# \[ANN\] ruby-msg-1.2.16

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-msg-1-2-16/93203>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 29, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-msg-1-2-16/93203 "2007-04-29T07:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![calande](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@calande](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/calande)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-msg-1-2-16/93203/1 "2007-04-29T07:03:14Z")

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Hi all,

ruby-msg is “A library for reading Outlook msg files, and for converting  
them to RFC2822 emails.”

I hadn’t yet announced this ruby library/tool of mine yet, but this  
release finally makes installation and use as easy as it should be.

It is, AFAIK, currently the best option for converting .msg files that  
a) doesn’t rely on you running outlook on windows to do the conversion;  
and  
b) is free software

Simply:

1. download the gem  
([http://ruby-msg.googlecode.com/files/ruby-msg-1.2.16.gem](http://ruby-msg.googlecode.com/files/ruby-msg-1.2.16.gem))
2. gem install ruby-msg-1.2.16.gem
3. convert some msg files (msgtool -c myemail.msg)

Details at [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/ruby-msg/).

Also includes a complete read/write Ole::Storage library, which will be  
separated for use in other projects shortly.

Regards