Format
Outlook Express Message Database
Summary
- Name
- Outlook Express Message Database
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/838
- Format type
- Description
- 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.
- File extensions
-
dbx - Submitted by
- National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Internal signatures
Outlook Express Message Database
- Description
- 4 byte magic, 4 byte file type, 20 byte unknown but always present. File format is detailed here: http://oedbx.aroh.de/
- Provenance
- Tested against self-generated files
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
CFAD12FEC5FD746F66E3D1119A4E00C04FA309D405000000050000- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V84
- Release date
- 21 January 2016
-
Added format
Outlook Express Message Database: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library New Zealand.
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Added signature
Outlook Express Message Database: Signature submitted by National Library of New Zealand.