Title:
AN EXTENSIBLE PROXY FRAMEWORK FOR E-MAIL AGENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999006929
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system for processing electronic messages comprises a communications port for exchanging electronic messages with an electronic mail network. The system also includes an electronic mail client and a proxy application resident in a memory. The proxy application has a configurable controller specifying a manner of processing electronic messages received from the electronic mail client and the communications port. A processor within the system, coupled to the communications port and the memory, executes the proxy application to process the electronic messages received from the electronic mail client and the communications port in accordance with a configuration of the controller.
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Inventors:
HALL ROBERT J
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/012809
Publication Date:
February 11, 1999
Filing Date:
August 03, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AT & T CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06Q10/00; H04L12/58; (IPC1-7): G06F17/60; H04L12/58
Foreign References:
| EP0782304A2 | 1997-07-02 | |||
| EP0881587A2 | 1998-12-02 |
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