ELECTRONIC MAILING METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
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1. An electronic mailing method comprising:
- upon sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to the sent message, said automatic monitoring comprising;
ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and in the negative case, automatically alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message.
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Abstract
An electronic mailing method comprises: upon sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to the message, said automatic monitoring comprising: ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and in the negative case, alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message, for example sending a reminder message to the recipient adapted to remind him/her to send the reply message.
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1. An electronic mailing method comprising:
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upon sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to the sent message, said automatic monitoring comprising;
ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and in the negative case, automatically alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data processing system comprising:
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means activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to a message being;
means for ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and means for automatically alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message in case no reply is received.
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13. A computer product program in a computer readable medium comprising instructions for carrying out the steps of the method, comprising:
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upon sending an electronic mail message to a recipient, activating an automatic monitoring of the receipt of a reply message to the sent message, ascertaining whether the reply to the message has been received, and in the negative case, automatically alerting at least one among a sender of the message and the recipient of the message;
when said computer program is executed on a computer.
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