What is MSG file?

MSG is the short form for message. It is used as file extension for the Microsoft Exchange mail documents. These MSG messages are created or saved within Microsoft Outlook email client application. These MSG files contain multiple email fields, attachments, etc.

The information saved in the MSG file includes the date of the message, who sent it, who received it, the subject and the body of the email. These MSG files help users who download mails via POP 3 clients to view their email messages and attachments even when they are not connected to the internet. 

MSG file recognizes the email messages that are formed by the email programs Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.

There are number of programs that have the capability to open Outlook messages when they are compatible with Outlook Mail Message through use of Microsoft’s Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI). The PST files of Outlook when considered individually get converted to MSG.

MSG files often get corrupted due to application malfunction, viruses or Trojans. In such cases, MS outlook is unable to fetch the data from these MSG files. Also there may be situations when the user is not having MS Outlook and he may be in the need to view MSG files. 

In all these situations, you can download the free software MSG File Viewer to open and read MSG files of any size. This software has been designed using advanced and powerful technology by Free File Viewers.

Facts Related To MSG Files: -

• MSG files can be easily viewer either in Microsoft Outlook or in Microsoft Outlook Express.

• MSG files are saved as COM structured storage OLE2 compound documents. This technique is similar to that used for saving Word and Excel files. 

• There are several streams present within MSG files and each stream has sub tags. Each tag is related to certain information with eight digit codes. The first four digits contain information such as recipient, sender etc. The last four are meant for describing the encoding used.

• MSG files are generally encoded either in binary or ASCII.

MSG files holds very important value at times it becomes very important to use them. In such situations, MSG Opener, a product by Free File Viewers helps in viewing these MSG files.