System and method of storage management for an electronic mail system
First Claim
1. A system of storage management for an electronic mail system comprising:
- a distribution management system for receiving information into memory as a distribution and for delivering said distribution from memory to a remote connection;
a container management system for storing and retrieving said distribution from a storage medium; and
wherein said distribution comprises at least one object and at least one attribute;
said objects and attributes are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list.
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Abstract
A system and method of storage management for an electronic mail system are disclosed. The system of storage management for an electronic mail system comprises a distribution management system (112) for receiving information into memory as a distribution and for delivering said distribution from memory to a remote connection; and a container management system (114) for storing and retrieving the distribution from a storage medium. The distribution comprises a plurality of body parts. A method of storage management for an electronic mail system comprises the following steps: (1) receiving information from a first remote connection; (2) writing the information into memory as a distribution, the distribution having at least one object and at least one attribute; (3) storing the distribution to a storage medium as a plurality of files; (4) retrieving at least one of the files from the storage medium; and (5) delivering the distribution to at least a second remote connection.
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23 Claims
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1. A system of storage management for an electronic mail system comprising:
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a distribution management system for receiving information into memory as a distribution and for delivering said distribution from memory to a remote connection; a container management system for storing and retrieving said distribution from a storage medium; and wherein said distribution comprises at least one object and at least one attribute;
said objects and attributes are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of storage management for an electronic mail system comprising:
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receiving information from a first remote connection; writing said information into memory as a distribution, said distribution having at least one object and at least one attribute, said objects and attributes are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list; storing said distribution to a storage medium as a plurality of files; retrieving at least one of said files from said storage medium; and delivering said distribution to at least a second remote connection. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of storage management for an electronic mail system comprising:
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receiving information from a first remote connection; writing said information into memory as a distribution having a hierarchial structure wherein said distribution comprises at least one object and at least one attribute;
said objects and attributes are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list;coagulating said distribution in memory into a linear form; storing said distribution to a storage medium as a plurality of files; processing a first delivery view file; retrieving said distribution form said storage medium; and delivering said distribution to a second remote connection. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for providing storage management for an electronic mail system on a computer system including a storage medium and memory;
- the computer readable program code in the computer usable medium comprising;
computer readable program code providing a distribution management system for processing inbound information, said distribution management system receiving said inbound information from a first remote connection and storing said inbound information in memory as a distribution;
said distribution comprises a plurality of body parts wherein said body parts are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list; anda computer readable program code providing a container management system for storing and retrieving said distribution from a storage medium.
- the computer readable program code in the computer usable medium comprising;
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23. A system of storage management for an electronic mail system comprising:
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means for processing inbound information, said processing means receiving said inbound information from a first remote connection and storing said inbound information in memory as a distribution comprising a plurality of body parts wherein said body parts are related as a double-linked, parent-linked list; and means for storing and retrieving said distribution from a storage medium.
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