SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCOUNTS
First Claim
1. A system for integrating email accounts, comprising:
- a preferred email service configured to send and receive email messages for a primary email account;
a secondary email service configured to send and receive email messages for a secondary email account; and
a polling agent configured to periodically retrieve email messages, that have been addressed to the secondary email account, from the secondary email service and to forward the retrieved messages to the primary account.
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Abstract
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for integrating a plurality of electronic mail (email) accounts. A plurality of email services may be used to send and receive electronic messages over a wide area network, one of the email services being a preferred email service and another of the email services being a secondary email service. An email integration service may be used that is coupled to the wide area network and that is independent of the plurality of email services. The email integration service may be operable to receive account information regarding the preferred email service and the secondary email service and use the account information to configure a means for forwarding electronic messages from the preferred email service to the secondary email service.
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1. A system for integrating email accounts, comprising:
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a preferred email service configured to send and receive email messages for a primary email account; a secondary email service configured to send and receive email messages for a secondary email account; and a polling agent configured to periodically retrieve email messages, that have been addressed to the secondary email account, from the secondary email service and to forward the retrieved messages to the primary account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for integrating email accounts, comprising:
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a preferred email service configured to send and receive email messages for a primary email account; a secondary email service configured to send and receive email messages for a secondary email account; and a forwarding rule maintained by the secondary email service to cause the secondary email service to automatically redirect electronic messages sent to the secondary account to the primary account. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for use with a preferred email service and a secondary email service that are configured to send and receive email messages for respective primary email and secondary email accounts, the method comprising:
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retrieving email messages, that have been addressed to the secondary email account, from the secondary email service; and forwarding the retrieved messages to the primary account; said retrieving and forwarding being performed automatically and periodically. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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