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MSG (Document)
| File extension | .msg |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | MSG was originally designed for the Microsoft Exchange mail document, this format is widely used by all of Microsofts infrastructure solutions. MSG files consist of main message body, calender, contacts and reminders, these are arranged in a hierachial directory structure and underpinned by MAPI (Microsofts Messaging Application Programming Interface). |
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| Technical Details | A MSG file are often formed by Outlook Express of Microsoft Outlook. They are saved as COM structured storage OLE2 compound documents and consist of several streams with sub tags. A MSG file maybe encoded in either Binary or ASCII. |
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| Developed by | Microsoft |
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PST (Document)
| File extension | .pst |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | A Personal Storage Table (.pst) is a file that is used to store copies of messages, calendar events, and other items within Microsoft software such as Microsoft Exchange Client, Windows Messaging, and Microsoft Outlook. PST files are used for archiving email data offline that can be later loaded and viewed in various applications. |
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| Technical Details | PST file formats have two types which are based on the encoding. ANSI encoded PST files are generally older file formats, supported by Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier versions - these files have a maximum size limit of 2GB and do not support Unicode. The more modern file format is based on Unicode encoding and removes the file size limit and can reach a maximum size of 50GB. |
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Convert MSG file
Using Zamzar, it is possible to convert MSG files to a variety of other formats
- msg to doc (Microsoft Word Document)
- msg to eml (E-Mail)
- msg to html (Hypertext Markup Language)
- msg to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- msg to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- msg to pst (Personal Folder File)
- msg to rtf (Rich Text Format)
- msg to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- msg to txt (Text Document)