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Vallatt
Copper Contributor
Oct 26, 2022

Opening .msg files from sharepoint natively in Outlook

Hi   I am wondering if there is a method of opening .msg files in a similar manner to .xls and .docx, where you can open them natively. The current way sharepoint opens .msg files does not allow ac...
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Egbert_de
Copper Contributor
Feb 13, 2026

bizarre omission is indeed the best description of this, we also are annoyed by this day-in-day-out. with all the CO pilot/knowledge graph developments something simple as this i would expect to be easy

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    Paul_HK_de_Jong
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 16, 2026

    Using Group Policy (see earlier reply) can close the functionality gap for Edge and Chrome on Windows clients. This capability is not available for other browsers such as Firefox or Safari.

    There are alternatives for viewing emails and attachments (pdf, docx, zip, jpg, msg, ...) directly within the browser. For example:
    https://www.slimapplications.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/EmailManagerOverview-scaled.png

    With this approach, the email is not downloaded to the local device, reducing the risk of exposing corporate data by preventing emails from accumulating in the user’s Downloads folder