Storage Formats

E-mail messages and attachments can easily be saved from Outlook directly to M-Files. The following M-Files functions are available in Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016.

Outlook offers the following save options for Save to M-Files:

E-mail messages can be saved to M-Files in many formats.

Outlook message (*.msg)

The e-mail message and any attachments are stored in M-Files in MSG format. The stored file and its attachments open as a message in Outlook.

Outlook message; separate attachments (*.msg; *.*)

The e-mail message is stored as a multi-file document: message text is stored in MSG format and the attachments in their native file formats. The stored MSG file opens as a message in Outlook. The attachments open in the applications associated with the file format.

Text only; no attachments (*.txt)

The e-mail message is stored as a text file. The stored file opens in, e.g., Notepad. Attachements are not saved.

Text only; separate attachments (*.txt; *.*)

The e-mail message is stored as a multi-file document: message text is stored as plain text and the attachments in their native file formats. The attachments open in the applications associated with the file format.

MHTML document; no attachments (*.mht)

The e-mail message is stored in M-Files in MHT format. The stored file is opened in a program that supports reading of MHT files such as Internet Explorer.

MHTML document; separate attachments (*.mht; *.*)

The e-mail message is stored as a multi-file document: the content of the message is stored in MHT format and the attachments in their native file formats. The attachments open in the applications associated with the file format.