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

ID: Q184266

The information in this article applies to:

Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), version 1.0
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), versions 1.0a, 1.1, 1.2
Microsoft Outlook 97

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 (CDO), and the Outlook Object Model.


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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbCDO100a kbCDO110 kbCDO120 kbOutlook97 kbMAPI100
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,1.1,1.2,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo