Outlook Emails

[Peter1001]

I am new to Dropbox. I have uploaded Outlook Emails to Dropbox. I can open them on my windows PC, but I cannot open them on my Galaxy Android. The "Open with..." window gives me only the File Commander and OfficeSuite option. But both dont work, if I want to view outlook emails. Any recommendation for me what I can do?

[Mark]

You will need to download and install an app which can open .eml - the Dropbox software isnt capable of this 

[Peter1001]

Hi Mark, thanks for the info. I wasnt prepared for this and dont really like the idea. I am moving away from Onedrive, which lets me view emails on the PC as well as mobile/notepad. Dropbox really doesnt seem a good alternative for my usage. Same problems with sync.com. Is the only alternative gmail/google drive if one wants to store emails in a folder and view it on the go?

[Mark]

You cannot really compare to a computer as that will have software on it which does it already for you. Most of these programs are simply like a USB pen - there job is to get the stuff to the device. Opening things is then down to the device. 

In terms of what Google does, sorry, I'm not sure. 

[Rich · Accepted solution]

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@Peter1001 wrote:

I wasnt prepared for this and dont really like the idea. ... Dropbox really doesnt seem a good alternative for my usage.

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@Mark is correct here; it's not the service you're using, it's that you don't have an application on your device that can open the files. Outlook uses a proprietary message format (messages are saved as .MSG files) and they can't be opened by just any program. If OneDrive can read them natively then I suspect that Microsoft programmed it that way since both products are created by Microsoft.

The simple solution is to get a program on your device that can open .MSG files, then it won't matter what service you store them on.

[Peter1001]

Thank you Mark and Rich, got it!