Patent
1996-09-24
1999-08-10
Ramirez, Ellis B.
39520047, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059371625
ABSTRACT:
A high volume e-mail "newspaper" delivery system contains, for each customer, a personal configuration file containing the information resources that the customer would like e-mailed to his desktop. The configuration file is highly customizable, allowing the end-user detailed control over the content, format, and timing of the delivered e-mails. The e-mail messages to be sent are hashed to multiple, parallel transmission queues based on their destination MX hosts. This arrangement of transmission queues significantly increases total e-mail output because multiple queues are simultaneously processing the e-mail transmissions. A unique job number is appended to each e-mail message as it is created. The job number is used by the system to identify and track the e-mail message through the system before it is transmitted, and if the message bounces, when it returns to the system.
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Casson Daniel
Costales Bryan
Funk John T.
Generous Curtis C.
Exactis.com, Inc.
Ramirez Ellis B.
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