Outlook Express Message Database

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Outlook Express was an email program that was included with versions of Microsoft Windows prior to Windows Vista. Outlook Express saved messages in .dbx files, with each file containing the contents of an Outlook Express folder.

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Extensions	`.dbx`
Signatures	`cfad12fec5fd746f66e3d1119a4e00c04fa309d405000000050000` at byte 0 (Outlook Express Message Database) `cfad12fe` at byte 0
PRONOM	`fmt/838`
Wikidata	`Q29167848`

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Sources

PRONOM fmt/838
Wikidata Q29167848
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