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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
LI Chen, Cary, NC (US);
Yongcheng LI, Cary, NC (US);
Lun Xiao, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method and system for removing email forwarding duplication, when an email was sent for the first time, the email was assigned a unique identifier. An aggregate recipient list was created and associated with the unique identifier. When the email is to be forwarded, the aggregate recipient list has recipients previously forwarded the email. The recipient list of the forwarding email is compared with the aggregate recipient list. If duplicate email addresses are found, the duplicate email addresses are displayed to a sender of the forwarding email. If the sender chooses not to send the forwarding email to the duplicate email addresses, the duplicate email addresses are removed from the recipient list of the forwarding email. New recipients of the forwarding email are added to the aggregate recipient list. The forwarding email with the unique identifier is sent to the recipient list.