Email attachment helper
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, instructions, from a user, to send an email message;
determining, by the one or more computing devices, if the email message includes an attachment;
conducting, by the one or more computing devices, a scan of text of the email message for implications that an attachment should be included when the email message does not include an attachment;
conducting, by the one or more computing devices, a scan of the email text for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by the user when the email message includes an attachment; and
providing, by the one or more computing devices and to the user, a notification when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or from the scan of the email text for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by the user.
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Abstract
A computing device receives instructions, from a user, to send an email message and determines if the email message includes an attachment. When the email message does not include an attachment, the computing device conducts a scan of text of the email message for implications that an attachment should be included. When the email message includes an attachment, the computing device conducts a scan of the email text for implications of a particular type of attachment. The computing device provides, to the user, a notification when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or from the scan of the email text for implications of a particular type of attachment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computing devices, instructions, from a user, to send an email message; determining, by the one or more computing devices, if the email message includes an attachment; conducting, by the one or more computing devices, a scan of text of the email message for implications that an attachment should be included when the email message does not include an attachment; conducting, by the one or more computing devices, a scan of the email text for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by the user when the email message includes an attachment; and providing, by the one or more computing devices and to the user, a notification when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or from the scan of the email text for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device, comprising:
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one or more memories to store a plurality of instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute instructions in the one or more memories to; store, in the memory, configuration settings for an email attachment helper application, receive, from a user, instructions to send an email message, determine if the email message includes an attachment, conduct, based on the configuration settings, a scan of text of the email message for an implication that an attachment should be included when the email message does not include an attachment, conduct, based on the configuration settings, a scan of the email text for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by the user when the email message includes an attachment, holding the email message when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or for indicators that a particular file type of attachment intended by the user should be included, and present, to the user, a notification when there is a positive result from the scan of the email text for implications that an attachment should be included or for indicators that a particular file type of attachment intended by the user should be included. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more network devices, an outgoing email message from a sender email account; determining, by one of the network devices, if an attachment scanning feature is active for the sender email account; determining, by one of the network devices, that the outgoing email message includes an attachment; conducting, by one of the network devices, a scan of the text of the outgoing email message for indicators of a particular file type of attachment intended by a sender; holding, by one of the network devices, the outgoing email message when the scan of the text indicates the attachment is not of the particular file type of attachment intended by the sender; and sending, by one of the network devices and to the sender, a confirmation request when the scan of the text indicates the attachment is not of the particular file type of attachment intended by the sender. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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