Determining failed delivery of email messages using email notifications
First Claim
1. A method of communicating an electronic mail message on a communications network, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) sending an electronic mail message to at least one user; and
(B) sending, in a communication separate from the electronic mail message, at least one notification indicating that the electronic mail message was sent.
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Abstract
Notifying a user that an email message sent to the user was not received by the user. Users can register to receive notifications. When a sender sends an email message to a recipient, a separate notification also may be sent to a notification server that populates and controls access to an email notification list. Each notification in the list may comprise a hash of the content of the email message that it represents. A recipient module may be configured to check the notification list periodically and/or in response to a recipient'"'"'s instructions, and compare notifications to the email messages received for the recipient to determine whether any email messages intended for the recipient were not received. If it is determined from the notifications that an email message was not received, a notice may be sent to the sender, which may include a request that the sender re-send the email message.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating an electronic mail message on a communications network, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) sending an electronic mail message to at least one user; and
(B) sending, in a communication separate from the electronic mail message, at least one notification indicating that the electronic mail message was sent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20)
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8. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, control the computer to perform a method of communicating an electronic mail message on a communications network, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) sending an electronic mail message to at least one user; and
(B) sending, in a communication separate from the electronic mail message, at least one notification indicating that the electronic mail message was sent. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define a data structure comprising at least one entry specifying a notification that an electronic email message was sent to a recipient,
wherein the data structure is operative to be accessed to determine that the electronic mail message was sent to the recipient.
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