Pre test electronic mail process
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorDoug Rollins
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus which operates completely in the background (i.e., transparent to the user) to verify the validity of an addressee's Internet e-mail address. The invention seeks to prevent the delivery of an e-mail message having an incorrect user name, server name, or a misspelling in either or both in the addressee's Internet e-mail address. If an error is detected, it is called to the sender's attention, where it may be corrected before the message is sent.
Claims65
A method of sending an electronic mail (e-mail) message, the method comprising:
- receiving as an input at least one e-mail address for at least one intended recipient of said e-mail message into an address accepting field of an e-mail software program;
- verifying whether said at least one entered e-mail address is valid and able to receive e-mail messages, said verification being performed by said e-mail software program sending a ping/test message prior to sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient;
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- sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient with said e-mail software program.
A system for sending an electronic mail (e-mail) message, the system comprising:
- a processor-based device capable of running an e-mail software program;
- said e-mail software program being capable of sending a ping/test message to verify whether an e-mail address entered into an e-mail address accepting field of said software program is valid and able to receive e-mail messages;
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- said e-mail software program being capable of performing said verification prior to sending said e-mail message to an intended recipient.
A computer readable storage medium containing a computer readable code for operating a computer to perform a method of sending an electronic mail (e-mail) message, said method comprising:
- receiving as an input at least one e-mail address for at least one intended recipient of said e-mail message into an address accepting field of an e-mail software program;
- verifying whether said at least one entered e-mail address is valid and able to receive e-mail messages, said verification being performed by said e-mail software program sending a ping/test message prior to sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient;
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- sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient with said e-mail software program.
A method of transmitting computer readable code comprising the act of transmitting said computer readable code over a communication path, said code being executable by a processor as an e-mail software program to carry out a method of sending an electronic mail (e-mail) message, said sending method comprising:
- entering at least one e-mail address for at least one intended recipient of said e-mail message into an address accepting field of an e-mail software program;
- verifying whether said at least one entered e-mail address is valid and able to receive e-mail messages, said verification being performed by said e-mail software program sending a ping/test message prior to sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient;
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- sending said e-mail message to said at least one intended recipient with said e-mail software program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.