Reply message handling for transient group
OwnerGary Stephen Shusterinventor
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Abstract
An electronic mail client inserts an identifier into incoming messages based on determining that the incoming message is addressed to more than one addressee (e.g., the message is addressed to an addressee group). The client stores the identifiers and the addresses for the addressee group in a database. The client or other node for outgoing electronic mail analyzes outgoing messages containing the identifier to determine whether or not the outgoing message is addressed to all addresses in the addressee group, and takes an action based on the determination.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- in response to receiving an incoming electronic message from an original source designating multiple recipient addresses, inserting an identification token in the incoming electronic message;
- and
- associating the identification token to a list identifying the multiple recipient addresses, using an electronic data structure.
A apparatus, comprising a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the memory hold program instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
- in response to receiving an incoming electronic message from an original source designating multiple recipient addresses, insert an identification token in the incoming electronic message;
- and
- associate the identification token to a list identifying the multiple recipient addresses, using an electronic data structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.