Teach Real-World Email Forensics with Industry-Leading Tools
Prepare your students for professional digital forensics with Aid4Mail—the leading solution for email evidence collection and processing. Free licenses available for qualifying educational institutions.
Perfect for Academic Programs
Free Investigator Light
Full forensic features for EML/MBOX
Unlimited Trial Mode
No time limits, minimal restrictions
Real-World Tools
Used by FBI, DOJ, CIA, major firms
Comprehensive Documentation
Detailed guides and help resources
Why Leading Forensics Programs Choose Aid4Mail
Provide students with hands-on experience using the same professional tools deployed by law enforcement and corporate investigators worldwide
Industry-Standard Capabilities
Students learn on the same software trusted by government agencies, law firms, and Fortune 500 companies, ensuring they’re job-ready from day one.
Complete Forensic Workflow
Cover the entire EDRM framework from collection through production. Students experience real-world workflows including recovery, filtering, and AI analysis.
Budget-Friendly Options
Free Investigator Light licenses for classrooms, unlimited trial mode for all editions, and no per-student costs make Aid4Mail accessible for any program.
Works with Public Datasets
Process real email datasets like Enron, ClimateGate, and Podesta. Students work with authentic data to develop practical investigation skills.
Complements Other Tools
Aid4Mail works alongside FTK, EnCase, AXIOM, and other platforms. Teach students how professional investigators combine specialized tools.
Extensive Documentation
Comprehensive user guides, context-sensitive help, and detailed documentation on advanced topics support both instructors and students.
Aid4Mail Investigator Light
Full forensic capabilities for teaching email investigations. Available exclusively to educational institutions and forensics researchers.
Complete Forensic Features
Advanced Search
Boolean operators, regular expressions, proximity searches
Email Recovery
Restore unpurged mail and parse corrupted mbox files
Deep Attachment Analysis
Search within attachments and metadata, including nested archives
Python Scripting
Extend functionality with custom filters and processing
How to Request Your Free License
Contact us with subject: "Investigator Light Request"
Include in your email:
- 1. Your full name
- 2. Your institutional email address
- 3. Institution name and website
- 4. Proof of forensics program (webpage or similar)
Note: Investigator Light supports EML and MBOX formats, perfect for working with public datasets and email exports.
Unlimited Trial Mode for All Editions
Students can download and use Aid4Mail indefinitely with minimal limitations that don’t affect classroom exercises
Perfect for Teaching
No time limits - Use throughout entire semester or research project
Process unlimited data - Work with datasets of any size
All features available - Experience complete functionality
Offline capable - No internet connection required
Trial Mode Limitations
Minor limitations that don’t affect educational use:
- • Subject lines truncated to 20 characters with trial marker
- • Sender address replaced with trial-mode@aid4mail.com
- • Attachments removed from emails over 1MB (Investigator) or 10MB (Converter)
Perfect for exercises: Students can develop fully-working investigations and complete all classroom assignments.
Research & Advanced Applications
Aid4Mail supports cutting-edge research in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and eDiscovery
AI & Machine Learning Research
First forensics tool with integrated AI. Research natural language processing, automated classification, and context-aware filtering in email investigations.
- ⬥ Multiple AI model integration
- ⬥ Offline AI for sensitive data
- ⬥ Python scripting for custom ML
Data Recovery Studies
Industry-leading recovery capabilities for researching data persistence, deletion patterns, and forensic artifacts in email systems.
- ⬥ MIME carving from disk images
- ⬥ Double-deleted mail restoration
- ⬥ Corrupted mailbox reconstruction
Cloud Forensics Research
Study modern cloud attachment handling, API-based collection methods, and metadata preservation in cloud-hosted email systems.
- ⬥ Google Drive & OneDrive attachments
- ⬥ Revision history tracking
- ⬥ OAuth2 authentication flows
Performance Optimization
Research high-speed processing techniques with Aid4Mail’s 10x faster engine, concurrent processing, and pre-acquisition filtering.
- ⬥ Parallel task execution
- ⬥ Server-side filtering
- ⬥ Incremental processing algorithms
The Perfect Complement to Your Forensics Lab
Aid4Mail works alongside your existing forensic platforms, adding specialized email capabilities they can’t provide
Why Aid4Mail Complements Other Tools
While platforms like FTK, EnCase, and AXIOM excel at disk forensics and cross-evidence analysis, they have inherent limitations with email-specific workflows. Aid4Mail fills these critical gaps:
- • Pre-acquisition filtering: Reduce data volumes by 90% before ingestion
- • Cloud attachments: Collect files from OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive
- • Advanced recovery: Find emails your primary suite might miss
- • AI analysis: Context-aware filtering beyond keywords
- • Export flexibility: 15+ formats including court-ready PDF
Teach Real-World Workflows
Show students how professionals combine specialized tools for comprehensive investigations:
Teaching Resources & Support
Comprehensive documentation and guides to support your forensics curriculum
User Documentation
- ⬥ Comprehensive user manual
- ⬥ Context-sensitive help system
- ⬥ Step-by-step workflows
- ⬥ EDRM framework alignment
Technical Guides
- ⬥ Filtering techniques guide
- ⬥ Cloud attachments handling
- ⬥ AI analysis documentation
- ⬥ Python scripting examples
Public Datasets
- ⬥ Works with Enron corpus
- ⬥ Processes ClimateGate data
- ⬥ Handles Podesta emails
- ⬥ Supports all FOIA releases
Recommended Resource
For high-quality teaching materials, we recommend Craig Ball’s "Electronic Evidence Workbook"
Download Free Workbook (PDF)Prepare Your Students for Real-World Forensics
Give your students hands-on experience with the same professional tools used by law enforcement agencies and Fortune 500 companies worldwide.