# ImportExtractMessage

A Boolean that specifies whether to extract e-mail messages from container files in their native format. To extract messages in their native format, set this parameter to `true`. To extract messages as plain text, set this parameter to `false`.

CFS can extract messages in the following formats: MSG files from PST files, MBX (mbox format), DBX (Outlook Express database file), and ENT (Outlook Entourage for Mac). All other messages are extracted as plain text.

Type: | Boolean
Default: | False
Required | No
Configuration Section: | ImportService
Example: | `ImportExtractMessage=true`
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