Method for recoverable message exchange independent of network protocols

A non-transitory computer storage medium having computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer implements a method for a device to retrieve a message from a data source, the article of manufacture comprising:

• computer readable program code for establishing a first network connection with the data source, wherein the message is separated into a plurality of fragments, and wherein a stamp that is associated with a rule is assigned to the plurality of fragments;
• computer readable program code for sending, to the device retrieving the message, the stamp associated with the plurality of fragments independently of the plurality of fragments;
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• computer readable program code for sending, to the device retrieving the message over the first network connection, a subset of the plurality of fragments in accordance with one or more assigned stamps and subsequent to a determination, by the device retrieving the message, to retrieve the plurality of fragments based on the one or more assigned stamps.