Batch convert MSG files to PDF
Anyone who has been handed a folder of 400 .msg files knows the bad options: open each in Outlook and print (hours), buy a $50-100 desktop converter (per-seat licenses, Windows only), or upload the lot to a web converter (your client's correspondence on someone else's server). Adobe's own forums are full of people asking Acrobat to do this; it can't without Outlook installed and a plugin working.
This tool takes the whole folder in one drag. Each .msg parses in your browser — sender, recipients, sent date, body, attachment list — and you get either one PDF per message or, with the full version, a single merged PDF sorted by date with Bates numbers on every page and a SHA-256 integrity manifest at the end. Five hundred messages is a normal job, not a special one.
Because everything runs locally, batch size is limited by your machine's memory rather than a server quota, and nothing needs uploading, queueing or retention-policy fine print.
Open the converter — free, no upload
The batch workflow
- In Outlook, select all relevant messages (Ctrl+A or filtered selection) and drag them into a folder — Windows writes one .msg per message.
- Drag the folder's contents into the converter (select-all in the file picker works too).
- Review the parsed list — every message shows date, subject and source file before you commit.
- Choose merged-PDF + Bates prefix for a production set, or individual PDFs for a working file.
Questions
How many files can one batch handle?
The free version converts 5 per batch as a sample. The full version is bounded by device memory — hundreds of messages on a normal laptop, comfortably.
What order does the merged PDF use?
Chronological by each message's internal sent/delivery timestamp — not by filename, which is rarely sorted correctly.
Do attachment files come along?
The manifest in each PDF records every attachment. Enable attachment extraction and the output ZIP includes the original attachment files organized per email.