Methods and systems for managing email configuration
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for managing email configuration, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
- receiving a first email from a first device, the first email being;
received on a second device;
sent from a first email address;
identifying, on the second device, device-type information in a header of the first email, the device-type information indicating a device type of the first device;
identifying, on the second device, a second email addressed to the first email address;
using the device-type information in the header of the received first email to select, from a configuration-information database, email-configuration information for configuring the second email directed to the same first email address that sent the first email.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for managing email configuration may include receiving a first email message from a first device, identifying device-type information in the first email message, identifying a second email message addressed to the first email address, and using the device-type information to select email-configuration information for the second email. The method may further include reformatting a body of the second email based on the email-configuration information, removing an attachment to the second email in response to the email-configuration information, providing a user with the email-configuration information for the second email message, and associating the device-type information with the first email address. A computer-implemented method for including email-configuration information in an email may involve identifying a first email message from a first user, including email-configuration information in the first email message, and sending the first email message to a first recipient. Corresponding systems are also disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing email configuration, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
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receiving a first email from a first device, the first email being; received on a second device; sent from a first email address; identifying, on the second device, device-type information in a header of the first email, the device-type information indicating a device type of the first device; identifying, on the second device, a second email addressed to the first email address; using the device-type information in the header of the received first email to select, from a configuration-information database, email-configuration information for configuring the second email directed to the same first email address that sent the first email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for managing email configuration, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
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identifying, on a first device, a first email to be sent from a first user of the first device to a second user of a second device; including, on the first device, email-configuration information in a header of the first email, the email-configuration information being formatted to provide an email-configuration module with at least one email configuration preference specified by the first user; sending the first email from the first device to the second device, the first email being addressed to the second user of the second device from the first user of the first device, thereby enabling the email-configuration module to use the email-configuration information in the header of the first email to ascertain the email configuration preference specified by the first user that sent the first email. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for managing email configuration, the system comprising:
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a memory that stores an e-mail configuration module; an email client programmed to receive a first email from a first device, the first email being; received on a second device; sent from a first email address; the email-configuration module programmed to; identify, on the second device, device-type information in a header of the first email, the device-type information indicating a device type of the first device; identify, on the second device, a second email addressed to the first email address; use the device-type information in the header of the received first email to select, from a configuration-information database, email-configuration information for configuring the second email directed to the same first email address that sent the first email; at least one physical processor that executes the email-configuration module. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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