6 Appendix B: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

  • Microsoft Outlook 2010

  • Microsoft Outlook 2013

  • Microsoft Outlook 2016

  • Microsoft Outlook 2019

  • Microsoft Outlook 2021

  • Microsoft Outlook 2024 Preview

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 1.3.2.1.3:  Office Outlook 2007 with Service Pack 2, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 do not use Free Maps and Free Page Maps.

<2> Section 1.3.2.3:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 do not use or create Density Lists.

<3> Section 2.2.1.2:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 can read, write, and create both ANSI and Unicode PST files. The default format is Unicode.

<4> Section 2.2.2.2:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<5> Section 2.2.2.5:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<6> Section 2.2.2.5:  Office Outlook 2003 uses VALID_AMAP1 to indicate that the AMaps are valid.

<7> Section 2.2.2.5:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<8> Section 2.2.2.5:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<9> Section 2.2.2.6:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<10> Section 2.2.2.6:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<11> Section 2.2.2.6:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<12> Section 2.2.2.6:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<13> Section 2.2.2.6:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 use this value for implementation-specific data. Modification of this value can result in failure to read the PST file by Outlook.

<14> Section 2.2.2.7.3:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 do not use the Density List, and use the PMap to locate free Pages.

<15> Section 2.2.2.7.4:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 do not create or use the Density List, and use the PMap, FMap, and FPMap to locate free Pages.

<16> Section 2.2.2.7.5:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 do not create or use the Density List, and use the FMap to locate free Pages.

<17> Section 2.2.2.7.6:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 do not create or use the Density List, and use the FPMap to locate free Pages.

<18> Section 2.4.8.4.2:  Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 modify the Search Activity List.

<19> Section 2.6.1:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 update and maintain PMaps.

<20> Section 2.6.1:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 update and maintain FMaps.

<21> Section 2.6.1:  Office Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook 2007 without Service Pack 2 update and maintain FPMaps.

<22> Section 2.6.1.3.4:  Office Outlook 2007 with Service Pack 2, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 implement backfilling.

<23> Section 2.6.1.3.7:  Outlook 2013 uses an internal algorithm instead of the AMap rebuild and does not set the fAMapValid flag. Outlook 2013 ignores the fAMapValid flag.