How to Export SquirrelMail to PDF with Attachments Intact

SquirrelMail is dead. But what about the emails already saved on the local system of users? Naturally, it needs to be accessed in other email clients and possibly be converted into documents to preserve them. In this article, we will learn how to export SquirrelMail to PDF while keeping the metadata and attachments intact.

If you wish to know how to access these emails in Outlook, read the article on converting SquirrelMail to Outlook.

SquirrelMail gained most of its popularity after being incorporated into cPanel and WHM. However, the lack of support and diminished developers, this open-source webmail is nowhere able to stand with the modern webmail applications. Thus, it was thoroughly removed from cPanel and WHM 78.

Anyhow, since the queries haven’t stopped coming, we will do our utmost to provide you with the best way to convert SquirrelMail emails into PDF documents.

How to Export SquirrelMail to PDF

Squirrelmail has no option to directly save the emails in PDF files. So, the whole process can be conducted in 2 separate steps:

1. Extracting data from SquirrelMail (Skip it if you already have exported emails on your local system)
2. Export SquirrelMail files to PDF

Let us have a look at these steps in detail.

Step 1: Extracting data from SquirrelMail

For cPanel and WHM 72 and earlier version.

1. As an administrator, you can directly download Squirrelmail emails via cPanel with Export facility.
2. As a normal user, you will have to select all emails messages in SquirrelMail.
3. Then, click on the Move option (presiding next to Forward option).
4. Create a new folder and click on Archive.
5. Select Save File along with the destination choice if your browser asks for it.
6. The files are saved in compressed format. So, unzip it and you will discover all SquirrelMail emails in Maildir file format.

Now, that you have the Maildir files, or maybe you already have them beforehand, it is time to move onto the next step i.e., conversion.

Step 2: Export SquirrelMail to PDF Files

In the absence of direct methods, your best best is to try out the third-party applications for the conversion.

In that regard, have a look at SysTools Maildir Converter that provides multiple options to export SquirrelMail emails like PST, PDF, EML, MSG and more.

In addition, during conversion, the software provides advanced settings such as Naming convention, date filters, header details, page layout etc.

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Here’s how to convert SquirrelMail emails to PDF using the software:

• Start the tool and it will automatically search and list all the Maildir files residing on your computer.

• Select the folder that contains SquirrelMail emails and click on Export button.

• Click on PDF and hit the Adv Settings button.

• Apply all the advance settings regarding page layout, bates number, name convention and filters.

• After saving the settings, click on Export button.

You can choose to create a single PDF containing all the Maildir emails, or separate PDF for each Maildir file. Its all up to your requirements.

Summary

The article comprises of a two-step method to export SquirrelMail to PDF files. The method takes into account the process to export data from cPanel integrated SquirrelMail to local system and also provides the means of converting the exported files into PDF documents. The most challenging task when converting files into PDF is keeping the attached files intact. And the given method keeps the metadata information and attachments completely intact during the entire conversion.