aint divorce a b*tch? lol..been there done that, got the t-shirt. crying in front of the judge ALWAYS works! Your only defense....FACTS! Getting caught telling lies in court is the worst. If you can prove she is not being truthful, negotiations will be yours! Spite is a nasty beast. email off line for any other related horror stories...heh best of luck to you. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Legal Email Issues - Dont shoot me :) - This is kind of a personal issue, but maybe someone could help me out as it relates to legalaties for email. My x-wife typed stuff up in word to look like an email and put threats and various obscenties in it. There is no header info just says subject,to,from and the offending text it could simply be typed in word (and was btw!:) ). Anyhow, I went online to mail.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, outlook, outlook express, and aol.com and printed up an email from each to show that this isnt what an email looks like. I also printed the header info from both outlook and outlook express to show server transactions. My lawyer is bringing in 'an email expert' to certify the email doesnt show anything. Any ideas.. would be grateful Although this is pertaining to my personal problem, it may be interesting to know what the law is viewing as a valid email vs. fraudlent email. I read up on some cases online but most dealt with spammers and not holding an email for an assault or contract negotation. Thx to any who have some ideas! http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm