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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Diane C. Chalmers, Rochester, MN (US);
Nixon Cheaz, Cary, NC (US);
David M. Stecher, Durham, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A collaboration server determines a response to a posting on a communication forum. The collaboration server determines whether or not to convey an email notification to a posting user via email based upon a distance threshold established for email notifications. The distance threshold is an integer value. The collaboration server calculates a current distance between the response and the posting, where the current distance represents a quantity of responses to the posting from forum participants that have occurred without a new response from the posting user being submitted to the communication forum. Responsive to the current distance being less than the distance threshold, an email is conveyed to an email account of the posting user informing the posting user of the response. Otherwise, no email is conveyed.