Electronic routing slips for inter-organizational electronic mail

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory;
• and
• an electronic mail (email) client program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the email client program receiving a first email message and generating a second email message having therein an electronic representation of the first email message in response to a selection of a route operation for the first email message,
• wherein content of the first email message is accessible by a viewer of the second email message through the electronic representation.

An apparatus for separating an email message from intra-organizational communications used to process that email message, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a first email message by an email client program executing at a client computing system;
• means for selecting a route operation for the first email message;
• and
• means for generating, in response to the selecting of the route operation, a second email message having therein an electronic representation of the first email message through which content of the first email message can be accessed by a viewer of the second email message.

A computer program product for use with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having embodied therein program code comprising:

• program code for receiving a first email message by an email client program executing at a client computing system;
• program code for selecting a route operation for the first email message;
• and
• program code for generating, in response to the selecting of the route operation, a second email message having therein an electronic representation of the first email message through which content of the first email message can be accessed by a viewer of the second email message.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for use with a computer system having a display and capable of generating a user interface through which a user may interact with the computer system, the computer data signal comprising:

• program code for receiving a first email message by an email client program executing at a client computing system;
• program code for selecting a route operation for the first email message;
• and
• program code for generating, in response to the selecting of the route operation, a second email message having therein an electronic representation of the first email message through which content of the first email message can be accessed by a viewer of the second email message.