Method and apparatus for processing electronic mail
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1. A method for processing an electronic mail message including an attachment, the method comprising:
- forming, in a electronic mail server, a first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, the structural parts including a attachment, said server comprising multiple processing functionalities for the processing of attachments of electronic mail messages;
transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal;
generating in the terminal, a second message comprising information about which of said processing functionalities to select for processing the attachment of the electronic mail message;
transmitting aid second message to the server;
processing the attachment in the server using the processing functionalty selected in the received second message; and
transmitting the message with the processed attachment or its part from the electronic mail server to the terminal.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus implementing the method for implementing electronic mail services. A message is produced by a terminal (10) comprising information about at least one processing directed to the content of an electronic mail message, carried out by an electronic mail server (11); said second message is transmitted to the server (11), said processing is carried out by the server (11) in response to said second message; and the processed message or its part is transmitted from the server (11) to a terminal (19). Enables the creation of services directed to the processing of the content of new electronic mail messages.
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1. A method for processing an electronic mail message including an attachment, the method comprising:
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forming, in a electronic mail server, a first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, the structural parts including a attachment, said server comprising multiple processing functionalities for the processing of attachments of electronic mail messages;
transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal;
generating in the terminal, a second message comprising information about which of said processing functionalities to select for processing the attachment of the electronic mail message;
transmitting aid second message to the server;
processing the attachment in the server using the processing functionalty selected in the received second message; and
transmitting the message with the processed attachment or its part from the electronic mail server to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 19, 20)
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8. A terminal for utilising electronic mail services implemented through a telecommunications network, the terminal comprising:
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means for receiving a first message from a server, the server comprising multiple processing functionalities for the processing of attachments of electronic mail messages, the first message comprising information about the structural parts of said electronic mail message and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, the structural parts including an attachment, wherein the terminal further comprises;
means for forming a second message, the second message comprising information about which of said at least one processing functionalities in the server to select for processing the attachment of the electronic mail message, and means for transmitting the second message or its part to the server in order to process the attachment in the server using the processing functionality selected in the second message; and
means for receiving the electronic mail message with the processed attachment or its part from the server. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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9. An electronic mail server comprising:
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a database for storing at least one electronic mail message including an attachment, means for forming a first message, the first message comprising information about the structural parts of the at least one electronic mail message, located in the database of the electronic mail server and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, the structural parts including the attachment, and means for transmitting said first message from the electronic mail server to a terminal, wherein the electronic mail server comprises;
means for receiving a second message transmitted by the terminal, the second message comprising information about at least one processing functionality in the server for processing the attachment of the electronic mail message;
means for carrying out said processing of the attachment using the processing functionality selected in the received second message, and means for transmitting the processed attachment from the electronic mail server to a terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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11. A data transmission system implementing digital electronic mail services, the system comprising:
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one or more terminals, electronic mail servers, databases in connection with the electronic mail servers, and data transmission networks, an electronic mail server comprising means for forming a first message, the first message comprising information about the structural parts of the electronic mail message, located in the database of the electronic mail server, and the attributes relating to the content of said structural parts, the structural parts including an attachment, and means for transmitting the first message to a terminal;
wherein the terminal comprises;
means for forming a second message, the second message comprising information about at least one processing functionality for processing the attachment of the electronic mail message in the server, the server further comprising multiple processing functionalities for processing the attachment, and means for transmitting the second message to the server;
wherein the electronic mail server comprises;
means for receiving said second message, means for carrying out said processing of the attachment in response to said second message, and means for transmitting the processed attachment from the electronic mail server to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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