Systems for uploading and automatically processing computer files

Abstract

A system for uploading files of different types to a server automatically performs actions on the files based upon the types of the files. An example application of the invention is a system for creating web pages which receives content for the web pages in the form of text in e-mail messages and/or file attachments to e-mail messages. The file attachments may be of any of a number of different types. File attachments of each type are automatically converted into components that may be incorporated into web pages. The components are automatically stored in a directory structure in folders based upon the file types and the identity of a user who forwarded the files to the system. Users can create web pages by inserting the components into web page templates and editing the templates. The web pages are automatically stored and made accessible to others.

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