Receiving email attachments when a mailbox is full
First Claim
1. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
- receiving the first email addressed to the recipient;
via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level;
when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor;
initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient;
causing the attachment to be attached to an instant message;
configuring the instant message to automatically initiate storage of the attachment to a storage device accessible by the recipient;
initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient;
removing the attachment from the first email;
appending to the first email a hyperlink to a storage location where the attachment is stored on the storage device; and
sending the first email to an email client associated with the recipient.
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Abstract
Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient. The method includes receiving the first email addressed to the recipient and, via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level. When the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor, establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient can be initiated. The attachment can be caused to be attached to an instant message. Sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient can be initiated.
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18 Claims
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1. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving the first email addressed to the recipient; via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor; initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causing the attachment to be attached to an instant message; configuring the instant message to automatically initiate storage of the attachment to a storage device accessible by the recipient; initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient; removing the attachment from the first email; appending to the first email a hyperlink to a storage location where the attachment is stored on the storage device; and sending the first email to an email client associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method of sending an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving the first email addressed to the recipient; via the processor, determining whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; when the volume of data has reached the threshold level, via the processor; initiating establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causing the attachment to be attached to an instant message; configuring the instant message to automatically initiate storage of the attachment to a storage device accessible by the recipient; configuring the instant message to instruct the instant messaging client associated with the recipient to delete the attachment from the storage device after a time period has elapsed; and initiating sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient.
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10. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage device having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, sends an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the computer readable storage device comprising; computer readable program code that receives the first email addressed to the recipient; computer readable program code that determines whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; computer readable program code that, when the volume of data has reached the threshold level; initiates establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causes the attachment to be attached to an instant message; configures the instant message to automatically initiate storage of the attachment to a storage device accessible by the recipient; initiates sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient; removes the attachment from the first email; appends to the first email a hyperlink to a storage location where the attachment is stored on the storage device; and sends the first email to an email client associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage device having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, sends an attachment of a first electronic mail (email) to a recipient, the computer readable storage device comprising; computer readable program code that receives the first email addressed to the recipient; computer readable program code that determines whether a volume of data contained in the recipient'"'"'s electronic mailbox has reached a threshold level; computer readable program code that, when the volume of data has reached the threshold level; initiates establishment of an instant messaging session with an instant messaging client associated with the recipient; causes the attachment to be attached to an instant message; configures the instant message to automatically initiate storage of the attachment to a storage device accessible by the recipient; configures the instant message to instruct the instant messaging client associated with the recipient to delete the attachment from the storage device after a time period has elapsed; and initiates sending of the instant message to the instant messaging client associated with the recipient.
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