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The Need:

Essentially I have a tool that creates HTML Emails. A feature I would like to add for this tool is to create .MSG or .OFT files for use specifically in Outlook so the client doesn't have to load the HTML into outlook and create their own .MSG or .OFT files manually. This has to be done in either PHP or JS via my tool, NOT done manually in Outlook.

The Problem

It appears these files are Binary Files and I cannot find a JS Library that handles the conversion. If the client uploads the HTML directly into Outlook, then Outlook modifies the HTML in such a way that it often breaks the email. If I had more control over the conversation I could hopefully fix a few of the rendering issues.

What I've Tried

I exported .EML Files successfully, but once imported into Outlook and converted, these too break in the same manner as straight HTML.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

DigitalMC
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  • If you've tried EML, what makes you think MSG woudl be any better? What exactly breaks for EML? – Dmitry Streblechenko Dec 16 '20 at 19:27
  • The most obvious issue is `direction:ltr` doesn't get added if inside a parent node with `direction:rtl`. This is done for multi-column mobile rendering. I was hoping since the `.msg` file already processes the HTML that I could do some sort of post-compiled checking and fix errors that Outlook would then just insert . But with `.eml` the processing is done by the client in outlook. – DigitalMC Dec 17 '20 at 20:05
  • MSG file won't be any different from EML. You'd need to fix your HTML - keep in mind that HTML in Outlook is rendered by Word, not IE. – Dmitry Streblechenko Dec 17 '20 at 21:34

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