Method and system for managing electronic mail
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCiaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
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Abstract
A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.
Claims20
A method for managing email between a sender and a recipient comprising:
- providing the recipient with control over routing an email message;
- wherein the control comprises predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message;
- and
- wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message.
A system for managing email between a sender and a recipient comprising:
- at least one server for sending and receiving email;
- wherein the server is structured and programmed to provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control comprises predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message.
A computer program product encoded in a computer readable medium for instructing a system to manage email between a sender and a recipient, the program code configured to cause the computer to perform the method comprising:
- providing the recipient with control over routing an email message;
- wherein the control comprises predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message;
- and
- wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.