Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Oct 2009 19:28 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Anyone who has ever dealt with Microsoft Outlook will know the .pst file format - it's the binary, undocumented file in which all data from Outlook is stored - emails, contacts, calendar, you name it, it's in there. Microsoft has announced that it will release detailed technical documentation on the Outlook .pst data format.
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PST, however, mostly fulfilled its promise. Older versions of Outlook/PST suffered from a 2 GB limit, which caused some "silent" data loss. Newer versions do much better.
"Newer" versions are not .pst files. They are .ost, a completely different format.
This is no different from opening the Word 95 .doc format ... considering the newer versions are nothing like it.
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I have a few PST files lying around. Before I installed my own IMAP server, I used Outlook to store all my email. I still have to export those messages from Outlook to my IMAP store. PST, however, mostly fulfilled its promise. Older versions of Outlook/PST suffered from a 2 GB limit, which caused some "silent" data loss. Newer versions do much better. I like the possibility of Outlook to store regular files in any folder (not as attachment, but really as, for example, a word document between some mail messages).
Anyway, enough cents - hopefully Microsoft will continue on this enlightened path. It's about time.