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Email Mailbox Collections

Created by Mette van Essen on Jun 13, 2011 · last edited by Paul Wheatley · on May 10, 2012 (view history) · 6 versions

Basic description	An Eudora Mailbox and some sample .pst / .mbox / .msg / .eml files Can we identify the content of these container files without opening them and inspect them manually. Can we generate a report that is useful for further investigation of a preservation strategy.
Licensing
Institution	NANETH
Collection expert	Mette van Essen
List of issues	* Accurate Identification. * Accurate Validation. * How many messages do we have in the mailbox? * How many attachments do we have in the mailbox? * What kind of attachments do we have?
Issue	Identifying the content of Email Mailboxes