Method and system for handling E-mail messages in a communication system
First Claim
1. Method for handling E-mail messages in a communication system comprising one or several intermediate receivers (102), each serving at least one recipient, the method comprising:
- detaching, in the intermediate receiver (102), any attachment (300) in an E-mail message and storing the attachment, replacing each attachment in the E-mail message (10) with a reference (400) to the stored attachment, and forwarding the E-mail message (10) with the reference (400) from the intermediate receiver (102) to the recipient specified in the E-mail message (10).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for handling E-mail messages in a communication system. According to the present invention in a communication system comprising one or several intermediate receivers any attachment in an E-mail message is detached in the intermediate receiver and stored. Furthermore the attachment is replaced with a reference to the stored attachment before the E-mail message is forwarded to the recipient. With the use of the present invention the attachment of the E-mail stays always as close as possible to the receiver location. Changes to E-mail handling components on the sender'"'"'s side and in the transmitting network are not necessary. Since storage and transmission of redundant data is suppressed, there are considerable savings of transmission cost, disk space, and mailing time.
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15 Claims
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1. Method for handling E-mail messages in a communication system comprising one or several intermediate receivers (102), each serving at least one recipient, the method comprising:
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detaching, in the intermediate receiver (102), any attachment (300) in an E-mail message and storing the attachment, replacing each attachment in the E-mail message (10) with a reference (400) to the stored attachment, and forwarding the E-mail message (10) with the reference (400) from the intermediate receiver (102) to the recipient specified in the E-mail message (10). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15)
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6. System for handling E-mail messages in a communication system, comprising one or more intermediate receivers (102), each serving at least one recipient, the intermediate receiver (102) comprising an attachment handling device (104) adapted for
detaching any attachment (300) in an E-mail message (10) and storing the attachment (300), replacing each attachment (300) in the E-mail message (10) with a reference (400) to the stored attachment, and forwarding the E-mail message (10) with the reference (400) from the intermediate receiver (102) to the recipient specified in the E-mail message (10).
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