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Electronic mail interface for a network server

  • US 6,230,156 B1
  • Filed: 07/07/1998
  • Issued: 05/08/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for executing, by a networked database server in a distributed processing environment that includes an email system, an email received request submitted by a client in the form of an email message to an electronic mailbox associated with the networked database server for storing the email message from the client, the method comprising the steps of:

  • retrieving, by an electronic mail interface within the networked database server and separate from the email system of the distributed processing environment, the email message from the electronic mailbox;

    applying, by a scheduler within the networked database server and separate from the email system of the distributed processing environment, scheduling rules to the email message; and

    if the email message satisfies the scheduling rules, (1) extracting, by an electronic mail processor within the networked database server and separate from the email system of the distributed processing environment, the email received request from the email message; and

    (2) executing, by a request processor within the networked database server and separate from the email system of the distributed processing environment, the email received request.

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