Sharing information from a computer mail-box
OwnerArvind Srinivasaninventor
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Abstract
A method for an owner to own and use a computer mail-box in storing and selectively transmitting mails from a user, who may or may not be an originating user, to a destination user. The method includes using the mail-box as a functional interface that enables mails to be displayed, sorted, altered, rearranged, deleted and catalogued therein; storing the mails in folders; identifying certain specific folders as Inbox, Send Items and Trash; and sharing by the owner messages, folders, portions of the mail-box or even the entire mail-box with specific other users.
Claims5
A method for an owner to own and use a computer mail-box in storing and selectively transmitting mails from a user, who may or may not be an originating user, to a destination user, said method comprising:
- using the mail-box as a functional interface that enables mails to be displayed, sorted, altered, rearranged, deleted and catalogued therein;
- storing said mails in folders;
- identifying certain specific folders as Inbox, Send Items and Trash;
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- sharing by the owner messages, folders, portions of the mail-box or even the entire mail-box with specific other users.
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