Reprocessing of messages in an extensible message transfer system
US7831669B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/066
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Within a mail transfer agent of a message transfer system, a message is received and if the recipient entity resolves to a number of recipients exceeding a specified quantity, the original message is not processed. Instead, at least two messages are created, with each of the created messages addressed to a subset of the original set of recipients. The created messages are returned to the calling module for processing.
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