STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT OF MAIL ATTACHMENTS
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1. A method for implementing retention policies of mail attachment data, the method comprising:
- with one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware,detecting a request to send a mail object from a sender to one or more recipients, the mail object containing at least one mail attachment data file;
creating a tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file on a network storage device accessible by the sender and/or the one or more recipients, the tagged copy associated with a retention policy specifying a first time period for retaining the tagged copy on the network storage device;
replacing the at least one mail attachment data file contained in the mail object with a link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file stored in the network storage device; and
sending the mail object containing the link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file to the one or more recipients.
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Abstract
A system according to certain aspects improves the process of sending emails containing attachments. The system can detect a request to send an email containing attachments to one or more recipients, create a copy of the attachments on a network storage device, replace the attachments contained in the email with links to the copies of the attachments, and send the email containing the links to the one or more recipients.
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1. A method for implementing retention policies of mail attachment data, the method comprising:
with one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware, detecting a request to send a mail object from a sender to one or more recipients, the mail object containing at least one mail attachment data file; creating a tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file on a network storage device accessible by the sender and/or the one or more recipients, the tagged copy associated with a retention policy specifying a first time period for retaining the tagged copy on the network storage device; replacing the at least one mail attachment data file contained in the mail object with a link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file stored in the network storage device; and sending the mail object containing the link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file to the one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for implementing retention policies of mail attachment data, the system comprising:
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a network storage device comprising computer hardware and configured to store mail attachment data files; and a client computing device comprising computer hardware and in network communication with the network storage device and configured to process mail data containing one or more mail attachment data files and store the mail data in one or more primary storage devices, wherein the client computing device is further configured to; detect a request to send a mail object from a sender to one or more recipients, the mail object containing at least one mail attachment data file; create a tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file on the network storage device, the tagged copy associated with a retention policy specifying a first time period for retaining the tagged copy on the network storage device, wherein the network storage device is accessible by the sender and/or the one or more recipients; replace the at least one mail attachment data file contained in the mail object with a link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file stored in the network storage device; and send the mail object containing the link to the tagged copy of the at least one mail attachment data file to the one or more recipients. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for implementing retention policies of mail attachment data, the method comprising:
with one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware, detecting a request to attach a mail attachment data file to a mail object to be sent from a sender to one or more recipients; creating a tagged copy of the mail attachment data file on a network storage device accessible by the sender and the one or more recipients, the tagged copy associated with a retention policy specifying a first time period for retaining the tagged copy on the network storage device; adding a link to the tagged copy of the mail attachment data file stored in the network storage device to the mail object; and sending the mail object containing the link to the tagged copy of the mail attachment data file to the one or more recipients.
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