APPLICATION TRANSPARENT DEDUPLICATION DATA
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1. A method, comprising:
- analyzing an electronic mail database to identify a plurality of electronic mail attachments included in the electronic mail database, the plurality of electronic mail attachments including a first electronic mail attachment and a second electronic mail attachment;
substituting a first stub for a first electronic mail attachment and a second stub for the second electronic mail attachment;
deduplicating the first electronic mail attachment and the second electronic mail attachment;
wherein the first electronic mail attachment is rehydrated upon receiving a request from an electronic mail application for the first electronic mail attachment, wherein the request is received at the first stub.
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Abstract
Mechanisms are provided to allow for application transparent deduplication data. A mail database associated with a mail application can be analyzed to identify attachments meeting particular administrator criteria. The attachments are analyzed and replaced with stubs to allow continued mail application interaction with the mail database. The attachments may be optimized with deduplication and/or compression.
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1. A method, comprising:
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analyzing an electronic mail database to identify a plurality of electronic mail attachments included in the electronic mail database, the plurality of electronic mail attachments including a first electronic mail attachment and a second electronic mail attachment; substituting a first stub for a first electronic mail attachment and a second stub for the second electronic mail attachment; deduplicating the first electronic mail attachment and the second electronic mail attachment; wherein the first electronic mail attachment is rehydrated upon receiving a request from an electronic mail application for the first electronic mail attachment, wherein the request is received at the first stub. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A server, comprising:
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a processor configured to analyze an electronic mail database to identify a plurality of electronic mail attachments included in the electronic mail database, the plurality of electronic mail attachments including a first electronic mail attachment and a second electronic mail attachment, wherein a first stub is substituted for a first electronic mail attachment and a second stub is substituted for the second electronic mail attachment; deduplication logic configured to deduplicate the first electronic mail attachment and the second electronic mail attachment; wherein the first electronic mail attachment is rehydrated upon receiving a request from an electronic mail application for the first electronic mail attachment, wherein the request is received at the first stub. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium having computer code embodied therein, the computer readable medium comprising:
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computer code for analyzing an electronic mail database to identify a plurality of electronic mail attachments included in the electronic mail database, the plurality of electronic mail attachments including a first electronic mail attachment and a second electronic mail attachment; computer code for substituting a first stub for a first electronic mail attachment and a second stub for the second electronic mail attachment; computer code for deduplicating the first electronic mail attachment and the second electronic mail attachment; wherein the first electronic mail attachment is rehydrated upon receiving a request from an electronic mail application for the first electronic mail attachment, wherein the request is received at the first stub.
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