Law firm introduces the matter
The firm is the affiliate / referral path — it introduces the business seeking litigation-approved email and file forensics.
Services
Litigation-approved email and file forensics
Counsel retains VE Forensics when communications and documents are the fact pattern. The law firm introduces the matter; we consult with counsel, obtain authorized access, examine with defensible forensic tooling, and return litigation-approved reporting. Powered by Vital Edge IT Inc.
How engagements work
The law firm introduces the business seeking the service (affiliate / referral path). VE Forensics handles project consultation directly with the firm — not by cold-calling the business alone. To access business emails, in-scope personal chats, and file estates, we work with counsel to obtain the necessary admin / authorized access. The firm provides the keywords and search parameters for the litigation-approved report. Examinations run in tandem with counsel for privilege, scope, and production.
Examinations run on litigation-approved forensic platforms and industry-standard email and file forensics tooling we operate — including keyword, Boolean, fuzzy, wildcard, regex, proximity, and stem search with field-level filters. VE Forensics is the service operator powered by Vital Edge IT Inc.
Engagement model
Consultation with counsel
VE Forensics handles project consultation directly with the law firm, not by cold-calling the business alone.
Authorized access with counsel
To reach business emails and in-scope personal chats, we work with counsel to obtain the necessary admin / authorized access.
Keywords from the firm
The law firm provides the keywords and search parameters needed to compile the litigation-approved reporting.
Examination in tandem
Examinations run in tandem with the law firm — counsel stays in the loop for privilege, scope, and production.
Sources we can examine
Formats, clients, servers, cloud mail, disk images, and Skype messenger — subject to matter scope and authorized access. Tooling may include multiple forensic platforms as matters require.
File formats
- PST
- OST
- EDB
- MBOX
- OLM
- EML
- MSG
- NSF
- DBX
- IMM
- EMLX
- LX01
- MBS
- TBB
- MBX
Desktop clients
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Outlook Express
- The Bat
- SeaMonkey
- PocoMail
- Eudora
- Mulberry
- Postbox
- Spicebird
- KMail
- Netscape
- Microsoft Entourage
- Mac Mail
- Turnpike
- Dovecot
- Google Takeout
- GNU Mail
- ChaosIntellect
- Mail Copa
- eM Client
- Kerio
- Windows Live Mail
- Zarafa
- IncrediMail
- Opera Mail
- Lotus Notes
Mail servers
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- hMail Server
- MDaemon Server
- CommuniGate Server
Web / cloud email
- Gmail
- Google Apps
- Google Apps Admin
- Hotmail
- Live Exchange
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365
- Yahoo
- iCloud
- Live@EDU
- Rackspace
- Zoho Mail
- IMAP
Disk images / archives
- DD
- E01
- DMG
- LEF
- Zip
Messenger
- Skype (chats, calls, SMS via database)
Sources VE Forensics can examine; coverage depends on matter scope and authorized access. Tooling may include multiple forensic platforms as matters require.
Capabilities
Formats and clients
Fifteen-plus email file formats and dozens of desktop, webmail, and IMAP clients — plus disk images and Skype messenger — so mixed estates do not stall an examination. See Supported platforms for the full list.
Terabyte-scale search
Large mail stores are searched in place. Counsel gets hits without waiting on a full mailbox dump to finish first.
Advanced search
Keyword and Boolean, fuzzy, wildcard, regex, proximity, and stem search, plus field-level filters on sender, recipient, date, folder, and header — driven by keywords the law firm supplies.
Beyond the inbox
Calendar items, loose files, chat, call history, and SMS (including Skype via database) ride alongside mail when the matter requires a complete communications picture.
Case management
Role-based access and team collaboration keep partners, associates, and specialists on the same case file without mixing privileges.
Litigation-approved production
MD5 integrity hashing, examiner audit logs, and an EDRM-aligned process. Packages are prepared to support FRE 901 authentication and FRE 1006 summaries — court-admissible work product, not a 'court certified' claim.
Search the estate, not a sample
Terabyte-scale search driven by keywords and criteria the law firm supplies — then filters that keep hits inside the fields that matter to the pleading.
- Keyword and Boolean
- Fuzzy matching
- Wildcards
- Regular expressions
- Proximity
- Stemming
- Field-level filters (sender, recipient, date, folder, header)
Produce in the formats the case file needs
Native mail, page-level images, load files, and summaries — chosen with counsel, not dumped as a single PST.
PDFEMLMSGHTMLPSTTIFFConcordanceCSV
Case management, role-based access, and team collaboration keep the examination inside the firm’s privilege wall.
Engagement path
- 01
Law-firm introduction & consult
The law firm introduces the matter and the business seeking the service. VE Forensics scopes the engagement directly with counsel — not by cold-calling the business alone.
- 02
Authorized access
Working with the firm, we obtain the admin / authorized access needed for business emails and any in-scope personal chats (tenant admin, mailbox export rights, device or chat exports as applicable).
- 03
Keywords from counsel
The law firm provides the keywords and search parameters required to compile the litigation-approved reporting.
- 04
Forensic examination
Examination runs on litigation-approved forensic platforms in tandem with the law firm — counsel stays in the loop for privilege, scope, and production.
- 05
Litigation-approved reporting & production
We deliver hashed, audited packages counsel can stand behind. When the business also needs ongoing IT, cybersecurity, or compliance, Vital Edge IT Inc. is available as a follow-on — at counsel’s introduction.