# Forensic Email Collector v3.13 Released

**URL:** <https://community.metaspike.com/t/forensic-email-collector-v3-13-released/242>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Tags:** release-notes\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.metaspike.com/t/forensic-email-collector-v3-13-released/242 "2020-02-18T21:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![agungor](https://community-cdn.metaspike.com/user_avatar/community.metaspike.com/agungor/32/719_2.png) [@agungor](https://community.metaspike.com/u/agungor)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.metaspike.com/t/forensic-email-collector-v3-13-released/242/1 "2020-02-18T21:50:58Z")

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We have just pushed out FEC v3.13. In addition to the numerous under-the-hood improvements, this version introduces two major new features:

# Unified Query Builder

This feature has been requested in various contexts since we released the in-place search functionality in FEC. Some of you wanted an easier way to construct IMAP searches, and some of you really wished we had a date picker and a label picker for Gmail searches.

All that valuable feedback culminated in a unified query builder that brings a common interface to Gmail / G Suite, Exchange / O365, and IMAP searches. Here is what it looks like:

 ![fec-query-builder](https://community-cdn.metaspike.com/uploads/default/original/1X/acaf65268f82a341ed43efd71356b0d7b8d2bfba.png)  
Once we completed work on the Unified Query Builder, I was pleasantly surprised by how concise and efficient the search queries we have been able to produce were. Even if you don’t mind putting search queries together with a text editor or spreadsheet, I suggest you play with the Unified Query Builder and take a look at how it forms the in-place search queries.

# Packaging Drive Attachments/Revisions with Parents

It is now possible to package Google Drive attachments and revisions with their parent messages. This helps form a parent/child relationship and allows you to run the entire family through subsequent investigative or eDiscovery steps.

 ![packaged_drive_att](https://community-cdn.metaspike.com/uploads/default/original/1X/8ae7262ae6dc46349cb05faefe2a7275e8c695c3.png)

Packaging is possible for MIME and MSG output and can be done at the time of the acquisition or after the fact as a post-acquisition action.

 ![output-options](https://community-cdn.metaspike.com/uploads/default/original/1X/71e6194ea3611e648107c6536296ce832de64949.png)

I have already updated the download links in the community and you can find the complete list of changes in FEC’s [changelog](https://www.metaspike.com/fec-change-log/). I hope you enjoy the new features!

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**Author:** ![agungor](https://community-cdn.metaspike.com/user_avatar/community.metaspike.com/agungor/32/719_2.png) [@agungor](https://community.metaspike.com/u/agungor)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.metaspike.com/t/forensic-email-collector-v3-13-released/242/2 "2020-02-20T18:57:50Z")

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We have just added/updated the following articles in FEC’s online documentation to cover the new functionality:

[Using The Unified Query Builder](https://docs.metaspike.com/article/51-unified-query-builder)  
[Acquiring Google Drive Attachments of Emails](https://docs.metaspike.com/article/46-acquiring-google-drive-attachments-of-emails)