
To learn how to save Outlook emails using the add-in, follow these instructions: How to automatically save emails from Outlook using our add-in: For this you would need an add-in like our Attachment Save add-in. In any case, Outlook does not support automatically saving emails as they arrive, or saving emails in multiple folders all at the same time. Then all you have to do is use the search function in your PDF reader. Even better, the Save As PDF Pro add-in will take your emails and save them all into one long PDF file, either as a PDF portfolio, or just the plain format of email 1, attachment 1, email 2, attachment 2, etc. If this is for searching (say for a legal discovery requirement), you’re probably better off saving the emails as individual PDF files, then search those. The other formats do not require Outlook and can be read either by a browser or by a text editor like Notepad. MSG is the native Outlook format, and if you move emails from one machine to another, both of these two formats will need to have Outlook on that machine in order to read the email.

The OFT is usually used for templates, so that a copy of a frequently used email can be saved to your desktop, and double clicked when you need to send a copy of that email. They can both be opened in Outlook because they are Outlook native formats.

Out of the five formats Outlook supports (HTML, MHT, TXT, OFT and MSG), only OFT and MSG support saving any attachments along with the email.

Follow these instructions to find out how to save emails out of Outlook. Saving emails is useful for backing up, keeping related project/case file emails archived together, or for using different search tools other than Outlook’s native searching capabilities.
