RECEIVING EMAIL ATTACHMENTS WHEN A MAILBOX IS FULL
First Claim
1. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
- receiving the first email addressed to the recipient;
via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level;
when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor;
initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient;
causing the attachment to he attached to an instant message; and
initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient.
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Abstract
Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient. The method includes receiving the first email addressed to the recipient and, via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level. When the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor, establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient can be initiated. The attachment can be caused to be attached to an instant message. Sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient can be initiated.
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25 Claims
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1. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving the first email addressed to the recipient; via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor; initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causing the attachment to he attached to an instant message; and initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving the first email addressed to the recipient; via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor; causing the attachment to be stored to a storage device, at least temporarily; initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causing the attachment to be attached to an instant message; and initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, sends an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the computer readable storage medium comprising; computer readable program code that receives the first email addressed to the recipient; computer readable program code that determines whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; computer readable program code that, when the volume of data has reached the threshold level; initiates establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causes the attachment to be attached to an instant message; and initiates sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, sends an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the computer readable storage medium comprising; computer readable program code that receives the first email addressed to the recipient; computer readable program code that determines whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; computer readable program code that, when the volume of data has reached the threshold level; causes the attachment to be stored to a storage device, at least temporarily; initiates establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causes the attachment to be attached to an instant message; and initiates sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient.
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