Softaken Launches Examiner, a Windows Email Forensics Tool for Investigators and Compliance Teams

Softaken announced the features of Softaken Examiner, a Windows-based email forensic examination tool for investigators, IT experts, compliance teams and corporations, on November 13, 2026. PRLog published the announcement.

What Softaken Examiner Does in a Case Workspace

Examiner combines evidence collection, indexing, advanced search, message inspection, communication analysis and reporting in a single Windows tool. It supports PST, OST, EML, EMLX, MSG and MBOX/MBX email file formats, and users can analyse associated documents and photographs inside a structured case workspace.

The software offers case management for creating and managing individual investigation cases while organising evidence, notes, findings and examination records. Evidence integrity features capture and re-verify SHA-256 hashes of registered source files.

Advanced email search covers indexed data by keywords, sender and recipient information, subject lines, dates, attachments, URLs and other fields. Email examination lets users inspect message content, headers, properties, attachments, MIME structures and related metadata, while communication analysis explores sender-recipient relationships and message activity. Timeline analysis reviews email activities across selected periods, and forensic reporting generates structured reports and exports selected evidence in PDF, HTML, CSV and JSON.

Softaken said the centralised workspace means users do not have to switch between several tools at different phases of an inspection. The company describes Examiner as helping professionals manage examination efforts, detect important email data, record discoveries and generate proof for further evaluation. Softaken Examiner is available for Windows users, and the company's official product page lists its features, technical specifications and licensing information.

Softaken's Recent Product Rollouts

Softaken launched an EML to PST converter for Windows, Mac and Linux in November 2026, a tool that supports batch processing, preview and preservation of attachments and metadata, with a free trial available, Business & Financial reported. In September 2026, Softaken introduced Enterprise Edition for Email Migration, which enables IT teams to migrate email data across Windows, macOS and Linux while preserving folder structure and data integrity, PRLog reported. Softaken announced PST Split Pro in August 2026, software designed to split large Outlook PST files into smaller parts while preserving PST data integrity, PRLog reported.

How Rivals Approach Email Inspection

Stensul announced its November 2026 release, introducing Self-Improving Email that connects email performance to specific content, along with personalization for subject lines and preheaders, compliance pre-send checks and general availability of its Marketing Cloud Next integration, FinancialContent Business Page reported. PCDOTS Software introduced Mailbird Email Viewer on October 31, 2026, a utility to examine saved email data from the Mailbird application, letting users review stored conversations, invoices and contact details without the usual email-reading workflow, Business & Financial reported.