Hi everyone! Does anyone know if it is possible to extract attachment from an eml file using RPA Builder and pass them to a composer flow? Thanks to everyone who can help me.
Most users get stuck here because an EML file doesn’t actually store attachments as separate accessible files until the email is parsed properly.
So when you try to use RPA Builder, it usually won’t “see” attachments directly inside the file. That’s the main reason the flow breaks when passing data to a Composer step.
One simple way around this is to treat the EML file like a raw message, extract it locally first, and then pull out the MIME attachments using a small parsing step or script activity. Once the attachments are saved into a folder, you can easily pass that folder path into your Composer flow and continue automation without any friction.
If you don’t want to deal with scripting or MIME handling, a tool like
Mailvare Free EML Attachment Extractorcan do the extraction part and drop all attachments into a clean output folder that RPA can consume directly.
Just keep an eye on duplicate filenames, because in automated flows they can get overwritten if not handled properly.
