---
name: "Email::Outlook::Message"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libemail-outlook-message-perl"
version: "0.921-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Email::Outlook::Message"
---

# Email::Outlook::Message(3pm)

Read Outlook .msg files

## NAME

Email::Outlook::Message.pm - Read Outlook .msg files

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Email::Outlook::Message;
  my $msg = new Email::Outlook::Message $filename, $verbose;
  my $mime = $msg->to_email_mime;
  $mime->as_string;
```

## DESCRIPTION

Parses .msg message files as produced by Microsoft Outlook.

## METHODS

- **new($msg, $verbose)**

  Parse the file pointed at by `$msg`. Set `$verbose` to a true value to print information about skipped parts of the .msg file on STDERR.

- **to\_email\_mime**

  Output result as an Email::MIME object.

## BUGS

Not all data that is in the .msg file is converted. There are some parts whose meaning escapes me, although more documentation on MIME properties is available these days. Other parts do not make sense outside of Outlook and Exchange.

GPG signed mail is not processed correctly. Neither are attachments of type 'appledoublefile'.

It would be nice if we could write .MSG files too, but that will require quite a big rewrite.

## AUTHOR

Matijs van Zuijlen, `"matijs@matijs.net"`

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2002--2020 by Matijs van Zuijlen

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.