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Hi I want to open .eml file in mozilla but it is opening in to notepad

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Anuja1
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Hi I want to open file with .eml. if i am downloading file of.eml type and i am opening that file then it is opening in notepad please give the settings to view .eml file in firefox

Hi I want to open file with .eml. if i am downloading file of.eml type and i am opening that file then it is opening in notepad please give the settings to view .eml file in firefox

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Anuja1
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Hi I can open .eml file in firefox with content type- Outlook Express mail message with notepad in one of my system but i am not finding this option of content type present in Tools>Options>Application in onother system so how can i add such content types in firefox Tools>Options>Application?

the-edmeister
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Sorry, .eml is a file format used by several desktop email clients. Firefox doesn't do email, thus doesn't support that file format.

Mozilla Thunderbird does support eml files to a degree. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switching-thunderbird#w_importing-windows-mail-messages

Anuja1
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But how can i open .eml file in one of my system?