Methods and apparatus for automatically generating a routing table in a messaging server
First Claim
1. A method of identifying, in a directory server, a new mail domain associated with an incoming message that is received by a messaging server, comprising:
- receiving a new domain name associated with the incoming message at the messaging server;
creating a corresponding entry in a directory in the directory server for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory;
automatically updating a corresponding real domain service record in a domain name server associated with the directory server based upon the entry; and
identifying the new mail domain by the directory server based upon the automatically updated real domain record.
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Abstract
According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium are disclosed for automatically defining a mail domain in a directory server associated with a messaging server are disclosed. When an message having new domain name is received by the messaging server, a directory server creates a corresponding entry in a directory for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory. A corresponding domain name service record is automatically updated in a domain name server associated with the directory server based upon the entry which is used to identify the new domain.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of identifying, in a directory server, a new mail domain associated with an incoming message that is received by a messaging server, comprising:
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receiving a new domain name associated with the incoming message at the messaging server;
creating a corresponding entry in a directory in the directory server for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory;
automatically updating a corresponding real domain service record in a domain name server associated with the directory server based upon the entry; and
identifying the new mail domain by the directory server based upon the automatically updated real domain record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic messaging system having a main host computer for transferring an incoming email message between a sending subscriber and a receiving subscriber wherein the receiving subscriber is identified by a receiving subscriber user name and corresponding receiving subscriber domain name, comprising:
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a messaging server coupled to the main host computer suitably arranged to receive the incoming message from the sending subscriber and forward the incoming message to the receiving subscriber; and
a directory server coupled to the main host computer that identifies for the messaging server a location of the receiving subscriber based upon the receiving subscriber user name and the receiving subscriber domain name, wherein when the receiving subscriber domain is a new domain, the directory server creates a corresponding entry in a directory in the directory server for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory, and wherein the directory server then automatically updates a corresponding real domain name record that is, in turn, used by the directory server to identify the new domain. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium containing programming instructions for identifying, in a directory server, a new domain associated with an incoming message that is received by a messaging server, the computer-readable medium comprising computer program code devices configured to cause a computer to execute the operations of:
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receiving a new domain name corresponding to the new domain by the messaging server;
creating a corresponding entry in a directory in the directory server for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory;
automatically updating a corresponding real domain server record in a domain name server associated with the directory server based upon the entry; and
identifying the new mail domain by the directory server based upon the automatically updated real domain record. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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