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Learn Computer Forensics

You're reading from  Learn Computer Forensics

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648176
Pages 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
William Oettinger William Oettinger
Profile icon William Oettinger

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Acquiring Evidence
2. Chapter 1: Types of Computer-Based Investigations 3. Chapter 2: The Forensic Analysis Process 4. Chapter 3: Acquisition of Evidence 5. Chapter 4: Computer Systems 6. Section 2: Investigation
7. Chapter 5: Computer Investigation Process 8. Chapter 6: Windows Artifact Analysis 9. Chapter 7: RAM Memory Forensic Analysis 10. Chapter 8: Email Forensics – Investigation Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Internet Artifacts 12. Section 3: Reporting
13. Chapter 10: Report Writing 14. Chapter 11: Expert Witness Ethics 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding client-based email analysis

There are many email clients a user has access to in order to retrieve, read, and send emails. Depending on the environment, consumer versus commercial, you may run into different email clients.  In the consumer market, you will find that Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express will prevail because it is preinstalled on the system. Microsoft Outlook comes with the Microsoft Office suite.  There are also freeware options available such as the Thunderbird email client.

You can conduct an email examination by exporting the container used by the client and opening it with the email client installed on your forensic computer. Another option is to utilize specialized commercial forensic software that is created for email examinations. The more common forensic suites will typically be able to analyze the more common email client containers.

We will discuss some more common email clients in the following sections.

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