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ds31tn

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are emails admisable in court and can they be used as proof of an affair? i am from TN.

[This message has been edited by ds31tn (edited July 24, 2000).]
In this case several e-mails were copyed that proofs that my friends wife was cheating on him..email that she sent and that she recieved..

thank you for all your help


[This message has been edited by ds31tn (edited July 24, 2000).]
 


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usdeeper

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That is a tough one.. yes they can be used, but, if your ex denies the email was sent by him then it can be costly to prove overwise.

For a recent example, you just have to look at the Microsoft case. Microsoft managed to get a court order to seize Netscape's mail backups and used their emails against them.

In your case, it can be depend where he sent them from and where they were sent to. Were any work email used in the exchange ?..

This is a close subject for me as in 3 weeks we will be in court and using emails to show something. The emails were sent from his work address. If the person denies the exisitance of the emails then I will look to get a court order to seize the network and email logs. It is a major company and I would probably not get far, but I know the threat of this order would be enough to scare the person as they would be fired !

As regards to general email from a normal ISP account, then the header information is enough to enable a trace. They can trace that it was sent on a specific date, that the person who sent it logged on at such a time and dialed in from a certain number. These are all things that pin point the origin of the person... but this gets expensive to prove.

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