Internet e-mail bridge
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one processor; and
memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of retrieving messages from a first account and a second account, the method comprising;
retrieving a first message from the first account supporting a first protocol, wherein the first message is retrieved by invoking a first method having logic for retrieving the first message according to the first protocol;
retrieving a second message from the second account supporting a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol, and wherein the second message is retrieved by invoking a second method having logic for retrieving the second message according to the second protocol, wherein the second method is different from the first method; and
storing the first and second messages locally.
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Abstract
An Internet mail bridge is provided for downloading e-mail messages from Internet mail servers supporting different email protocols, such as the Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (Web DAV) protocol, and delivering the downloaded messages, which are in different formats, to a mail server on a local area network. The Internet mail bridge has a mail manager that is independent from particular e-mail protocols or e-mail formats. For each e-mail account, the mail manager instantiates a mail connector object that contains logic for downloading e-mail according to the e-mail access protocol of that account, and invokes the mail connector object to download e-mail messages from that account. The mail manager then instantiates and invokes mail deliverer objects tailored for handling different message formats to deliver the downloaded messages to the local mail server.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; and memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of retrieving messages from a first account and a second account, the method comprising; retrieving a first message from the first account supporting a first protocol, wherein the first message is retrieved by invoking a first method having logic for retrieving the first message according to the first protocol; retrieving a second message from the second account supporting a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol, and wherein the second message is retrieved by invoking a second method having logic for retrieving the second message according to the second protocol, wherein the second method is different from the first method; and storing the first and second messages locally. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of retrieving messages from a first account and a second account, the method comprising:
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retrieving a first message from the first account supporting a first protocol, wherein the first message is retrieved by invoking a first method having logic for retrieving the first message according to the first protocol; retrieving a second message from the second account supporting a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol, and wherein the second message is retrieved by invoking a second method having logic for retrieving the second message according to the second protocol, wherein the second method is different from the first method; and storing the first and second messages locally. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer storage medium encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
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retrieving a first message from the first account supporting a first protocol, wherein the first message is retrieved by invoking a first method having logic for retrieving the first message according to the first protocol; retrieving a second message from the second account supporting a second protocol, wherein the second protocol is different from the first protocol, and wherein the second message is retrieved by invoking a second method having logic for retrieving the second message according to the second protocol wherein the second method is different from the first method; and storing the first and second messages locally. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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