Email to PDF
Turn a saved email (.eml) or an Outlook message (.msg) into a PDF: its subject, sender, recipients and date, the message with its formatting and pictures, and its attachments embedded.
About This Tool
Email to PDF turns an email into a PDF: the subject, sender, recipients and date at the top, then the message as it was written, with its formatting, the pictures it shows and links you can click. It reads messages saved as .eml, which is what most mail programs save, and messages saved from Outlook as .msg.
Choose the page size (A4, Letter or Legal), whether to show the CC and BCC lines, how the date is written and the time zone it is shown in. With "List the attachments and embed them in the PDF" ticked, the files that came with the message are listed after it and embedded in the PDF, where the attachments panel of a PDF reader shows them. Pictures the message fetches from the web are left out: nothing is requested from other sites. A picture the tool cannot draw is attached as a file instead, and a message whose formatting cannot be laid out at all is printed as plain text; the page says so when either happens.
All conversion happens locally in your browser; your emails are not uploaded.
How to Use
Upload Email File
Add an .eml file, or a .msg file saved from Outlook.
Configure Options
Choose the page size, whether to include CC and BCC, the date format and the time zone.
Convert and Download
Click "Convert to PDF", then download the result.
Use Cases
Legal Records
Keep a PDF copy of a message with its sender, recipients and date, and its attachments inside the same file.
Business Archives
Keep PDF copies of correspondence for your records, each with the files that came with it.
Evidence Preservation
Print a message with its header lines to pass on or to file. Keep the original file as the evidence: the PDF is a copy, and it does not carry the message's technical headers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What email formats are supported?
.eml files, as most mail programs save them: messages with a plain and a formatted version, attachments and embedded pictures, in any character set the browser knows. And .msg files saved from Outlook, including those whose formatted text is kept only in Outlook's own form. A message attached inside an Outlook message is left out.
Are attachments included?
Yes, when "List the attachments and embed them in the PDF" is ticked: they are listed under the message with their sizes, and embedded in the PDF itself. Open the attachments panel of your PDF reader to save them. Untick it to get the message alone.
Are inline images displayed?
Pictures that travel with the message are shown where the message places them. Pictures the message only points to on the web are not fetched, so their places stay empty. A picture in a format that cannot be drawn is attached as a file instead.
Are links clickable?
Yes: links in a formatted message, and addresses that start with http:// or https:// in a plain-text message.
Is the email formatting preserved?
Headings, bold and italic, lists, colours, simple tables and the message's own styles are kept. Complicated layouts are simplified: the layout engine is a simple one, and a newsletter built from nested tables will not look as it does in a mail program. If the formatting cannot be laid out at all, the message is printed as plain text and the page says so.