.pst files

[badgolferman]

Do the contacts reside within the .pst file?

If the outlook.pst and archive.pst files are backed up will I be able
to restore all data in case of corruption or loss?

Are there ways to retrieve data from .pst files other than Outlook?

 

[John]

Yes, yes and none that I'm aware of (of course I may be wrong).

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Do the contacts reside within the .pst file?

Yes, yes and none that I'm aware of (of course I may be wrong).

Make that yes, yes, and yes (or, at least one way, and not that I can guarantee
it works, and if it works for anything but email).

http://lifehacker.com/340521/import-outlook-pst-files-into-thunderbird-with-pst-import