Filing and retrieval of e-mail into person associated folders
First Claim
1. A method of filing e-mail messages comprising the steps of:
- setting up folders with assigned people names and filing e-mail messages in folders with assigned people names using address information on the messages.
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Abstract
A method of filing e-mail messages is provided wherein when setting up each e-mail folder or at any point in time later on the e-mail user can assign or remove one or more person'"'"'s name (senders or recipients of user'"'"'s e-mail) the folder. When sending or receiving an e-mail message the e-mail user uses the address information such as at TO, FROM or CC to file the e-mail message or pointer to the e-mail message in the folder or folders with the assigned peoples people names. Similarly a keyword may be assigned to a folder and the keyword in a title of the message using for filing in the folder. The method may be automatically filed or semi-automatic filed by the system highlighting the person or keyword for which the e-mail is to be filed to and selecting or overriding. The messages are retrieved from all of the folders using the person'"'"'s name or keyword.
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1. A method of filing e-mail messages comprising the steps of:
- setting up folders with assigned people names and filing e-mail messages in folders with assigned people names using address information on the messages.
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