Input file
EML
- Full Name: Email Message Format
- Developer: Microsoft
Output file
PST
- Full Name: Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder Format
- Developer: Microsoft
What is EML file?
The EML file extension stands for E-Mail Message. It is a data format that is commonly used to save and transfer email messages over the internet. This type of file is often generated using certain email programs, such as MS Outlook, Apple Mail, or Mozilla Thunderbird. This particular file extension allows for grouping several related email messages into one single file, and thus, makes it easier to locate and manage these email messages. [ ⏩ ] EML file extension
What is PST file?
The PST (Outlook Personal Information Store File) is a file extension used by Microsoft Outlook to save its emails, calendar entries, contacts, tasks and other associated items. Characteristic of this file extension is that messages and other items are kept in individual folders, according to their classification. Microsoft Outlook stores information on its central database known as an .ost file, but these can only accessed when connected to a server. [ ⏩ ] PST file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from EML to PST?
To successfully convert the EML file to PST, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.EML). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case PST (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than PST).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. EML to PST. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting EML files to PST files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension PST, while before this step we had the EML file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new PST file, or not.