NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS OF EMAIL MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A method for providing notification to email clients with recipient updates resulting from email forwards comprising:
- sending an initial email message to a plurality of recipients;
receiving a notification message from a first one of the recipients responsive to the first one forwarding the initial email message to an additional recipient, wherein the notification message indicates that the first one has forwarded the email message to at least one additional recipient;
responsive to receipt of the notification message, composing an update message, wherein the update message indicates that the first one has forwarded the message to the additional recipient; and
sending the update message to at least one of the plurality of recipients other than the first one.
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Abstract
An email client software application can include a sending component, a receiving component, a notifier, and a reply-all option. The sending component can be for sending email messages to a set of recipients. The receiving component can be for receiving email messages. The notifier can be for receiving notifications from recipients to whom email messages have been previously sent. The received notifications can indicate that previously sent email messages have been forwarded to others. The reply-all option can be provided such that when triggered it automatically sends a reply message to a subset of recipients associated with an initial one of the email messages and to the others that have been sent the initial one of the email messages. The others included in the subset can be determined from the notifications received and processed by the notifier.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing notification to email clients with recipient updates resulting from email forwards comprising:
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sending an initial email message to a plurality of recipients; receiving a notification message from a first one of the recipients responsive to the first one forwarding the initial email message to an additional recipient, wherein the notification message indicates that the first one has forwarded the email message to at least one additional recipient; responsive to receipt of the notification message, composing an update message, wherein the update message indicates that the first one has forwarded the message to the additional recipient; and sending the update message to at least one of the plurality of recipients other than the first one. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to send an initial email message to a plurality of recipients; computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to receive a notification message from a first one of the recipients responsive to the first one forwarding the initial email message to an additional recipient, wherein the notification message indicates that the first one has forwarded the email message to at least one additional recipient; computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to, responsive to receipt of the notification message, compose an update message, wherein the update message indicates that the first one has forwarded the message to the additional recipient; and computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to send the update message to at least one of the plurality of recipients other than the first one. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An email client software application executable by a processor of the apparatus, wherein the email client software application is stored on a tangible storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
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a sending component for sending email messages to a plurality of recipients; a receiving component for receiving email messages; a notifier for receiving notifications from recipients to whom email messages have been previously sent, said received notifications indicating that previously sent email messages have been forwarded to others; and a reply-all option of the email client, wherein when triggered automatically sends a reply message to a subset of recipients associated with an initial one of the email messages and to the others that have been sent the initial one of the email messages as determined from the notifications received and processed by the notifier. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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