Method and system for e-mail management
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1. A method for providing electronic mail (e-mail) management service comprising:
- providing a user with a distribution address that the user uses to distribute to at least one of persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up at least one of persons and entities address in a list that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up a forwarding address that is associated with at least one of persons and entities address on the list;
receiving e-mail with a source address;
comparing the source address with the list that the user desires to have contact with; and
retrieving a forwarding address and forwarding the e-mail if the source address matches at least one of persons and entities address in a list.
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Abstract
A method and system provides a user with a permanent electronic mail (e-mail) address that the user uses to distribute to persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with. A list of addresses of persons and entities that the user desires to keep contact with is set up along with associated forwarding addresses. When an e-mail is received, the source address of the e-mail is compared with the list. If there is a match, the forwarding address is retrieved and the e-mail is forwarded using the forwarding address. If there is no match, the source address and/or the e-mail is stored, which is accessible by the user.
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1. A method for providing electronic mail (e-mail) management service comprising:
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providing a user with a distribution address that the user uses to distribute to at least one of persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up at least one of persons and entities address in a list that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up a forwarding address that is associated with at least one of persons and entities address on the list;
receiving e-mail with a source address;
comparing the source address with the list that the user desires to have contact with; and
retrieving a forwarding address and forwarding the e-mail if the source address matches at least one of persons and entities address in a list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for providing electronic mail (e-mail) management service comprising:
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providing a user with an access to a server;
allowing the user to obtain a distribution address at the server that the user uses to distribute to at least one of persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up in the server at least one of persons and entities address in a list that the user desires to have contact with;
setting up in the list a forwarding address that is associated with at least one of persons and entities address on the list;
receiving at an input interface of the server, e-mail including a source address that is channeled to the server using the distribution address;
comparing at the server, the source address with the list that the user desires to have contact with;
retrieving a forwarding address if the source address matches at least one of persons and entities address in a list; and
sending the e-mail along with the forwarding address to an output interface of the server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus to provide electronic mail (e-mail) management service comprising:
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means for providing a user with a distribution address that the user uses to distribute to at least one of persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with;
means for setting up at least one of persons and entities address in a list that the user desires to have contact with;
means for setting up a forwarding address that is associated with at least one of persons and entities address on the list;
means for receiving e-mail with a source address;
means for comparing the source address with the list that the user desires to have contact with; and
means for retrieving a forwarding address and forwarding the e-mail if the source address matches at least one of persons and entities address in a list. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A system to provide electronic mail (e-mail) management service comprising:
an e-mail management service server that includes a processor configured to provide a distribution address to a user that the user uses to distribute to at least one of persons and entities that the user desires to have contact with;
a memory to store a list that includes at least one of persons and entities address that the user desires to have contact with, the list further includes at least one forwarding address that is associated with at least one of persons and entities address on the list;
an input interface to receive e-mail with a source address, wherein the processor is further configured to compare the source address with the list containing at least one of persons and entities address, the processor further configured to retrieve the forwarding address if the source address matches at least one of persons and entities address in the list, the memory further configured to store at least one of the source address and the e-mail if source address does not match at least one of persons and entities address in the list, wherein the processor is configured to allow the user to have access to the stored at least one of the source address and the e-mail; and
an output interface to forward the e-mail using the forwarding address.
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