System and method for controlling inclusion of email content
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1. A method of controlling retransmission of email message content in an email message by a recipient of the email message, the method comprising:
- selecting a portion of email message content in a first email message that is to be sent to a recipient;
inserting control information into the first email message to control retransmission of the selected portion of the email message content in a second email message originating from the recipient of the first email message, without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message; and
transmitting the first email message to the recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling inclusion of email content. The sender of an email message may select email message text to be excluded from messages, e.g. a reply or forward, originating from a recipient of the message. Specific recipients may also be identified by a sender, whereby the sent message will be excluded from messages originating from the specific recipients. A computer-readable medium including instructions allowing email content exclusion is also provided.
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1. A method of controlling retransmission of email message content in an email message by a recipient of the email message, the method comprising:
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selecting a portion of email message content in a first email message that is to be sent to a recipient;
inserting control information into the first email message to control retransmission of the selected portion of the email message content in a second email message originating from the recipient of the first email message, without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message; and
transmitting the first email message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of controlling retransmission of email message content in an email message by a recipient of the email message, the method comprising:
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receiving a first email message comprising email message content and control information to control retransmission of the email message content; and
excluding selected portions of the email message content in the first email message from a second email message originating from the recipient of the first email message based on the control information in the first email message, without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for sending email comprising:
a computing device programmed to insert control information into a first email message that controls retransmission of a selected portion of the email message content in a second email message originating from a recipient of the first email message, without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for sending email comprising:
a computing device programmed to exclude a selected portion of email message content in a first email message from a second email message originating from the recipient of the first email message based on control information in the first email message without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of first email message. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An email application stored in a computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
code allowing insertion of control information into a first email message to control retransmission of a selected portion of email message content in the first email message in a second email message originating from a recipient of the first email message without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An email application stored in a computer-readable medium, the email application comprising:
code to exclude selected portions of email message content in a first email message from a second email message originating from a recipient of the first email message based on control information in the first email message without deleting the recipient'"'"'s copy of the first email message. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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