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INFO: Microsoft Exchange PAB, PST, and MSG File Structure

Article ID: 184266

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

Microsoft Messaging Application Programming Interface
Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 1.0a
Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 1.1
Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 1.2
Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 1.21
Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q184266

SUMMARY

The file structure for the files listed below is proprietary. Programmatic access to these files is provided directly through MAPI interfaces, Collaboration Data Objects (1.x), and the Outlook Object Model.

      Description                  File Extension
      -----------                  --------------
   Personal Address Book              .PAB
   Personal Message Store             .PST
   Compound Message Document          .MSG

Keywords: kbinfo kbmsg KB184266