Process and apparatus for email handling
First Claim
1. A method of operating an electronic mail (email) system including the steps of:
- (e) enabling a sender to compose an email and initiate a send operation to one or more recipients in respect of the email;
(f) intercepting the email sent by the sender;
(g) presenting the email to the sender in such a way that the sender can amend the email; and
(h) in response to a specified triggering event dependent on satisfaction of the senders transmission criteria, transmitting the email to the one or more recipients.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for handling email is described. The method includes the step of re-transmitting a sent email to the originating sender where an intervening check of specified transmission criteria is included. In a preferred embodiment, the transmission criteria may include checking the email for content, any required attachments and the like. In response to such transmission criteria, the user can elect to send the email with or without amendment. In an alternative embodiment, the method checks for the presence of the sender in the cc: bcc: or to: list and depending on the inclusion of the sender, the system proceeds with sending the email or resubmits it for a checking step. The invention can be applied to a variety of system architectures including networks, client/server systems and the like.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of operating an electronic mail (email) system including the steps of:
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(e) enabling a sender to compose an email and initiate a send operation to one or more recipients in respect of the email;
(f) intercepting the email sent by the sender;
(g) presenting the email to the sender in such a way that the sender can amend the email; and
(h) in response to a specified triggering event dependent on satisfaction of the senders transmission criteria, transmitting the email to the one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of handling electronic mail (email) including the steps of:
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intercepting an email composed and sent by a sender to one or more recipients;
presenting the email to the sender, in editable form, for approval; and
following approval, transmitting the email to the one or more recipients.
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