedded. Each attachment appears at the end by filename, size and content type, and the page says plainly that the files themselves are not in the PDF, because a PDF page cannot carry them and implying otherwise would be worse than omitting them. Keep the original .eml if you need the files. You can turn the list off if the attachment names are themselves sensitive, in which case the finished PDF says nothing about them at all.

Can it open an Outlook .msg file?

No, and it says so rather than failing strangely. An .eml file is the plain-text message format defined by RFC 5322 — headers, a blank line, then MIME parts. A .msg file is a Microsoft OLE compound document that stores the same message as binary property streams, a completely different container. Dropping one here produces a message naming the format and the way out: Outlook on the web can download a message as .eml, Outlook for Mac writes .eml when you drag a message to the Finder, and forwarding the message to a webmail account gives you an .eml to download.

Why is a picture missing from the converted message?

It depends where the picture lived. Images the sender embedded in the message itself are stored as parts of the .eml and referenced as cid: links, and those are found in the file and drawn. Images the message merely links to on a website are not, because the renderer makes no network requests — which is also what stops a tracking pixel from telling the sender you opened the message while converting it. Those references are counted and reported with the finished file.

Are my files uploaded when converting an EML email to PDF?

No. Nothing about the message is transmitted: not the file, not the addresses in it, not a request for an image it links to. The .eml is read from disk into memory, parsed there, and written back out as a PDF you download. The last point is the one people miss with email specifically — an online converter that renders a message’s remote images is also announcing to whoever sent it that the message was opened, and this one never asks the network for anything.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an .eml file?
It is one email message saved as a file, in the plain-text format defined by RFC 5322: the headers, a blank line, then the body and any attachments as MIME parts. Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook on the web and most webmail downloads all produce them.
Are the attachments included in the PDF?
No. They are listed at the end by name, size and type, and the page says so on the document itself. A PDF page can describe a file but cannot carry it, so keep the original .eml if you need the attached files. The list can be switched off if the filenames themselves are sensitive.
Can I convert an Outlook .msg file here?
No. A .msg file is a Microsoft OLE compound document, a completely different container from .eml, and dropping one here returns a message saying so. Outlook on the web can download a message as .eml, Outlook for Mac writes .eml when you drag a message to the Finder, and forwarding the message to a webmail account gives you one to download.
Why do some images not appear?
Images the sender embedded inside the message are stored in the .eml as cid: parts and are drawn. Images the message links to on a website are not fetched — this converter makes no network requests — so they are reported as skipped. That is also what stops a tracking pixel from reporting back while you convert.
Will an accented or non-Latin subject line come out correctly?
Encoded headers are decoded, so a subject written as =?UTF-8?B?...?= arrives as the words it stands for, and each body part is read in the character set it declares. Drawing them is the separate limit: the PDF text layer uses the built-in fonts, which cover Western European accents but not Cyrillic, Greek, CJK or emoji, and a message containing those is reported as an error rather than converted with characters missing.
Is the message uploaded to convert it?
No. It is read, parsed and rendered inside this browser tab. That matters more for email than for most formats, because one message file carries every recipient address and the whole reply chain, not just the text you wanted as a PDF.

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