E-mail Proxy
First Claim
1. An e-mail proxy for supporting selective downloading of a multi-part e-mail message to an e-mail client operated by a user from an e-mail server, the multi-part e-mail message including at least one attachment, the e-mail proxy communicating between the e-mail server and the e-mail client, the e-mail proxy comprising:
- at least one processor operably connected to a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor perform the following;
retrieving information of the at least one attachment for the multi-part e-mail message from the e-mail server;
downloading the at least one attachment of the multi-part email message from the e-mail server;
preparing a formatted message for sending to the e-mail client, the formatted message containing a link to the at least one downloaded attachment, wherein the attachment is not sent to the e-mail client;
sending the formatted message to the e-mail client;
decoding the at least one attachment to bring about a reduction in the size of the attachment; and
upon receiving an indication from the e-mail client that the attachment is required, sending the requested attachment to the e-mail client.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for processing an e-mail message addressed to an e-mail client is disclosed. The method comprises receiving at a mail server an e-mail message addressed to the e-mail client, the e-mail message including an attachment which is characterized by a size; reducing the size of the attachment to create a reduced size attachment; preparing a formatted message, which includes the reduced size attachment and a link to the attachment, wherein the attachment is downloadable from the mail server using the link; and delivering the formatted message to the e-mail client for display on a computational device.
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1. An e-mail proxy for supporting selective downloading of a multi-part e-mail message to an e-mail client operated by a user from an e-mail server, the multi-part e-mail message including at least one attachment, the e-mail proxy communicating between the e-mail server and the e-mail client, the e-mail proxy comprising:
at least one processor operably connected to a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor perform the following; retrieving information of the at least one attachment for the multi-part e-mail message from the e-mail server; downloading the at least one attachment of the multi-part email message from the e-mail server; preparing a formatted message for sending to the e-mail client, the formatted message containing a link to the at least one downloaded attachment, wherein the attachment is not sent to the e-mail client; sending the formatted message to the e-mail client; decoding the at least one attachment to bring about a reduction in the size of the attachment; and upon receiving an indication from the e-mail client that the attachment is required, sending the requested attachment to the e-mail client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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