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Methods and apparatus for site wide monitoring of electronic mail systems

US6557036B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2000
Grant dateApr 29, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/23
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A messaging system capable of providing monitoring capabilities of mail services provided by a mail server is disclosed. Monitoring of mail services can be done automatically without requiring a local administrator to have knowledge about the specific implementation details about mail services that are provided by the mail server. In addition, the messaging system provides the ability to perform a variety of monitoring tasks remotely.

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