System and method for provisioning an email account using mail exchange records
US8626857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system provisions an electronic mail (email) account of a user for allowing access to an electronic mailbox from a remote device to retrieve email. A communications module receives email address parameters of the user and transmits a domain name system (DNS) query to the Internet for returning mail exchange (MX) records corresponding to the email address parameters of the user. A configuration module processes any returned MX records as a starting point for determining configuration parameters for accessing the email account of the user to retrieve user email.
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