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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Rebekah Yozell-epstein, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron Hartwell, Duvall, WA (US);
Hernan Savastano, Seattle, WA (US);
Erich S. Finkelstein, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rebekah Yozell-Epstein, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron Hartwell, Duvall, WA (US);
Hernan Savastano, Seattle, WA (US);
Erich S. Finkelstein, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made as to whether the selected message has attachments. If the selected message has attachments, an identifier is displayed adjacent to the header information for each attachment. The identifier indicates that the attachment is associated with the selected message and may provide other information such as the type and size of the attachment. The identifiers are displayed in a manner to indicate clearly to a user that the attachments are associated with the selected e-mail message. The identifiers may be selected to preview the corresponding attachment.