Convert MSG to PST

What is MSG file?

The .MSG file format is most commonly associated with the popular Microsoft Outlook program. Outlook uses this format for sending and receiving emails along with their attachments. This format is used as a container for delivering a message body, recipient addresses, attachments, and other key message components over the internet. Outlook stores all emails in the .MSG container file in order to preserve their formatting and other data. Formatting Details The . [ ⏩ ] MSG file extension

What is PST file?

The PST (Outlook Personal Information Store File) is a file extension used by Microsoft Outlook to save its emails, calendar entries, contacts, tasks and other associated items. Characteristic of this file extension is that messages and other items are kept in individual folders, according to their classification. Microsoft Outlook stores information on its central database known as an .ost file, but these can only accessed when connected to a server. [ ⏩ ] PST file extension

How to convert the file from MSG to PST?

To successfully convert the MSG file to PST, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.MSG). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case PST (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than PST).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. MSG to PST. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting MSG files to PST files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension PST, while before this step we had the MSG file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new PST file, or not.

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