Managing periodic electronic messages
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1. A method for managing electronic messages, comprising:
- accessing one or more electronic messages sent to a recipient from a sender;
determining the one or more electronic messages are periodic electronic messages; and
generating a rule for managing future electronic messages from the sender for the recipient, the rule based on the one or more electronic messages.
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Abstract
Management of periodic electronic messages received from a sender. Managing periodic messages includes reducing the number of stale and/or obsolete messages maintained in the user'"'"'s account. A periodic message can be identified if the sender of the message is listed in a periodic mail rules list or by processing previously received electronic messages. One or more rules can be generated to process periodic messages from periodic message sources. The one or more rules can be applied to subsequent incoming messages and/or stored messages.
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1. A method for managing electronic messages, comprising:
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accessing one or more electronic messages sent to a recipient from a sender;
determining the one or more electronic messages are periodic electronic messages; and
generating a rule for managing future electronic messages from the sender for the recipient, the rule based on the one or more electronic messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for processing periodic email, comprising:
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a rule generator able to generate a rule for processing a periodic email received by a sender for a recipient, the rule generator deriving the rule from one or more emails received by the recipient from the sender; and
an rule application engine able to apply the rule to one or more periodic emails received by the recipient from a sender, said rule application engine connectively coupled to said rule generator. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on one or more said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
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accessing an electronic message sent to a recipient from a sender;
identifying the electronic message as a periodic electronic message; and
generating a rule for processing future electronic messages from the sender for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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