How to export Office 365 Emails to EML?

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Exporting Office 365 emails to EML is useful for multiple reasons, especially for users who value compatibility, portability, and easy access to emails across different platforms. EML files are lightweight, easy to transfer, and compatible with a range of email clients, including Thunderbird and Windows Mail. Exporting to EML also provides a reliable backup, offering users a long-term storage solution that ensures important messages can be accessed outside the Office 365 environment.

There are a couple of manual ways to export Office 365 emails to EML. The first method involves accessing Office 365 emails through Outlook. You can manually download individual emails as EML by dragging them from Outlook into a new message, then selecting the download option. Another approach uses Thunderbird. After setting up Thunderbird with your Office 365 account, you can drag and drop messages to export them as EML files or use an add-on like ImportExportTools NG. However, these methods have drawbacks. They’re time-consuming, require technical expertise, may lose folder structure, and often exclude attachments in the exported EML files.

To avoid these limitations, using a professional tool like the MigrateEmails Office 365 Migration Tool is a more efficient choice. This tool simplifies the process by allowing bulk export of Office 365 emails to EML with attachments intact and provides options for selective migration based on criteria like date range and subject. With features to maintain folder structures, metadata, and compatibility across Windows OS, this tool provides an organized, complete solution for Office 365 to EML migration.