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How to Convert Outlook Email to Word using Python. For more details: https://kb.aspose.com/email/python/how-to-convert-outlook-email-to-word-using-python/
import aspose.email as ae
import aspose.words as aw
import io
# Path to the source files
filePath = "Y://SampleData//"
# Load the license in your application for converting EML to MHTML
emlLicense = ae.License()
emlLicense.set_license(filePath + "Conholdate.Total.Product.Family.lic")
# Set the Aspose.Words license for converting MHTML to a DOCX file
wordsLicense = aw.License()
wordsLicense.set_license(filePath + "Conholdate.Total.Product.Family.lic")
# Load the source EML or MSG file from the disk or mail server
srcMessage = ae.MailMessage.load(filePath + "Message.msg")
# Save email to stream as a MHTML with default options
mhtml_Stream = io.BytesIO()
# Save the email to MHTML file to a memory stream
srcMessage.save(mhtml_Stream, ae.SaveOptions.default_mhtml)
# Reset the Memory stream position
mhtml_Stream.seek(0)
# Configure the LoadOptions to set the load format to Mhtml
loadOptions = aw.loading.LoadOptions()
loadOptions.load_format = aw.LoadFormat.MHTML
# Instantiate the Document class object to load the intermediate MTHML from MemoryStream
mhtmlDocument = aw.Document(mhtml_Stream, loadOptions)
# Close the MHTML stream now
mhtml_Stream.close()
# Save the loaded MHTML to DOCX in Python
mhtmlDocument.save(filePath + "SaveEmailAsDoc.docx")
print ("EML converted to Word file")
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