End use transparent email attachment handling to overcome size and attachment policy barriers
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1. A method of automatically removing an email file attachment, comprising:
- prior to transmission of an email from a physical user device to a physical email server, detecting, with said physical user device, of a file attachment to said email;
prior to transmission of said email from said physical user device to said physical email server and in response to said detection of said file attachment to said email, inserting a link to said file attachment in said email, said link being coded to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an addressed recipient of said email, wherein said link is accessible only by a device with said IP address; and
moving said file attachment from said physical user device to a physical download server for retrieval of said file attachment via said link, wherein said moving comprises removing said file attachment from said email.
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Email server side or client side components either remove email attachments from the relevant email, or identify the attachment while the email is being composed and makes the attachment available from a secure website or file hosting site. The recipient then receives instructions in the email and links to access the attachments rather than the attachments themselves. Email attachment size limitations are overcome for sender/recipient mail systems. Also, file type limitations related to email attachments are overcome, provides improved attachment security, and reduces email bandwidth costs.
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1. A method of automatically removing an email file attachment, comprising:
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prior to transmission of an email from a physical user device to a physical email server, detecting, with said physical user device, of a file attachment to said email; prior to transmission of said email from said physical user device to said physical email server and in response to said detection of said file attachment to said email, inserting a link to said file attachment in said email, said link being coded to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an addressed recipient of said email, wherein said link is accessible only by a device with said IP address; and moving said file attachment from said physical user device to a physical download server for retrieval of said file attachment via said link, wherein said moving comprises removing said file attachment from said email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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