Storage Formats

Email messages and attachments can be saved from Microsoft Outlook directly to M-Files. The M-Files capabilities described in this section are available in Microsoft Outlook versions 2016 and 2019, and in versions of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise that Microsoft supports.

Microsoft Outlook has these options for the Save to M-Files feature:

Microsoft Outlook message (*.msg)

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

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

The email 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 Microsoft Outlook. The attachments open in the applications associated with the file format.

Text only; no attachments (*.txt)

The email message is stored as a text file. The stored file opens in, for example, Notepad. Attachments are not saved.

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

The email 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 email 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 email 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.