Open EML Files Online

What an EML file is

An .eml file is one email saved as plain text. It holds the headers (who sent it, to whom, when, the subject), the body and the attachments, stored inside the file as text. Thunderbird, Apple Mail and many webmail services save messages this way when you drag one to the desktop.

Where EML files come from

• Dragging a message out of Thunderbird, Apple Mail or a webmail page.
• Mail archives and legal requests, where each message is exported as its own file.
• Forwarding a message as an attachment, which arrives as an .eml.

Reading one without a mail program

Drop the file on this page. The sender, recipients, date, body and attachments show at once and you can save each attachment. Pictures stored inside the email show; pictures that would load from the web are blocked, which also stops senders from tracking that you opened it.

If the file looks odd

EML is text, so you can open it in Notepad to see the raw headers. Codes such as =20 and =3D in the body are quoted-printable encoding, which mail programs use for accents and spaces.

Open EML Files Online

Who sent it, to whom and when, the body as text or HTML, inline pictures and the attachments you can save. Messages inside messages are listed as attachments.

Private: nothing is uploaded

The file is read inside your browser. It is never sent to a server. The email body is shown in a locked frame: scripts, web pictures, forms and redirects are blocked, and links open in a new tab.

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