Mail server coordination activities using message metadata
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1. A system for coordinating mail server activities by sending metadata along with a message comprising:
- a software module for coordinating mail server activities within a messaging system of an enterprise, the software module resident on a first computing device in the messaging system wherein the software module determines an identity of a second computing device, and determines a set of privileges associated with the identity of the second computing device such that a privilege of the set of privileges determines whether the second computing device is authorized to send or receive metadata associated with a message to be sent to or received from the first computing device, wherein the metadata is used by the first computing device to coordinate activities performed by the first computing device.
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Abstract
In a distributed electronic messaging system authorized information comprising metadata concerning a message is passed along from one mail server to another mail server. A receiving computer determines if the sending computer has the necessary authorizations to pass along the metadata. If so, the authorized information is passed along with the message body, enabling repetitious actions to be eliminated. If the sending computer is not authorized to pass along the metadata, the metadata is stripped off the message, changed or annotated.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for coordinating mail server activities by sending metadata along with a message comprising:
a software module for coordinating mail server activities within a messaging system of an enterprise, the software module resident on a first computing device in the messaging system wherein the software module determines an identity of a second computing device, and determines a set of privileges associated with the identity of the second computing device such that a privilege of the set of privileges determines whether the second computing device is authorized to send or receive metadata associated with a message to be sent to or received from the first computing device, wherein the metadata is used by the first computing device to coordinate activities performed by the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for coordinating activities in a mail messaging system comprising:
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receiving a message from a first computing device; verifying an identity associated with the first computing device; determining based on the identity of the first computing device, whether or not the first computing device is authorized to send metadata associated with the message. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for executing in a computer environment, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that when executed cause the computing environment to:
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receive a message from a first computing device; determine an identity associated with the first computing device; determine a set of privileges associated with the identity of the first computing device, wherein a privilege of the set of privileges determines whether metadata associated with the message is stripped from the message or is not stripped from the message before the message is send on to a second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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