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Signatures

External signatures File extension: msg
File extension: oft
Internal signatures
Name Outlook Message Format
Description Compound document header + IPM.Note + recip_version stream header
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order Little-endian
Value D0CF11E0A1B11AE1{20}FEFF
Position type Variable
Byte order Little-endian
Value 49504D2E4E6F7465
Position type Variable
Byte order Little-endian
Value 720065006300690070005F00760065007200730069006F006E00
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