CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

convert outlook email to text file python

import email
from emaildata.attachment import Attachment

message = email.message_from_file(open('message.eml'))
for content, filename, mimetype, message in Attachment.extract(message):
    print filename
    with open(filename, 'w') as stream:
        stream.write(content)
    # If message is not None then it is an instance of email.message.Message
    if message:
        print "The file {0} is a message with attachments.".format(filename)