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Full forensic headers
Every PDF includes the complete Received chain, return paths, DKIM signatures, SPF results, and message IDs. The metadata that makes an email admissible — not the stripped-down version Gmail prints.
Email archiving
worthy of the record.
Convert .eml files into forensic-grade PDFs with full SMTP headers, DKIM signatures, and embedded attachments. Built for litigators, journalists, and anyone who needs a paper trail that holds up.
Drop your
.eml files
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Supports
.eml
.msg
multiple files
Zero uploads. Ever.
Full headers preserved
No account required
Free forever
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Your emails never leave this page.
Every other "email to PDF" converter on the internet uploads your messages to their servers. Read their privacy policies. We don't have a server. There's nothing to upload to. The entire conversion runs in JavaScript, in your browser, on your machine.
Don't take our word. Open your browser's network tab, drop a file, and watch nothing happen. Disconnect from the internet first if you want to be sure.
How we built this without a backend
II.
What makes a PDF defensible.
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Bates numbering
Sequential page identifiers (BATES000001) for litigation discovery. Configurable prefix, padding, and starting number. The kind of feature legal-tech tools charge fifty dollars a month for.
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Attachments, embedded
Inline images render in the body. PDFs, documents, and other attachments append to the file or zip alongside it. Nothing referenced is lost; nothing implied is fabricated.
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Batch by the hundred
Drag in fifty or five hundred files. Get them back as individual PDFs, a merged document, or a hash-verified zip. Batch processing without the upload anxiety.
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Thread reconstruction
Tangled reply chains rebuilt into chronological transcripts. Quote stripping is optional. Read the conversation the way the parties did, in the order it happened.
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Three header modes
Forensic for evidence. Standard for archives. Clean for presentation. Toggle per file or set defaults. The output matches the audience.
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Why not just print to PDF?
Gmail
Print → Save as PDF
Print → Save as PDF
Cloud SaaS
Smallpdf, ILovePDF, etc.
Smallpdf, ILovePDF, etc.
MailToPDF
This page
This page
Forensic SMTP headers
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Inline images render correctly
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Attachments preserved
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Batch processing
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Bates numbering
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Documents stay on your device
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Cost
Free
$10–30/mo
Free
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Built for the people who need the record.
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Litigators & paralegals
Preserve email evidence with the metadata intact. Bates-number exhibits in seconds. Build discovery binders without sending privileged communications to a third-party server.
B.
Investigative journalists
Archive source correspondence offline. The conversion never touches a network. Headers preserved for verification, attachments kept with provenance, no server logs anywhere to subpoena.
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Accountants & auditors
Convert client receipts, vendor confirmations, and invoice correspondence into archival PDFs ready for accounting software. Batch the year's worth in one pass.
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Compliance officers
Satisfy retention requirements (SEC 17a-4, FINRA, HIPAA) with auditable PDFs. Hash verification optional. Local-first means your audit trail doesn't depend on a vendor's uptime.
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Anyone in a dispute
Landlord, employer, contractor, ex. The emails matter and they need to live somewhere they can't be edited or deleted. Save them as PDFs. Print them if you have to.
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Personal archivists
Flight confirmations, warranty correspondence, tax notices, medical letters. The important emails of a life, saved as searchable, printable PDFs you actually own.
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Three steps. That's the whole thing.
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Export the email as
.emlGmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, ProtonMail — every major client can do this. Our export guide shows the three-click path for each.
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Drop the file on this page
Or several files. Or a folder. The conversion happens in the browser tab you're looking at. Watch the network panel if you don't believe us.
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Download the PDF
Configure header detail, Bates numbering, and attachment handling first if you need to. Then download. The PDF is on your machine. The original email never wasn't.
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Frequently asked, plainly answered.
Is the resulting PDF admissible as evidence in court?
Admissibility is a determination made by the court, not by us. What we can promise: the PDF preserves the forensic metadata (full headers, DKIM signatures, message IDs) that authentication arguments typically rely on. Combined with proper chain of custody, it gives you a defensible artifact. Talk to your counsel about whether it meets your jurisdiction's standards.
What about .msg files from Outlook?
Outlook's proprietary .msg format is supported, with the caveat that some embedded objects (rare OLE attachments) may not render perfectly. For maximum fidelity, export from Outlook as .eml instead — our guide shows the path.
How is this free?
The core tool is free because there's nothing to host — every conversion happens on your machine. The Pro tier ($5/month) adds batch processing over ten files, custom Bates configurations, OCR for image-only emails, and white-label PDF branding. Most users never need it.
Can I trust that you're not secretly uploading my emails?
Open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab, drop a file, and watch. You'll see the static assets load when the page loads, and nothing else. Disconnect from the internet entirely if you want to be certain. The site continues to work.
What's the file size limit?
Limited only by your computer's memory. We've tested files up to 200MB (with embedded video attachments) on a mid-range laptop. There's no upstream limit because there's no upstream.
Does the tool work offline?
Yes. Once the page has loaded once, it works without an internet connection. We're a static site with no API calls — there's nothing for an offline browser to fail at.
The record deserves better than a screenshot.
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