System and method for processing electronic mail status rendezvous

A system for processing electronic mail status rendezvous comprising:

• means for receiving a status message having incomplete reported recipient information;
• means for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, said candidates selected according to an identification in said status message;
• means for preparing a search list of object identifiers;
• means for eliminating non-matching candidates;
• and
• means for selecting a matching candidate.

A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for processing electronic mail status rendezvous, the computer readable program code comprising:

• computer readable program code for receiving a status message having incomplete reported recipient information;
• computer readable program code for initiating a candidate list of a plurality of candidates, the candidates selected according to an identification in the status message;
• computer readable program code for preparing a search list of object identifiers;
• computer readable program code for eliminating non-matching candidates;
• and
• computer readable program code for selecting a matching candidate.