RPMSG Converter

Extract text from RPMSG files


Drop or upload your .RPMSG file

How to extract text from your RPMSG file

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

Convert RPMSG to another file type

To convert your RPMSG file to another format, you need Microsoft Outlook or other Encoded software.

Convert a file to RPMSG

To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Email Attachment" file type, you need software like Microsoft Outlook or a similar tool.


About RPMSG files

RPMSG files are encrypted email envelopes created by Microsoft Outlook using Information Rights Management (IRM). These files wrap standard email content in a layer of security that enforces restrictions - such as preventing forwarding, copying, or printing - dictated by the sender via Microsoft Purview.

The biggest challenge with .RPMSG files is their strict proprietary lock-in. Unlike standard EML or MSG files, an .RPMSG cannot be opened by third-party email clients (like Thunderbird or Apple Mail) or text editors without specific Microsoft credentials and decryption keys. This is a major drawback for archiving, legal discovery, or simply viewing the message on non-Windows devices. Users often find themselves locked out of their own correspondence due to expired credentials or software incompatibility.

To overcome these limitations, the ideal workflow involves converting the decrypted content into open formats. For universal accessibility and archiving, converting to PDF is the gold standard, as it preserves the layout while potentially removing the active DRM restrictions (depending on the permission level). For importing into other email clients, converting to standard EML removes the proprietary wrapper.

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

Users also converted PDF, MSG, RPM, ZIP, RPMSG 2, JPG, RPT, TXT, CRDOWNLOAD, ASPX, PMD, ENC and BIN files.


FAQ

If you want to convert RPMSG file to PDF, MSG, EML, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART or DOWNLOAD, you can use Microsoft Outlook or similar software from the "Encrypted Email Delivery" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to RPMSG, try Microsoft Outlook or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted Email Delivery" category.



The RPMSG 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 RPMSG converter.