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 "id": "personal-folder-file",
 "name": "Personal Folder File",
 "category": "email",
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   "pst",
   "ost",
   "nst"
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  ],
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   "x-fmt/249"
  ]
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 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "family of file formats related to Microsoft Outlook",
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   "name": "Aid4Mail",
   "url": "http://www.aid4mail.com/",
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   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Archivematica",
   "url": "https://www.archivematica.org/en/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Emailchemy",
   "url": "https://weirdkid.com/emailchemy/",
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   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Forensic Toolkit",
   "url": "http://accessdata.com/products-services/forensic-toolkit-ftk",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
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  {
   "name": "Microsoft Entourage",
   "url": "http://www.microsoft.com/france/mac/entourage2004/",
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   "writes": false
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  {
   "name": "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007",
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   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Microsoft Outlook",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Microsoft end-user license agreement"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Photorecovery",
   "url": "https://lc-tech.com/help/PhotoRecovery/English/index.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "PolyAnalyst",
   "url": "https://www.megaputer.com/polyanalyst/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Q223653",
   "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/exchange/email",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Recovery Toolbox",
   "url": "https://recoverytoolbox.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Windows Messaging",
   "url": "http://microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUCommunications/W95ExchUpdate",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
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  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Personal_Folder_File",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q29651120",
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 "provenance": {
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   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}