MESSAGING PROTOCOL FOR PROCESSING MESSAGES WITH ATTACHMENTS
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) insert into a first field and a second field of a message, that is to be processed according to an electronic messaging protocol, information that identifies a sender and a recipient of the message, respectively, the message includes an attachment from an attaching entity, and (b) insert into a third field of the message, which is associated with the attachment, a unique property of the attaching entity, wherein in the message, the attachment is outside the first, second, and third fields.
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Abstract
A message that is to be processed according to an electronic messaging protocol is associated with a sender of the message. The message also includes an attachment from an attaching entity. The attachment is associated with a unique property of the attaching entity. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) insert into a first field and a second field of a message, that is to be processed according to an electronic messaging protocol, information that identifies a sender and a recipient of the message, respectively, the message includes an attachment from an attaching entity, and (b) insert into a third field of the message, which is associated with the attachment, a unique property of the attaching entity, wherein in the message, the attachment is outside the first, second, and third fields. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) insert an attachment into a message that is to be delivered according to a messaging protocol, and (b) fill (i) a first field of the message to identify a sender, (ii) a second field of the message, which is associated with the attachment, to identify an entity who requested that the attachment be inserted, and (iii) a third field of the message to identify a recipient of the message, wherein in the message, the attachment is outside the first, second, and third fields. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that program a computer to (a) create a message to be delivered according to a messaging protocol for a plurality of networks interconnected with one or more routers, wherein the message includes (i) an attachment from an attaching entity, and (ii) header information that (1) identifies a sender of the message and separately (2) identifies and associates the attaching entity with the attachment, and (b) send the created message to a message transfer agent. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that program a computer to process a message that is received from a client program and that is delivered in accordance with a messaging protocol for networks interconnected with one or more routers, wherein the message includes (a) an attachment, (b) a first field that identifies a sender, (c) a second field that (i) identifies an entity who requested that the attachment be inserted and (ii) is associated with the attachment, and (d) a third field that identifies a data network address of an intended recipient, wherein the message is to be processed so as to present information from the attachment and the first, second and third fields, to the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) receive a message from a client program of a subscriber to a communications service, wherein the message is to be delivered according to a messaging protocol for a plurality of networks interconnected with one or more routers, and wherein the message is to include an attachment from the subscriber, a first field that identifies a sender as the subscriber, and a destination field that identifies a data network address of an intended recipient of the message, and (b) add a second field to the message that (i) identifies an entity who requested that the attachment be inserted into the message and (ii) is associated with the attachment, wherein in the message, the attachment is outside the first, second, and destination fields. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) process a message from a user agent, wherein the message is to be delivered according to a messaging protocol for a plurality of networks interconnected with one or more routers, and wherein the message includes an attachment, a first header field that identifies a sender, and a second header field that identifies a recipient, and (b) fill a third header field of the message, that is associated with the attachment, to identify an entity who requested that the attachment be inserted into the message. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that program a computer to (a) receive information from a header portion of a message that is processed according to a messaging protocol for a plurality of networks interconnected with one or more routers, the message includes the header portion and an attachment from an attaching entity, and wherein the received information identifies a sender of the message and, separately, identifies and associates the attaching entity with the attachment, and (b) present the received information to an intended recipient of the message. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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