Minimizing electronic mailbox congestion
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1. A method of receiving and processing email comprising:
- monitoring available space in an electronic mailbox and upon predetermined space-related parameters being met, applying compression and truncation rules to all subsequent incoming email thereafter;
wherein said predetermined space-related parameters are related to predetermined threshold levels such that different steps of compression and truncation are applied to said all subsequent incoming email and any attachments as said predetermined threshold levels are reached;
whereinafter a first predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming email thereafter is compressed and stored;
after a second predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming e-mail thereafter is compressed and stored and any attachments are truncated; and
after a third predetermined threshold level is reached, body contents of and any attachments on all subsequent incoming mail thereafter are truncated, and only selected data concerning said all subsequent incoming email is stored in a compressed format.
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Abstract
A method of receiving and processing e-mail includes monitoring available space in an electronic mailbox and, upon predetermined space related parameters being met, applying compression and/or truncation rules to incoming e-mail. The rules are related to predetermined threshold levels such that different steps or levels of compression and/or truncation are applied to incoming e-mails and/or attachments as the predetermined threshold levels are reached or exceeded. The threshold levels are related to the amount free of storage capacity allocated to the mailbox, and as the free space is used up, the degrees of compression and truncation are progressively increased.
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1. A method of receiving and processing email comprising:
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monitoring available space in an electronic mailbox and upon predetermined space-related parameters being met, applying compression and truncation rules to all subsequent incoming email thereafter;
wherein said predetermined space-related parameters are related to predetermined threshold levels such that different steps of compression and truncation are applied to said all subsequent incoming email and any attachments as said predetermined threshold levels are reached;wherein after a first predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming email thereafter is compressed and stored; after a second predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming e-mail thereafter is compressed and stored and any attachments are truncated; and after a third predetermined threshold level is reached, body contents of and any attachments on all subsequent incoming mail thereafter are truncated, and only selected data concerning said all subsequent incoming email is stored in a compressed format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Apparatus for use with an email system comprising:
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means for providing an electronic mailbox; and means for compressing and truncating incoming email according to predetermined parameters relating to space available in the electronic mailbox, said predetermined parameters being related to predetermined threshold levels wherein different steps of compression and truncation are applied to all subsequent incoming email and any attachments as said predetermined threshold levels are reached; wherein after a first predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming email thereafter is compressed and stored; after a second predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming e-mail thereafter is compressed and stored and any attachments are truncated; and after a third predetermined threshold level is reached, body contents and any attachments on all subsequent incoming mail thereafter are truncated, and only selected data concerning said all subsequent incoming email is stored in a compressed format. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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9. An email server including a memory for providing allocated space for at least one electronic mailbox;
- and means for applying compression and truncation rules to all subsequent incoming email thereafter according to predetermined parameters;
wherein said predetermined parameters are related to predetermined threshold levels wherein different steps of compression and truncation are applied to said all subsequent incoming email and any attachments as said predetermined threshold levels are reached;wherein after a first predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming email thereafter is compressed and stored; after a second predetermined threshold level is reached, all subsequent incoming e-mail thereafter is compressed and stored and any attachments are truncated; and after a third predetermined threshold level is reached, body contents and any attachments on all subsequent incoming mail thereafter are truncated, and only selected data concerning said all subsequent incoming email is stored in a compressed format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
- and means for applying compression and truncation rules to all subsequent incoming email thereafter according to predetermined parameters;
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