MSG file is an Outlook Message File created using Microsoft Outlook containing details of an email such as date, sender’s name, recipient’s name, body of the message, and is compatible with other applications using MAPI [Messaging Applications Programming Interface]. Aside from Microsoft Outlook, other programs that can open MSG files are EZ Freeware Free Opener, BitDaddys Email Open View Pro and Encryptomatic MsgViewer Pro for Windows system, Kupon.BG Klammer for iOS and Mac OS, and 45RPM MailRadier for Mac. Microsoft Outlook is a feature of Microsoft Office. The latest versions are Microsoft Outlook 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Outlook 2011 available for Mac users. The main use of this software is for email purposes that includes to create, send, reply to and forward an email message, open and save file attachments in an email, create and add an email signature. Other features include Calendar that allows you to make appointments and set meetings with other people, Contacts, Tasks and Notes and Print [to print emails, calendar entries, tasks and contacts].
Microsoft Outlook is available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite, and a personal information manager from Microsoft. The present version is Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Office Outlook 2011 for Mac. Although frequently used primarily as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, a journal and Web browsing. It can be utilized as a stand-alone application, or can work with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server for many users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, exchange public folders, SharePoint lists and meeting schedules. There are third-party add-on applications that integrate Outlook with electronic devices such as BlackBerry mobile phones and with other software like Office & Skype Internet communication. Developers can also make their own conventional software that works with Outlook and Office components using Microsoft Visual Studio. Moreover, Windows Mobile devices can synchronize almost all Outlook data to Outlook Mobile.