Method and system for filing electronic mails
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFrederic Bauchot, Beatrice Coulomb, Gerard Marmigere, Carole Truntschka
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Abstract
A method and system for filing electronic mails is disclosed. The method executed on the client side of a mail application allows to propose to a user a list of relevant folders that have been previously used to store e-mails in relation with the current e-mail to be stored. The relationship between the e-mail is determined by analyzing the content of different message fields of the e-mail header.
Claims14
A computer implemented method of filing an electronic mail (e-mail) comprising the steps of:
- detecting an instruction from a user action to file the e-mail;
- extracting content of at least one message field from a header of the e-mail;
- using, by a computer, at least some of the extracted content as a message identifier to search into a folder table for one or more records associated with the same message identifier, each record of the folder table being defined by a folder name and a message identifier;
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- displaying a proposed folder list as being a result of relevant one or more folders where to file the e-mail, the list including a folder name of each record found,
- wherein the extracted content is content of a message-id field, the content of a message-id field having a unique identifier which refers to current version of current message, and
- wherein the extracted content further comprises content of a reply-to field, the reply-to field having a message-id of a previous message which current message is a reply to.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of filing an electronic mail (e-mail) comprising:
- detecting an instruction from a user action to file the e-mail;
- extracting content of at least one message field from a header of the e-mail;
- using at least some of the extracted content as a message identifier to search into a folder table for one or more records associated with the same message identifier, each record of the folder table being defined by a folder name and a message identifier;
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- displaying a proposed folder list as being a result of relevant one or more folders where to file the e-mail, the list including a folder name of each record found,
- wherein the extracted content is content of a message-id field, the content of a message-id field having a unique identifier which refers to current version of current message, and
- wherein the extracted content further comprises content of a reply-to field, the reply-to field having a message-id of a previous message which current message is a reply to.
A system for filing an electronic mail (e-mail) comprising:
- a computer;
- a user graphical interface detecting an instruction from a user action to file the e-mail;
- a mail user agent extracting content of at least one message field from a header of the e-mail;
- the mail user agent using at least some of the extracted content as a message identifier to search into a folder table for one or more records associated with the same message identifier, each record of the folder table being defined by a folder name and a message identifier;
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- the user graphical interface displaying a proposed folder list as being a result of relevant one or more folders where to file the e-mail, the list including a folder name of each record found,
- wherein the extracted content is content of a message-id field, the content of a message-id field having a unique identifier which refers to current version of current message, and
- wherein the extracted content further comprises content of a reply-to field, the reply-to field having a message-id of a previous message which current message is a reply to.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.