Create a mailbox in Outlook 2013 that reads eml files from folder

Question

How can I create a new mailbox in Outlook 2013 that reads .eml files from a specific folder on the network? I don't want to have to manually import each .eml file.

I don't want to send any e-mails from this mailbox. I would just like to view the messages in that folder. For some context, this relates to testing emails for development and QA. I would like to leverage some of the filtering/sorting that Outlook provides as well.

Answer 1

Just create a new PST Data File and import your EML files into this new PST.

To create a new PST data file, just use File -> Account Settings -> Data Files -> Add..

To import EML files, you can use the free Import Messages from EML Files utility. Advanced version allows you to import files periodically - it can move successfully imported files into the selected folder, thus avoiding duplicates to be created.

Answer 2

To convert EML files to Outlook PST there is manual as well as expert solution. Both solutions have its own benefits and its own demerits. But i you want to convert EML to PST easily without creating any extra work for yourself try to convert EML files with some third-party tool like EML to PST Converter. If you wants to convert EML to PST manually you can check this out GainTools EML to PST Converter