System and methods for multiple email services having a common domain
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1. A method comprising:
- at a second email server of a second email service configured to send email messages to a first email server of a first email service, creating an email forwarding account configured to forward an original email message to the first email server as a forwarded email message, the original email message having an original recipient address including a user name (NAME) and an original domain (origDOMAIN) and having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the forwarded email message having a forwarded recipient address including an appended intermediary domain (intDOMAIN) and having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN.intDOMAIN;
at the first email server, receiving the forwarded email message;
at the first email server, an email domain modification module detecting the intermediary domain in the forwarded recipient address and removing the intermediary domain from the forwarded recipient address to form a modified forwarded email message including a modified forwarded recipient address having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the modified forwarded recipient address matching the original recipient address;
at the first email server, delivering the modified forwarded email message to an email account having an address corresponding to the modified forwarded recipient address, the email account being serviced by the first email service;
adding one or more Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to an existing DNS MX record; and
altering a Domain Name System (DNS) Mail Exchange (MX) record to indicate an email message with an email address domain matching the intermediary domain is to be sent to the first email service and an email message with an email address domain matching the original domain is to be sent to the second email service.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide an ability to split multiple email addresses having the same email domain across a plurality of email service providers. A first email server receives a forwarded email message from a second email server, the forwarded email message including an original domain and an intermediary domain, the intermediary domain added by the second email server. The first email server removes the intermediary domain from the recipient address and delivers the email message to a corresponding email account that is serviced by the first email server.
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1. A method comprising:
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at a second email server of a second email service configured to send email messages to a first email server of a first email service, creating an email forwarding account configured to forward an original email message to the first email server as a forwarded email message, the original email message having an original recipient address including a user name (NAME) and an original domain (origDOMAIN) and having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the forwarded email message having a forwarded recipient address including an appended intermediary domain (intDOMAIN) and having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN.intDOMAIN; at the first email server, receiving the forwarded email message; at the first email server, an email domain modification module detecting the intermediary domain in the forwarded recipient address and removing the intermediary domain from the forwarded recipient address to form a modified forwarded email message including a modified forwarded recipient address having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the modified forwarded recipient address matching the original recipient address; at the first email server, delivering the modified forwarded email message to an email account having an address corresponding to the modified forwarded recipient address, the email account being serviced by the first email service; adding one or more Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to an existing DNS MX record; and altering a Domain Name System (DNS) Mail Exchange (MX) record to indicate an email message with an email address domain matching the intermediary domain is to be sent to the first email service and an email message with an email address domain matching the original domain is to be sent to the second email service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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at a first email server associated with a first email service, receiving a forwarded email message from a second email server associated with a second email service, the forwarded email message including a forwarded recipient address including a user name (NAME), an original domain (origDOMAIN), and an intermediary domain (intDOMAIN), the forwarded recipient address having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN.intDOMAIN and being a forwarded version of an original email message, the original email message including an original recipient address including the user name and the original domain and having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN; at the first email server, adding one or more IP addresses to an existing Domain Name System (DNS) Mail Exchange (MX) record to indicate the first email service as the proper recipient email service for any email message having an email address domain matching the intermediary domain and indicates the second email service as the proper recipient email service for any email message having an email address domain matching the original domain; at the first email server, removing the intermediary domain from the forwarded recipient address by an email domain modification module to form a modified forwarded email message having a modified forwarded recipient address having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the modified forwarded recipient address matching the original recipient address; delivering the modified forwarded email message to an email account having an address corresponding to the modified forwarded recipient address, the email account being serviced by the first email service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An email server configured to be associated with a first email service, the email server comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive a forwarded email message from a different email server associated with a second email service, the forwarded email message being a forwarded version of an original email message, the original email message having an original recipient address including a user name (NAME) and an original domain (origDOMAIN) and having a format NAME@origDOMAIN, the forwarded email message having a forwarded receipt address including an intermediary domain (intDOMAIN) and having a format NAME@origDOMAIN.intDOMAIN, wherein a Domain Name System (DNS) Mail Exchange (MX) record is altered by adding one or more IP addresses to an existing DNS MX record to indicate an email message with an email address domain matching the intermediary domain is to be sent to the first email service and an email message with an email address domain matching the original domain is to be sent to the second email service; an email domain modification module configured to detect the intermediary domain in the forwarded recipient address and remove the intermediary domain from the forwarded recipient address to form a modified forwarded email message including a modified forwarded recipient address having a format of NAME@origDOMAIN, the modified forwarded recipient address matching the original recipient address; and a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) configured to effect delivery of the modified forwarded email message to an email account corresponding to the modified forwarded recipient address, the email account being serviced by the first email service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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