Why to Convert EML to OTT?
EML (Electronic Mail) is an email file format used to store emails. It is widely used by many email clients like Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. OTT (OpenDocument Text) is an open standard format used by many word processing applications like Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, etc. Converting EML to OTT format is beneficial for many reasons. It allows users to open and view emails in a word processing application, which makes it easier to read and edit the content. It also allows users to save emails in a format that is compatible with many other applications.
How Aspose.Total Helps for EML to OTT Conversion?
Aspose.Total for Python via .NET is a full package of various APIs dealing different formats including Email, Images and Microsoft Word formats. It includes two APIs, Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and Aspose.Email for Python via .NET, which makes it easy to convert EML to OTT format using Python. It is a two step process, firstly load Email and render it into HTML via Aspose.Email for Python via .NET. Secondly load the converted HTML using Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and save it into respective Word OTT format. This process is automated and can be done quickly and easily with Aspose.Total for Python via .NET.
How to Convert EML to OTT in Python
- Open the source EML file using MailMessage.load class
- Call the
save
method while specifying output HTML file path and relevant HTML Save options as parameter. So your EML file is converted to HTML at the specified path - Now Load the saved HTML file using Document
- Call the save method with relevant file path. So finally the EML is converted
Conversion Requirements
- For EML to OTT conversion, Python 3.5 or later is required
- Reference APIs within the project directly from PyPI ( Aspose.Words and Aspose.Email )
- Or use the following pip command
pip install aspose.words
andpip install Aspose.Email-for-Python-via-NET
- Moreover, Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS (see more for Words and Email ) and for Linux check additional requirements for gcc and libpython and follow step by step instructions INSTALL