SMTP extension for email delivery failure

Details SMTP extension for email delivery failure SMTP extension for email delivery failure

2006-08-15

2006-08-15

Dharia, Rupal (Department: 2141)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer-to-computer data routing

Alternate path routing

C709S204000, C709S206000, C709S238000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07093025

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides in a computing system including an email system connected to an email network using the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) protocol, a method for specifying alternate email recipients comprising:specification of alternate recipients by the sender of an email message to be used in case the mail system can not deliver the message to the original recipient,delivery of the message to the specified alternate recipients by the email system in case it is unable to deliver to the original recipient.The instant invention also provides a system and computer program product for carrying out the above method.

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