WK 9 Assignment 4
Email Harassment
Email harassment can be a form of stalking. If someone sends consistent, unwanted, and at times threatening electronic messages to someone then this is considered email harassment. If the recipient of the email finds the email to be offensive, or harmful, this it is also considered email harassment. Some states have very strict rules when it comes to email harassment. Email harassment can come from a domestic dispute, inappropriate joke, discrimination and etc. To investigate email harassment, it is important to know how an email server records and handles emails. Some email servers, use databases that store user emails and others use a flat file system.
After it has been determined that an email crime has been committed involving an email, the first step is to access the victims computer and recover the evidence. Using the victims email client, you must find and copy any potential evidence. It is important to copy, print, or forward the email to another email address as a backup. After an email messages is copied, you will then need to find the email header, after the email header is found, open the email header and copy and paste …show more content…
One of the major advantages is that you don’t need to know how the email server or client operates to extract data from these computers. Data recovery tools can do all this work for you. One of the most important pieces in an email investigation is to ensure that you move swiftly. Some systems keep a backup of the emails on their servers and others don’t. In order to ensure you have all the information needed it is very important to work with the Network administrator. If the administrator isn’t available, then there are data recovery tools that are available to assist you. It is important to have some sort of knowledge about the tools and the email server that you are working with in order to have a positive