This document focuses on the Windows version. Bruce Tomlin created partial documentation for the MacOS version of PFC which differs from the Windows version explored by Gordon. Gordon in 2002 through a reverse-engineering process and now available through the Internet Archive. There is no published specification for PFC files informal documentation comes from work done by Franz v.
Nonetheless, users often export their PFC data out of AOL to other platforms to improve accessibility and usability. AOL Version 9 introduced the option to save email to AOL servers instead of "Save to My PC" which would provide access when signing in from another computer or as a guest from the local computer. Because the file storage is local to the computer and to the Username, the stored files are not accessible if using a different computer, signing into a different account or signing in as a guest on the local computer.
Because email attachments are not stored along with the message and instead are stored as 64-bit encoding, they can not be opened manually.Įach Username or AOL account has its own PFC file in the Organize folder. Stored data in PFC files can include stored email messages from AOL Mail (but not attachments to email), Internet bookmarks or Favorites, Away Messages, Newsgroup Postings and preferences such as user language and other configuration data.
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