Tracking electronic mail messages
First Claim
1. In a system that receives and sends electronic mail (email) messages to users, a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed, perform a method for tracking email messages, the method comprising:
- identifying a user email address associated with a user;
providing user email content;
generating an email tracking address that is uniquely associated with the identified user email address or with the user email content;
sending an email message comprising the user email content to the identified user email address, such that the email message appears to have been sent from the email tracking address.
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Abstract
A method for tracking email messages may include identifying a user email address associated with a user and providing user email content. An email tracking address that is uniquely associated with the identified user email address or with the user email content may be generated. An email message comprising the user email content may be sent to the user at the identified user email address, such that the email message appears to have been sent from the email tracking address. The email message may be sent in response to a user email message. The email message may be sent as part of an unsolicited distribution of email messages to a plurality of recipients. In the email message, a sent-from or a recipient-on-reply field may be set to the email tracking address.
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16 Claims
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1. In a system that receives and sends electronic mail (email) messages to users, a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed, perform a method for tracking email messages, the method comprising:
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identifying a user email address associated with a user;
providing user email content;
generating an email tracking address that is uniquely associated with the identified user email address or with the user email content;
sending an email message comprising the user email content to the identified user email address, such that the email message appears to have been sent from the email tracking address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a system that receives and sends electronic mail (email) messages, a method of tracking email messages, the method comprising:
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identifying a user email address associated with a user;
providing user email content;
generating an email tracking address that is uniquely associated with the identified user email address or with the user email content;
sending an email message comprising the user email content to the user at the identified user email address, such that the email message appears to have been sent from the email tracking address.
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