What is ".eml" and why doesn't my outlook email recognize it?

[Randy]

What is ".eml" and why doesn't my outlook email recognize it? Lately all my
emails with an attachment of .eml will not open and my outlook crashes.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

When Outlook receives an *.EML attachment, it should have converted it to
native type *.MSG file. Try saving the *.EML to you file system (e.g. My
Documents), rename it with a *.TXT extension and then open it with notepad.
This will help you get an idea if the file is really an Outlook Express
message type file or something else.