MAPIMAIL Converter

Extract text from Email messages (MAPIMAIL)


Drop or upload your .MAPIMAIL file
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How to extract text from your MAPIMAIL file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MAPIMAIL file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MAPIMAIL to another file type

To convert MAPIMAIL Emails to another format, you need Microsoft Windows or other System software.

Convert a file to MAPIMAIL

To convert other file formats to the "Windows SendTo Shortcut" file type, you need software like Microsoft Windows or a similar tool.


About MAPIMAIL files

A .MAPIMAIL file is a zero-byte trigger file used by the Microsoft Windows operating system to enable the 'Send to > Mail Recipient' right-click context menu feature. It is not a document, image, or actual email message. Its sole purpose is to tell Windows to open the default MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) email client and attach the selected file. Because it is a system shortcut with zero content, standard online converters fail when you try to convert it. There is literally no data inside to extract. It cannot be converted to PDF, JPG, or DOCX. People often stumble upon this file in the Windows AppData directory and mistakenly think it contains email data or attachments.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MAPIMAIL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted EXE, DLL and SDF files.


FAQ

If you want to convert MAPIMAIL file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "System Mail Shortcut Trigger" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to MAPIMAIL, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "System Mail Shortcut Trigger" category.



The MAPIMAIL Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MAPIMAIL converter.