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Versit message format
File type: Internet related file, Mobile phones related file
Files in vmsg extension can be found as saved instant messaging conversations from programs that still use the VMSG specification for their messages.
Found 2 different file type records with the same vmsg filename suffix.
File type category:
Internet related file
Mobile phones related file
Date updated: November 13, 2023
File extension vmsg is best known to be used for Versit Message Format, a standard for saving instant messages from various communication programs.
Whilst most programs have their own unique system nowadays, in past many programs based their saved messages in vMsg format approved by Versit Consortium, which was a multivendor initiative founded by Apple Computer, AT&T, IBM and Siemens in the early 1990s to standardize certain specifications for exchanging personal data over the Internet.
CompuServe service for example used this specification.
Some other file types for saving instant messaging conversation can still be based on VMSG but have their unique file extension. Also often used for SMS backups.
This file type is most likely plain text, so you can perhaps view it in any text editor.
You can find tools, such as vmsg2csv that should capable of exporting data from .vmsg files to other formats, for example CSV (Comma Separated Value).
Software apps that import vmsg files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that export vmsg files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Virtual machine, virtualization software related file
Date updated: June 29, 2024
File extension vmsg is mainly related to VMware Workstation - a virtualization software for Microsoft Windows.
.vmsg file is used for one of VMware Workstation log files. Log file generated for analysis and troubleshooting. Log files are usually in simple text format viewable by any text editor.
You can view vmsg file using any text editor (Notepad, Notepad++).
A conversion for this file type is highly unlikely, but you can just work with like with any other text file.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vmsg files:
Microsoft Windows