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      EDRM Message ID Hash (EDRM MIH)

      This article provides a detailed description of Reveal’s implementation of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model specification for detecting duplicate email messages across platforms

      Reveal supports the EDRM Message ID Hash (EDRM MIH), a specification for a hash value designed to help with cross-platform identification of duplicate email messages. As part of the specification, we process all email messages and generate a MD5Hash of all extracted valid Message-ID values from email message header which are of the form:

      “<” id-left “@” id-right ”>”

      Here is an example, starting with the Message-ID and ending with the EDRM MIH:

      Message-ID header line from email:

      Message-ID: <CALckR-a8UDkRjO4xJyjd_s0GPxQWw@mail.gmail.com>

      Value passed to EDRM MIH generator:

      <CALckR-a8UDkRjO4xJyjd_s0GPxQWw@mail.gmail.com>

      Generated EDRM MIH:

      1de319c276884bd0c9e2f1621ada26cc

      The EDRM Message Identification Hash may only be generated if an email has a valid Message-ID value, which may not have been altered in any way. Where more than one Message-ID value is contained within an email, the MIH must be generated using only the first Message-ID value declared in the parent email message headers.

      Reveal has added a new field to accommodate the EDRM MIH value. The field name is EDRM_MSGID.

      EDRM MIH values are available for a variety of uses, including as part of load files generated for document productions.

      EDRM MIH in Reveal

      To get EDRM MIH values, load and process your data using our Reveal Processing pipeline as detailed in Processing – Getting Started user guide. By default, the processing pipeline automatically extracts all valid Message-IDs and generates the EDRM MIH values.

      Export Processed Data and EDRM MIH values

      In this section, you will learn the basics steps for exporting processed data to Reveal Review. Please follow the steps below to export your data along with the EDRM MIH values.

      1.  Log in to Discovery Manager.


      2.  Click on the Projects module from the left-hand menu.


      3.  Click on the + symbol next to the Client (Customer) in the Projects Navigation Pane.


      4.  Click on your project from the expanded list.


      5.  Click on Exports from the left-hand menu at the bottom.


      6.  Click on New Export from the Exports menu ribbon.

      Export Menu Ribbon

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      7.  Select the data you want to export from the tabs located at the top of the Exports window. This is called the Export Set. You can select using multiple criteria including specific Custodians.

      Export Set Window

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      8.  You can then specify your Export Settings using the tab located at the bottom of the Exports window.


      9.  You have the option of selecting a standard Export template that has all your preferred export settings already selected.

      Export Settings Window

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      10.  You can customize any of the options including what metadata fields to export, deduplication method, whether to export images/natives/text, etc. using the Load File Options tab. Make sure to add the EDRM_MSGID field in the selected fields to get the EDRM MIH values as part of the load file.

      Load File Options Window

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      11.  Make sure you enter a name for your Export.


      12.  Hit Run Export and your production load files will be generated with EDRM MIH values.

       

      Last Updated 8/11/2023