{"id":190,"date":"2018-10-16T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onetimesoft.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2018-10-16T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:04:03","slug":"convert-pst-to-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetimesoft.com\/blog\/convert-pst-to-msg\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert PST to MSG (Outlook Message) Format?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In worldwide, various professional users want to extract PST to MSG (Outlook Message) format because a PST file has multiple emails, contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, etc. so it is a difficult task to find out specific items in the whole database while an MSG file has only one email or contact so users can easily find the MSG file by its name. The other benefit of MSG file is that users can easily open an MSG file by double clicking on it with MS Outlook GUI while this facility is not applicable in the case of PST files.<\/p>\n

Before going to the step by step procedure to export messages from PST to MSG format, first get detailed information about MS Outlook PST and MSG files.<\/p>\n

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PST Vs MSG<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, etc. permit to export Outlook database in PST (Personal Storage Table) format which has MS Outlook emails, contacts, calendar, task, notes, journals, attachments, etc. In some cases, MS Outlook users can also get PST files from default storage location of MS Outlook.<\/em><\/p>\n

MS Outlook saves single email messages into MSG format, users can get MSG files from MS Outlook by dragging emails to the local computer. An MSG (Outlook Message) file can contain plain text including email header, body, footer, attachment, hyperlinks, date, subject, contact, appointment, etc.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why Do Users Want to Convert PST to MSG Format?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The actual reasons in your case may be different by still, here we are giving some possible reasons to export messages from PST to MSG format.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sometimes, corporate users want to send any specific email to the clients as an attachment that is possible with MSG files because these are lightweight in size. Gmail users can also share MSG files with other users by sending them with attachments.<\/li>\n
  2. After converting Outlook PST file to MSG format, users can easily find out the specific email messages from the whole database by email subject while it is a difficult task to find specific emails in from PST file.<\/li>\n
  3. After extracting PST file to MSG messages, MS Outlook users can easily open them by double-clicking with MS Outlook interface while PST file cannot be open by double-clicking.<\/li>\n
  4. Some users want to archive PST file to MSG format for securing the email backup by year for example 2018 data, 2017 data, 2016 data, 2015 data, etc. MSG format is best for storing the messages because it can be easily accessible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Suggested Software to Export Outlook PST to MSG<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Download OneTime PST File Converter<\/strong><\/a> which has an inbuilt option to convert PST file to MSG format separately so it is also known as PST to MSG Converter<\/a>. The tool is harmonious to convert ANSI and Unicode PST files to MSG Outlook message format. This application is capable to convert Microsoft Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, etc. exported PST files to MSG format without showing any error message. Users can grab this utility for completing these types of queries.<\/p>\n

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