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Method and apparatus for enhanced electronic mail distribution

  • US 5,424,724 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1991
  • Issued: 06/13/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for enhanced electronic mail document distribution to selected nodes within a distributed data processing system having a plurality of host systems and at least one network comprising a plurality of users, each of said plurality of users having a selected host agent coupling a user to a predetermined one of said plurality of host systems, said method comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a host agent reference table in association with a host agent, said host agent reference table identifying alternate host agents serving particular node destinations within alternate ones of said plurality of host systems within said distributed data processing system;

    determining a node destination address for a selected electronic mail document coupled from a user to a particular host agent;

    in the event said node destination address is unknown to said particular host agent, determining a selected one of said alternate host agents serving said node destination address in response to a reference to said host agent reference table;

    automatically coupling said selected electronic mail document to said selected one of said alternate host agents; and

    thereafter utilizing said selected one of said alternate host agents to deliver said selected electronic mail document to said node destination address.

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