Is it possible to legally verify an email is from the sender

simonbrentford · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Hi,

I am in a dispute over the ownership of a website. To this end I have
an email from the seller which says the sale was complete. Is it
possible for an expert to legally verify that an email is from the
person it came from.

I will use any testimony from the expert to proove ownership.

Thanks, Simon

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Michael Santovec · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 182

The most reliable way would be if the sender used a digitally signed
message (not a typical signature text). But few people use that. For
information on that see:
https://digitalid.verisign.com/client/help/introSignature.htm

A expert could look at the message headers and track the message back to
the sending ISP and with the ISP's assistance, could verify if the
message came from a particular account.

But there are problems with that. The person you have the dispute with
could claim that you forged the e-mail - either the headers or the
content. In that case, you would need a forensic computer specialist to
examine the sender's computers to see if a copy of the sent mail is
there.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

wrote in message @y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am in a dispute over the ownership of a website. To this end I have
> an email from the seller which says the sale was complete. Is it
> possible for an expert to legally verify that an email is from the
> person it came from.
>
> I will use any testimony from the expert to proove ownership.
>
> Thanks, Simon
>

PA Bear · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 123

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simonbrentford@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am in a dispute over the ownership of a website. To this end I have
> an email from the seller which says the sale was complete. Is it
> possible for an expert to legally verify that an email is from the
> person it came from.
>
> I will use any testimony from the expert to proove ownership.
>
> Thanks, Simon

simonbrentford · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Appologies. I did not know it was possible, but now I do know.

Thanks for your answers...

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