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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2004
Jean-luc Collet, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Francois-xavier Drouet, Nice, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Joaquin Picon, Paul Cezanne, FR;
Jean-Luc Collet, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Francois-Xavier Drouet, Nice, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Joaquin Picon, Paul Cezanne, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
System enabling the cancellation of previously-sent e-mail comprising a data transmission network, wherein a plurality of users are connected to the network, each user being able as a sender to forward an e-mail over the network to at least another user as a recipient connected to the network, and wherein a message transfer agent MTA is associated with each user for sending the e-mail when the user acts as a sender and delivering the e-mail when the user acts as a recipient. Each MTA includes a cancel mailbox for transmitting a cancellation message to the recipient(s) when the user associated with the MTA is a sender wanting to cancel a previously-sent e-mail or for managing the cancellation of e-mails in the mailbox of the user associated with the MTA upon receiving the cancellation message from the sender when this user is a recipient.