METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC MAIL
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1. A method of storing and distributing emails in an organisation having a plurality of email users, comprising the steps of storing received emails in a database and distributing emails to users in response to a step of querying of the database, by search queries associated with the users.
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for storing and distributing emails. Instead of using the conventional “Inbox” paradigm, all email processed in an organisation is stored in a database. User access to the emails in the database is carried out by utilising search queries based on a high level language, to search the database.
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- 1. A method of storing and distributing emails in an organisation having a plurality of email users, comprising the steps of storing received emails in a database and distributing emails to users in response to a step of querying of the database, by search queries associated with the users.
- 24. A method of storing email received by an organisation, comprising the step of storing the email in relational form.
- 29. An apparatus for storing and distributing email in an organisation having a plurality of email users, the apparatus comprising a database arranged to receive emails and a distribution means arranged to distribute emails to the email users in response to search queries to the database, the search queries being associated with the email users.
- 52. An apparatus for storing email received by an organisation, comprising a relational database arranged to store the emails in relational form.
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