Moving a messaging system mailbox
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1. In a messaging system including a first network server and a second network server, each associated with a storage medium, a method for preserving a message addressed to an original mailbox while the mailbox is moved from the first network server to the second network server, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a new mailbox at a second storage medium associated with the second network server;
beginning copying the contents of an original mailbox to the new mailbox, the original mailbox being located at a first storage medium associated with the first network server;
intercepting, at the first network server, a message addressed to the original mailbox;
delivering the message to a temporary data storage area associated with the first network server;
completing copying the contents to the new mailbox; and
delivering the message from the temporary data storage area to the new mailbox.
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Abstract
A messaging system user'"'"'s mailbox is moved using a method in which the mailbox is flagged as being moved and a message arriving for the user during the move is delivered to a holding area to await re-delivery to the mailbox after the move is completed. A combination of non-volatile memory and volatile memory is used to ensure the message'"'"'s delivery in the event of a power loss or other system failure.
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1. In a messaging system including a first network server and a second network server, each associated with a storage medium, a method for preserving a message addressed to an original mailbox while the mailbox is moved from the first network server to the second network server, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a new mailbox at a second storage medium associated with the second network server; beginning copying the contents of an original mailbox to the new mailbox, the original mailbox being located at a first storage medium associated with the first network server; intercepting, at the first network server, a message addressed to the original mailbox; delivering the message to a temporary data storage area associated with the first network server; completing copying the contents to the new mailbox; and delivering the message from the temporary data storage area to the new mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions for use in a computer system to cause the computer system to preserve a message addressed to a mailbox of a messaging system while the mailbox is moved from a first network server to a second network server, the instructions causing the computer system to:
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create a new mailbox at a second storage medium associated with the second network server; begin copying the contents of an original mailbox to the new mailbox, the original mailbox being located at a first storage medium associated with the first network server; intercept, at the first network server, a message addressed to the original mailbox; deliver the message to a temporary data storage area associated with the first network server; complete copying the contents to the new mailbox; and deliver the message from the temporary data storage area to the new mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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