1 Introduction

The Outlook Personal Folders (.pst) File Format specifies the necessary technical information required to read and write the contents of a Personal Folders File (PST). This document also specifies the minimum requirements for a PST file to be recognizable as valid in order for implementers to create PST files that can be mounted and used by other implementations of the specification.

Sections 1.7 and 2 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.