“微软对美国政府”一案,电子文件证据成了此案审理的重要一环,美国司法部许多依据也都基于此,微软公司向美国政府提交了300万件文件,其中许多就是电子文件(包括电子邮件)。所以电子文件作为一种证据,具有可采纳性。从欧美国家的立法看,各国证据法对证据的可采纳性的要求不完全相同,因此,电子文件在各国所遇到的难题也不尽相同。例如,许多国家在证据法中都要求提交原件,而电子 “Microsoft on the U.S. Government,” a case of electronic evidence has become an important part of the trial of this case, the United States Department of Justice is also based on many of these, Microsoft submitted to the U.S. government 3000000 files, many of which are electronic files ( Including email). Therefore, electronic documents as a kind of evidence, with admissibility. According to the legislation of European countries and the United States, there is not exactly the same requirement for the admissibility of evidence in the evidence laws of various countries. Therefore, the problems encountered by electronic documents in various countries are also different. For example, many countries require the filing of an original in the law of evidence, while electronic