Shared attachments
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1. A method of sharing attachments, comprising:
- receiving a communication that includes an attachment, a unique communication identification (ID), a link pointing to a shared version of the attachment based on the unique communication ID, and an identification of a first and a second recipient;
based on the communication, determining that the first recipient has document-sharing permissions and that the second recipient does not have document-sharing permissions;
based on the sharing permissions of the first and second recipients and on the unique communication ID, provisioning a shared document workspace that includes the shared version of the attachment obtained from the communication;
modifying the communication to a first-recipient communication, the first-recipient communication identifying only the first recipient and including the attachment and the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the first-recipient communication to the first recipient; and
modifying the communication to a second-recipient communication, the second-recipient communication identifying only the second recipient, including the attachment and excluding the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the second-recipient communication to the second recipient.
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Abstract
When an outgoing communication sent to one or more recipients contains a supported attachment type, a shared workspace that contains a shared version of the original attachment is provisioned. A modified version of the original outgoing communication is delivered to internal recipients including both a link to the shared document and the original attachment.
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1. A method of sharing attachments, comprising:
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receiving a communication that includes an attachment, a unique communication identification (ID), a link pointing to a shared version of the attachment based on the unique communication ID, and an identification of a first and a second recipient; based on the communication, determining that the first recipient has document-sharing permissions and that the second recipient does not have document-sharing permissions; based on the sharing permissions of the first and second recipients and on the unique communication ID, provisioning a shared document workspace that includes the shared version of the attachment obtained from the communication; modifying the communication to a first-recipient communication, the first-recipient communication identifying only the first recipient and including the attachment and the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the first-recipient communication to the first recipient; and modifying the communication to a second-recipient communication, the second-recipient communication identifying only the second recipient, including the attachment and excluding the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the second-recipient communication to the second recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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4. A system for sharing attachments, comprising:
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a processing unit; and a system memory connected to the processing unit, the system memory including instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the system to be operable to; receive a communication that includes an attachment, a unique communication identification (ID), a link pointing to a shared version of the attachment based on the unique communication ID, and an identification of a first and a second recipient; based on the communication, determine that the first recipient has document-sharing permissions and that the second recipient does not have document-sharing permissions; based on the sharing permissions of the first and second recipients and on the unique communication ID, provisioning a shared document workspace that includes the shared version of the attachment obtained from the communication; modifying the communication to a first-recipient communication, the first-recipient communication identifying only the first recipient and including the attachment and the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the first-recipient communication to the first recipient; and modifying the communication to a second-recipient communication, the second-recipient communication identifying only the second recipient, including the attachment and excluding the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the second-recipient communication to the second recipient. - View Dependent Claims (5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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6. A method of sharing attachments, comprising:
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receiving a first communication based on an original communication that included an attachment, wherein the first communication includes the attachment, a link pointing to a shared version of the attachment and an identification of a first recipient and a second recipient, wherein the link is based on a communication id unique to the original communication; receiving a second communication based on the original communication, wherein the second communication includes the identification of the first recipient and the second recipient, a copy of the original communication including the attachment and the communication id unique to the original communication; based on the second communication, determining that the first recipient has document-sharing permissions and that the second recipient does not have document-sharing permissions; based on the sharing permissions of the first and second recipients and on the communication ID provided in the second communication, provisioning a shared document workspace that includes the shared version of the attachment obtained from the second communication; modifying the first communication to a first-recipient communication, the first-recipient communication identifying only the first recipient and including the attachment and the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the first-recipient communication to the first recipient; and modifying the first communication to a second-recipient communication, the second-recipient communication identifying only the second recipient, including the attachment and excluding the link pointing to the shared version of the attachment now provisioned in the shared document workspace, and releasing the second-recipient communication to the second recipient.
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