Save email in single file .msg format
We're probably not alone in needing to easily save emails in a single file format, rather than the cumbersome complete html format. .Msg is the preferred format because most of the world's corporate offices access their files in this format. We were going to migrate our users onto the chrome only system, however the absence of this is an insurmountable barrier. When can we expect such an enhancement?
Thanks
Gary

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. It's a good start. However, outlook refuses to open .eml files and when opened in word the critical mail header information is lost. Even the mail contents are a bit scrambled. Is there a better way?


Thanks for the help as well. Outlook won't open the .msg extension. In any case as mentioned, saving into any format from Open Original would not capture the attachments.
The best solution now is to save in complete html, however that format is cumbersome since it comes with an extra folder. Actually if we can save in .mht already that would be a big improvement. Would like to hear from the Google chrome folks on any chance of that happening soon at least?
Best would still be an in-built function within gmail to save the email into an email client compatible format.
Cheers
Gary

Hi bkennelly,Thanks for the help as well. Outlook won't open the .msg extension. In any case as mentioned, saving into any format from Open Original would not capture the attachments.
Do I need to enable anything on the browser or outlook to open the .eml and to capture the attachments with Show Original?
Strangely, when I save original neither does it capture attachments nor can it be open from Outlook no matter how I try. I even used the Microsoft hot fix, which causes it to be opened as an email with the .eml as an attachment. When I open the .eml attachment in the email, it opens another .eml as an attachment, putting me into an infinite outlook loop. Quite absurd actually.
Have tried it on a few computers in the office both on xp and win 7. Both on Chrome and Firefox. It just doesn't work.
It's true that we could connect outlook to Gmail. However, if that is the case we might as well fully migrate back to Outlook rather than forcing users to toggle between 2 platforms. We are trying to fully utilize our new enterprise feature set with Google Apps but these basic feature problems are a few remaining obstacles.
Thanks for the help.
Warmest regards,
Gary

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