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Add support for converting RFC 822 .eml files to Markdown, using Python's built-in email module (zero new dependencies). Follows the same pattern as OutlookMsgConverter. Handles: - Plain text emails - Multipart MIME (prefers text/plain, falls back to HTML with tag stripping) - From, To, Cc, Subject, Date headers Relates to microsoft#89 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Adds support for converting RFC 822 .eml files to Markdown using Python's built-in
emailmodule. Zero new dependencies. Follows theOutlookMsgConverterpattern exactly.Why this matters
markitdown handles Outlook .msg files but not standard .eml files (#89). EML is the universal email format used by Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Gmail exports, and email forensic tools. Anyone processing email archives for LLM analysis needs this.
Changes
_eml_converter.py: New converter handlingmessage/rfc822MIME type and.emlextensiontext/plain, falls back totext/htmlwith tag stripping_markitdown.pyalongsideOutlookMsgConverterTesting
Both test vectors pass
test_guess_stream_infoandtest_convert_local:Relates to #89
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