What is .eml?

[Shawn McCuan]

>> filename_pps.eml and when I click on the file it comes up in Gedit. I 
>> wonder if .eml is a compressed for or something? Perhaps like .zip?

> They are email files, most likely sent with Outlook or Outlook Express. 
> Most file extensions can belong to multiple programs however, but the 
> emails from outlook are the most common usage.

It could also be from "Windows Mail" in Windows Vista.