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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Leslie M. Ernest, Knoxville, MD (US);
Craig Fellenstein, Olympia, WA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing documents attached to electronic mail messages. An electronic mail message at a destination location is received. It is determined that a document is attached to the received electronic mail message. It is ascertained whether or not the attached document was originated at the destination location and is stored at the destination location, from which it is ascertained that the attached document was originated at the destination location and is stored at the destination location. After it is ascertained that the attached document was originated at the destination location and is stored at the destination location, the document is deleted from the received electronic mail message, after which a link for connecting to the document stored at the destination location is created in the received electronic mail message.