ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVER AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING ADDRESS LISTS
First Claim
1. A method of communicating, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an electronic mail communication at a message server, the communication having an embedded script that indicates at least one characteristic of at least one intended recipient of the communication;
determining whether the embedded script corresponds to an identifier of at least one potential candidate recipient from a database provided by a facilitator independent of the message server;
forwarding at least an indication of the identifier to the facilitator of the database;
receiving an indication of any identified candidate recipient corresponding to the identifier from the facilitator; and
automatically developing an address list including any identified candidate recipient corresponding to the identifier.
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Abstract
An exemplary method of communicating includes receiving an electronic mail communication at a message server. The communication has an embedded script that indicates at least one characteristic of at least one intended recipient of the communication. A determination is made whether the embedded script corresponds to an identifier of at least one potential candidate recipient from at least one database provided by at least one facilitator that is independent of the message server. At least an indication of the identifier is forwarded to the database facilitator(s). An indication of identified candidate recipients corresponding to the identifier is received from the facilitator(s). An address list is automatically developed based on the identified recipients.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an electronic mail communication at a message server, the communication having an embedded script that indicates at least one characteristic of at least one intended recipient of the communication; determining whether the embedded script corresponds to an identifier of at least one potential candidate recipient from a database provided by a facilitator independent of the message server; forwarding at least an indication of the identifier to the facilitator of the database; receiving an indication of any identified candidate recipient corresponding to the identifier from the facilitator; and automatically developing an address list including any identified candidate recipient corresponding to the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic mail message server, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive an electronic mail communication, the communication having an embedded script that indicates at least one characteristic of at least one intended recipient of the communication; a recipient determining module configured to determine whether the embedded script corresponds to an identifier of at least one potential candidate recipient from a database provided by a facilitator independent of the message server; a communication module configured to forward at least an indication of the identifier to the facilitator of the database, receive an indication of any identified candidate recipient corresponding to the identifier from the facilitator; and wherein at least one of the recipient identifier module or the communication module is configured to automatically develop an address list including any identified candidate recipients. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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