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How To Read Outlook .msg Files in Power Automate?

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I was asked to make a tool so that when people upload an Outlook email file (.msg/.eml) to our SharePoint site, it’s property (from, to, subject, importance, etc) can be populated according to the email content. I am using power automate online (dont't have license for desktop version) to try to achieve the goal. .Eml file is the default extension from the new Outlook, and it is well supported by power automate using ‘Compose’ action, which means it can read the file content and extract the metadata. However, .msg file is the default extension from the classic Outlook and it is a binary file that cannot be read by power automate. Also, I didn’t see any connectors/actions can be used to convert .msg file to .eml file or plain text. I know there is a connector from Outlook to extract info directly from an email, but we need it to be triggered from SharePoint instead of Outlook. So, does anybody know how to convert .msg files in power automate or how to read .msg in power automate? I would really appreciate it if you could give me some advice on it.
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  • VictorIvanidze Profile Picture
    13,073 on at
    No way, sorry.
  • DJ_Jamba Profile Picture
    2,837 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    For .eml files, have you tried this?

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