Auto-forwarding and auto-delegating email folder control
First Claim
1. A software controlled method for Auto-forwarding Email, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing an email account with a plurality of predefined folders, including an inbox, an outbox, a sent messages folder, a draft folder, an awaiting action folder, and a deleted messages folder;
providing an autoforwarding folder for receiving and automatically forwarding preselected messages from said inbox to selected recipients, the auto-forwarding folder comprising a plurality of forward subfolders, each forward subfolder intended for a selected email recipient or recipients;
automatically forwarding messages dragged from the InBox to a given autoforwarding subfolder to the desired recipient(s); and
, automatically inserting a predefined note to the desired recipient in each received message that is to be autoforwarded.
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Abstract
An email agent includes special folders enabling a busy executive to speed up forwarding of email messages, delegate their processing and obtain notification of the message processing. An Auto-Forwarding folder comprising various recipient choices automatically forwards selected message to desired recipients (or to a list of recipients). Optionally a predefined note may be tacked to the received, forwarded message. Alternative subfolders to identical recipients are made available, facilitating different treatments for emails forwarded to the same target. Automatic delegating functions are provided to inform the original sender of the status of a forwarded message. A special code inserted in the header of a return message from a delegate will inform the delegator'"'"'s system that the return message is a copy of a reply to a previously delegated message, and the return message can be stored either in a standard InBox or a special InBox for copies of replies to delegated messages.
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1. A software controlled method for Auto-forwarding Email, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing an email account with a plurality of predefined folders, including an inbox, an outbox, a sent messages folder, a draft folder, an awaiting action folder, and a deleted messages folder;
providing an autoforwarding folder for receiving and automatically forwarding preselected messages from said inbox to selected recipients, the auto-forwarding folder comprising a plurality of forward subfolders, each forward subfolder intended for a selected email recipient or recipients;
automatically forwarding messages dragged from the InBox to a given autoforwarding subfolder to the desired recipient(s); and
,automatically inserting a predefined note to the desired recipient in each received message that is to be autoforwarded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A software controlled method for Auto-forwarding and Auto-delegating Email, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing an email account with a plurality of predefined folders, including an inbox, an outbox, a sent messages folder, a draft folder, an awaiting action folder, and a deleted messages folder;
providing an autoforwarding folder for receiving and automatically forwarding preselected messages from said inbox to selected recipients, the auto-forwarding folder comprising a plurality of forward subfolders, each forward subfolder intended for a selected email recipient or recipients;
automatically forwarding messages dragged from the InBox to a given autoforwarding subfolder to the desired recipient(s); and
,providing a Delegating folder to provide proper feedback to a forwarder to verify that delegated actions were completed by the delegatee. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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