Microsoft KB Archive/93239

= PC DB: Mail Message (.MAI) File Format =

Article ID: 93239

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006



This article was previously published under Q93239



SUMMARY
The mail message (.MAI) file format in Microsoft Mail versions 2.1 and 3.0 is based on the Federal Information Processing Systems (FIPS) message format described in FIPS PUB 98. This format is a subset of the CCITT X.400 standard for interpersonal messaging.

FIPS refers to the format used to store the raw data files. Vendor-defined field refers to an individual element of the message. For example, TO:, FROM:, and ATTACHMENT:, are all vendor-defined fields.

Additional query words: 2.10 3.00

Keywords: KB93239

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