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US 10,097,488 B2Granted
System and method for recovering electronic mail messages deleted from an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorPaulraj Deepaganesh
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Abstract
An information handling system detects that a first electronic mail message has been permanently deleted from a local memory of a first information handling system, generates a second electronic mail message to request a recovery of the first electronic mail message, attaches a file to the second electronic mail message, and sends the second electronic mail message to a plurality of second information handling systems.
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A method comprising:
- detecting that a first electronic mail message has been permanently deleted from a local memory of a first information handling system;
- generating a second electronic mail message to request a recovery of the first electronic mail message;
- attaching a file to the second electronic mail message, the file including search criteria associated with the recovery of the first electronic mail message;
- sending the second electronic mail message to a plurality of second information handling systems;
- receiving a reply electronic mail message from one of the second information handling systems, the reply electronic mail message including a first recovered electronic mail message as an attachment to the reply electronic mail message;
- downloading the first recovered electronic mail message from the reply electronic mail message;
- storing the first recovered electronic mail message attached to the reply electronic mail message in the local memory of the first information handling system;
- and
- storing a copy of the first recovered electronic mail message in a folder of an email application of the first information handling system.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first information handling system, a first electronic mail message requesting a recovery of a second electronic mail message, wherein the first electronic mail message is from a second information handling system, and wherein the first electronic mail message includes search criteria associated with the second electronic mail message;
- determining, at the first information handling system, that electronic mail message recovery is enabled;
- scanning electronic mail messages stored in the first information handling system for matches that match the search criteria;
- attaching the matches to a third electronic mail message;
- and
- sending the third electronic mail message to the second information handling system as a reply to the first electronic mail message.
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An information handling system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a set of instruction stored in the memory executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- detect that a first electronic mail message has been permanently deleted from a local memory of a first information handling system;
- generate a second electronic mail message to request a recovery of the first electronic mail message;
- attach a file to the second electronic mail message, the file including search criteria associated with the recovery of the first electronic mail message, the file also including a digital authentication signature that is utilized to verify the second electronic mail message;
- send the second electronic mail message to a second information handling systems;
- receive a reply electronic mail message from one of the second information handling systems the reply electronic mail message including a first recovered electronic mail message as an attachment to the reply electronic mail message;
- store the first recovered electronic mail message attached to the reply electronic mail message in the local memory of the first information handling system;
- and
- store a copy of the first recovered electronic mail message in a folder of an email application of the first information handling system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.