Method and system for managing a shared electronic mail account
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSandro Piccinini, Marco Secchi, Antonio Secomandi, Francesco Lecciso, Luigi Pichetti
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Abstract
A method of managing a shared electronic mail account co-owned by at least two owners includes intercepting electronic mail account configuration settings received from the at least two owners; combining the intercepted electronic mail account configuration settings based on a shared electronic mail account profile so as to generate shared e-mail account configuration settings; and applying the shared e-mail account configuration settings so as to affect the operation of the shared electronic mail account.
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A method of managing a shared electronic mail account co-owned by at least two owners, the method comprising:
- intercepting electronic mail account configuration settings received from the at least two owners;
- combining the intercepted electronic mail account configuration settings based on a shared electronic mail account profile so as to generate shared e-mail account configuration settings;
- and
- applying the shared e-mail account configuration settings so as to affect the operation of the shared electronic mail account.
A system for managing a shared electronic mail account co-owned by at least two owners, the system comprising:
- a shared mail transfer agent (MTA) configured to intercept electronic mail account configuration settings received from the at least two owners;
- and
- a master mail user agent (MUA) configured to combine the intercepted electronic mail account configuration settings based on a shared electronic mail account profile, so as to generate shared e-mail account configuration settings of the shared MTA;
- wherein the shared e-mail account configuration settings of the shared MTA are applied by the shared MTA so as to affect the operation of the shared MTA and the shared e-mail account.
A computer storage medium, comprising:
- computer program code comprising computer executable instructions for causing a computer to implement a method of managing a shared electronic mail account co-owned by at least two owners, the method further comprising:
- intercepting electronic mail account configuration settings received from the at least two owners;
- combining the intercepted electronic mail account configuration settings based on a shared electronic mail account profile so as to generate shared e-mail account configuration settings;
- and
- applying the shared e-mail account configuration settings so as to affect the operation of the shared electronic mail account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.