Saving E-Mail Messages in HTML Format

[Dominic Meo III]

I am ugprgading from Windows XP Pro and Outlook 2003 to Windows 7 and Outlook
2007. When I was using Outlook 2003, I saved all of my e-mail to my hard
drive as HTML files. These files could be read by either Word 2003 or
Windows Explorer.

Now that I am using Windows 7 and Outlook 7, when I save my e-mail messages
as HTML files, I create both an HTML file and an HTML folder. This is really
frustrating. Word 2007 cannot open the HTML files, and I am creating HTML
folders which are cluttering up the folders used to store e-mail. This is
really crazy. What is Microsoft trying to accomplish?

What format type should I be using to save e-mail to my hard drive? I would
like to create just one file for each e-mail message, not multiple files or
folders, which happens when I use the HTML format. I would like to be able
to read my e-mail message using Word.

Thanks for your help.

- Dominic

 

[VanguardLH]

I am ugprgading from Windows XP Pro and Outlook 2003 to Windows 7 and
Outlook 2007. When I was using Outlook 2003, I saved all of my e-mail to
my hard drive as HTML files. These files could be read by either Word
2003 or Windows Explorer.

But you don't tell *us* just HOW you saved those e-mails to files (HTML or
otherwise)? Just what is the list of steps you perform to save the e-mails
as a file external to your e-mail program?

Now that I am using Windows 7 and Outlook 7, when I save my e-mail
messages as HTML files, I create both an HTML file and an HTML folder.
This is really frustrating. Word 2007 cannot open the HTML files, and I
am creating HTML folders which are cluttering up the folders used to
store e-mail. This is really crazy. What is Microsoft trying to
accomplish?

If you save a page as HTML, any linked objects inside of it have to be,
well, linked. So the save process redefines the links to point at objects
saved in a local folder. If you want the entire page saved inside a single
file then save to the .mht (MIME HTML web archive) file format that you
were using before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHTML

Rather than have the links go to objects saved as separate files (which
they were originally in the web page), those objects are encoded into MIME
parts within the same file as the HTML code for the web page (similar to
how "attachments" in e-mails are MIME parts within the body of the e-mails
to keep it all within one document).

What format type should I be using to save e-mail to my hard drive? I
would like to create just one file for each e-mail message, not multiple
files or folders, which happens when I use the HTML format.

MIME HTML (.mht file) support has been around since 1999 starting with IE5.
That is probably the file format you were using before but somehow forgot
after your migration to Windows 7.

I would like to be able to read my e-mail message using Word.

..mht files are archive web pages, not .doc files. However, lucky for you,
Word will read and display .mht files (because it supports display of HTML
documents).