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File families are groups of associated files. And splitting up these 'families' in eDiscovery can spoil your data. Here's how to solve the problem...

1) PST: A group of emails. 2) MSG: A single email. 3) EDB: an email database on a server. 4) OST: Offline emails, 5) EML: A single non-Outlook email. 6) MBOX: A group of non-Outlook emails.

The MSG format is what Microsoft Outlook uses to store single email messages. But there are custom MSGs that your eDiscovery software may not recognize. Here's what to do...

PDFs are best for sharing, DOCXs for editing, and TXT/RTFs for when you need to jot down notes.

'Stemming': Trimming your keyword down to its root (or stem) and searching for variations of this root. It keeps eDiscovery searches flexible, so you're more likely to find the data you need.