Method and system for E-mail sender chain history by adding a sender-chain filed to the E-mail header when forwarding a chain forwarded E-mail message to another recipient
First Claim
1. A method for managing sender address information in a chain forwarded electronic mail message in an electronic messaging system, said sender address information having a plurality of previous sender addresses, said electronic mail message having a header section and a body section, said header section containing fields indicating the sender address of a most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said body section containing a forwarded message and fields indicating chain sender addresses of senders prior to said most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said electronic messaging system having a user display and a user interface for receiving commands and input from a user, said method comprising the steps of:
- searching said body section of said electronic mail message for said chain sender addresses of senders having sent said message prior to said most recent sender; and
adding a Sender-chain field to an electronic mail message header section when forwarding the chain forwarded electronic mail message to another recipient, said Sender-chain field being associated with a list of chain sender addresses found during the step of searching the body section and being associated with the address of the most recent sender'"'"'s address.
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Abstract
An enhanced e-mail reader and composer having automatic addressing functions to extract addresses and information regarding previous recipients of chain-forwarded electronic messages and e-mail, and having automatic addressing of new electronic messages in reply to all or some of those previous recipients. The enhanced e-mail reader is also capable of automatically adding these previous recipients to an electronic address book. An enhanced e-mail composer provides an enhanced electronic message header which indicates a chain of addresses for previous recipients of a chain-forwarded message, and interoperates with the enhanced e-mail reader.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for managing sender address information in a chain forwarded electronic mail message in an electronic messaging system, said sender address information having a plurality of previous sender addresses, said electronic mail message having a header section and a body section, said header section containing fields indicating the sender address of a most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said body section containing a forwarded message and fields indicating chain sender addresses of senders prior to said most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said electronic messaging system having a user display and a user interface for receiving commands and input from a user, said method comprising the steps of:
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searching said body section of said electronic mail message for said chain sender addresses of senders having sent said message prior to said most recent sender; and
adding a Sender-chain field to an electronic mail message header section when forwarding the chain forwarded electronic mail message to another recipient, said Sender-chain field being associated with a list of chain sender addresses found during the step of searching the body section and being associated with the address of the most recent sender'"'"'s address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer-readable media containing computer program code for managing sender address information in a chain forwarded electronic mail message in an electronic messaging system, said sender address information having a plurality of previous sender addresses, said electronic mail message having a header section and a body section, said header section containing fields indicating the sender address of a most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said body section containing a forwarded message and fields indicating chain sender addresses of senders prior to said most recent sender of an electronic mail message, said electronic messaging system having a user display and a user interface for receiving commands and input from a user, and said electronic message system having a processor for executing computer program code such that when said computer program code executed by said processor, said electronic message system performs the steps of:
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searching said body section of said electronic mail message for said one or more chain sender addresses of senders having sent said message prior to said most recent sender; and
adding a Sender-Chain field to an electronic mail message header section when forwarding the chain forwarded electronic mail message to another recipient, said Sender-Chain field being associated with a list of chain sender addresses found during the step of searching the body section and being associated with the address of the most recent sender. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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