Cognitive attachment distribution

A

• non-transitory computer-readable storage media that configures a computer to perform program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• receiving, by a distribution server, email addresses corresponding to recipients, the email addresses associated with one of a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server or an Internet message access protocol (IMAP) server configured to route inbound emails to the recipients;
• receiving, by the distribution server, an email composition for an email to be transmitted to the recipients, the email composition including at least one attachment;
• determining, by the distribution server, recipient information indicative of respective characteristics of the recipients;
• determining, by the distribution server, a context of a select one of the at least one attachment;
• for each recipient, determining, by the distribution server, a score indicative of an appropriateness of the selected attachment being distributed to the recipient based on the recipient information of the recipient and the context of the selected attachment;
• as a result of the score for a select one of the recipients satisfying a scoring threshold, generating, by the distribution server, a recommendation corresponding to the result of the score relative to the scoring threshold for the selected attachment and the selected recipient that is provided to a user creating the email composition;
• and
• as a result of receiving a confirmation for the recommendation from the user, distributing, by the distribution server, the attachment to the selected recipient via the email and the one of the SMTP server or the IMAP server, such that the attachment is cognitively distributed among the recipients.

A computer system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• receiving, by a distribution server, email addresses corresponding to recipients, the email addresses associated with one of a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server or an Internet message access protocol (IMAP) server configured to route inbound emails to the recipients;
• receiving, by the distribution server, an email composition for an email to be transmitted to the recipients, the email composition including at least one attachment;
• determining, by the distribution server, recipient information indicative of respective characteristics of the recipients;
• determining, by the distribution server, a context of a select one of the at least one attachment;
• for each recipient, determining, by the distribution server, a score indicative of an appropriateness of the selected attachment being distributed to the recipient based on the recipient information of the recipient and the context of the selected attachment;
• as a result of the score for a select one of the recipients satisfying a scoring threshold, generating, by the distribution server, a recommendation corresponding to the result of the score relative to the scoring threshold for the selected attachment and the selected recipient that is provided to a user creating the email composition;
• and
• as a result of receiving a confirmation for the recommendation from the user, distributing, by the distribution server, the attachment to the selected recipient via the email and the one of the SMTP server or the IMAP server, such that the attachment is cognitively distributed among the recipients.