Managing an electronic mail in a communication network

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method for managing an electronic mail, said method comprising:

• during a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) session, conducted in the computer system, in which commands are initiated by a SMTP client and responses are from a SMTP server through which the SMTP session is opened:
• said processor partitioning a SMTP command list of a communication SMTP electronic mail transmission protocol associated with the electronic mail into a plurality of command sub-lists using a plurality of recursive parameters appearing in the SMTP command list prior to said partitioning, wherein each recursive parameter is a formal standard SMTP command that is repeated in respective command sub-lists as a result of said partitioning, wherein the plurality of recursive parameters comprises a DATA parameter appearing in two different command sub-lists of the plurality of command sub-lists, wherein the DATA parameter appearing in the two different command sub-lists specify respective information of the electronic mail, wherein all command sub-lists of the plurality of command sub-lists are viewable simultaneously in a user interface of the computer system, wherein each command sub-list in the user interface comprises at least one command pertaining to a receiver or sender of the electronic mail, and wherein each command sub-list in the user interface is individually selectable, via the user interface, for subsequent use of the at least one command in a subsequently selected command sub-list in implementing the electronic mail;
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• said processor receiving a selection, via the user interface, of at least one of the command sub-lists viewable in the user interface subject to the at least one command in each selected command sub-list being viewable in the user interface prior to said selecting, wherein each command of the at least one command specifies a respective aspect of how to implement the electronic mail in a subsequent implementation of the electronic mail;
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• wherein the electronic mail is from a current sender to a receiver,
• wherein the plurality of command sub-lists comprise a plurality of message sub-lists which include messages from the current sender to the receiver via the electronic mail,
• wherein the plurality of message sub-lists comprises a first preceding message sub-list and a second preceding message sub-list,
• wherein the first preceding message sub-list comprises a first preceding message from a first preceding sender to the current sender,
• wherein the second preceding message sub-list comprises a second preceding message from a second preceding sender to the first preceding sender, and
• wherein the first preceding message and the second preceding message are included in the messages from the current sender to the receiver via the electronic mail.

A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code executable by the processor via the memory to implement a method for managing an electronic mail, the method comprising:

• during a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) session, conducted in the computer system, in which commands are initiated by a SMTP client and responses are from a SMTP server through which the SMTP session is opened:
• said processor partitioning a SMTP command list of a communication SMTP electronic mail transmission protocol associated with the electronic mail into a plurality of command sub-lists using a plurality of recursive parameters appearing in the SMTP command list prior to said partitioning, wherein each recursive parameter is a formal standard SMTP command that is repeated in respective command sub-lists as a result of said partitioning, wherein the plurality of recursive parameters comprises a DATA parameter appearing in two different command sub-lists of the plurality of command sub-lists, wherein the DATA parameter appearing in the two different command sub-lists specify respective information of the electronic mail, wherein all command sub-lists of the plurality of command sub-lists are viewable simultaneously in a user interface of the computer system, wherein each command sub-list in the user interface comprises at least one command pertaining to a receiver or sender of the electronic mail, and wherein each command sub-list in the user interface is individually selectable, via the user interface, for subsequent use of the at least one command in a subsequently selected command sub-list in implementing the electronic mail;
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• said processor receiving a selection, via the user interface, of at least one of the command sub-lists viewable in the user interface subject to the at least one command in each selected command sub-list being viewable in the user interface prior to said selecting, wherein each command of the at least one command specifies a respective aspect of how to implement the electronic mail in a subsequent implementation of the electronic mail;
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• wherein the electronic mail is from a current sender to a receiver,
• wherein the plurality of command sub-lists comprise a plurality of message sub-lists which include messages from the current sender to the receiver via the electronic mail,
• wherein the plurality of message sub-lists comprises a first preceding message sub-list and a second preceding message sub-list,
• wherein the first preceding message sub-list comprises a first preceding message from a first preceding sender to the current sender,
• wherein the second preceding message sub-list comprises a second preceding message from a second preceding sender to the first preceding sender, and
• wherein the first preceding message and the second preceding message are included in the messages from the current sender to the receiver via the electronic mail.