Files with post file extension are related to Yahoo! Messenger, a chat application.

There is one other file type using
the POST file extension!

empty icon.post - LIGHT data

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Software that open post file

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POST file extension - Yahoo! Messenger data

What is post file? How to open post files?

File type specification:

Various data file type icon Various data file type

The post file extension is associated with Yahoo! Messenger, an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows, Mac and various mobile platforms, by Yahoo! Inc.

The post file stores some kind of data used by Yahoo! Messenger.

This post file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

The default software associated to open post file:

Yahoo! Instant Messenger icon

Yahoo, Inc. logoYahoo! Instant Messenger  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Yahoo, Inc.

Yahoo! Messenger is free multi-platfom instant messaging service and client. Yahoo! Messenger is able to send text messages, transport files as well as establish the voice and video calls.

Help how to open:

This file type is not meant to be opened directly, there is no software that could open and work with it directly, or there is no information available in public sources about opening this file type. This is usually the case of some internal data files, caches, temporary files etc.

How to convert:

As far as we know, this .post file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .post file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open post file, edit post file, convert post file, view post file, play post file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with post file - Yahoo! Messenger data

Click on the software link for more information about Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Yahoo! Instant Messenger uses post file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).

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