Method and system for processing email during an unplanned outage
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1. A method for providing backup electronic messaging services during unplanned outages, comprising:
- determining an availability of a primary server by periodically pinging email addresses on said primary server and evaluating whether a response is received;
redirecting email messages from said primary server to a secondary server when said primary server is unavailable;
providing said intended recipients with access to said email messages on a secondary server while said primary server is unavailable; and
incorporating said email messages received while said primary server was unavailable into said intended recipient'"'"'s primary email file so as to create a continuous email history.
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Abstract
The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for processing email during an unplanned outage. Email messages are redirected from the primary server to a secondary server during an unplanned outage such as, for example, a natural disaster. A notification message is sent to users alerting them that their email messages are available on the secondary server by, for example, Internet access. After the termination of the unplanned outage, email messages received during the unplanned outage are synchronized into the users standard email application.
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1. A method for providing backup electronic messaging services during unplanned outages, comprising:
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determining an availability of a primary server by periodically pinging email addresses on said primary server and evaluating whether a response is received; redirecting email messages from said primary server to a secondary server when said primary server is unavailable; providing said intended recipients with access to said email messages on a secondary server while said primary server is unavailable; and incorporating said email messages received while said primary server was unavailable into said intended recipient'"'"'s primary email file so as to create a continuous email history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for providing email during an unplanned outage comprising:
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managing user'"'"'s email activity through a software application residing on a primary server; determining the email addresses that reside on said primary server; creating on a secondary server email addresses redundant to said email addresses that reside on said primary server; determining if said email addresses that reside on said primary server are detectable to inbound email messages; redirecting said inbound email messages addressed to said email addresses that reside on said primary server from said primary server to said email addresses that reside on said secondary server at such time as said email addresses that reside on said primary server are not detectable to said inbound email messages, thereby providing continuous access for said users'"'"' to said inbound email messages while generating outbound email messages from said users'"'"' existing email address; assessing the time at which said email addresses that reside on said primary server are again detectable to said inbound email messages wherein said assessing the time at which said email addresses that reside on said primary server are again detectable to said inbound email messages further includes periodically pinging said email addresses and evaluating whether a response is received from said email addresses; redirecting said inbound email messages sent to said email addresses that reside on said secondary server from said secondary server to said email addresses that reside on aid primary server after said time at which said email addresses that reside on said primary server are again detectable to inbound email messages; and synchronizing said inbound email messages received on said secondary server from said time as said email addresses that reside on said primary server are not detectable to said inbound email messages until the time said email addresses that reside on said primary server are again detectable to inbound email messages with the existing messages in said software application, thereby completing the email message history within said software application. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing email during an unplanned outage comprising using software for managing users'"'"' email;
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determining an availability of a primary server by periodically pinging email addresses on said primary server and evaluating whether a response is received; redirecting inbound email messages from said primary server to a secondary server when said primary server is unavailable; providing said users with access to said email addresses on said secondary server while said primary server is unavailable; and incorporating said email messages received while said primary server was unavailable into said software for managing users'"'"' email so as to create a complete email history. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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