Method and System for Notification of Local Action Required to Contents of Electronic Mail Message

A method for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising the steps of:

• receiving an electronic message;
• determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message;
• determining whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within;
• generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message within a determined period of time;
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• transmitting an action completion message to the sender of the original electronic message notifying the sender of the completion of the local action by the recipient.

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising:

• instructions receiving an electronic message;
• instructions determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message;
• instructions determining whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within;
• instructions generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message, when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message within a determined period of time;
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• instructions for transmitting an action completion message to the sender of the original electronic message notifying the sender of the completion of the local action by the recipient.

A method for notifying the recipient of an electronic message mail of a local action required to the contents of the electronic mail message comprising the steps of:

• receiving an electronic message;
• determining whether there is a local action required by recipient in response to the contents of the message;
• perform periodic message reply checks to determine whether recipient has performed an action in response to the contents of the message within;
• and
• after a periodic check generating a message at the recipient location to remind the recipient to perform an action in response to the received message, when there is a determination that recipient has not performed an action in response to the received message.