Patent ID: 9696875
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer program product for managing an e-mail response, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving, by the processor, a first e-mail from a sender sent to a plurality of e-mail addresses, wherein each e-mail address from the plurality of e-mail addresses includes a domain name, and wherein two or more of the e-mail addresses from the plurality of e-mail addresses have different domain names; initiating, by the processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the e-mail response, wherein the GUI includes a subject field, a plurality of addressee fields and a plurality of dropdown menus respectively associated with each addressee field from the plurality of addressee fields; providing, by the processor, in each dropdown menu from the plurality of dropdown menus, a list of the different domain names associated with the plurality of e-mail addresses and an e-mail address associated with the sender; generating, by the processor, based on a selection of one or more of the different domain names, a distribution list, wherein the distribution list comprises one or more e-mail addresses limited to e-mail addresses having a selected domain name; providing, by the processor, the distribution list in one of the addressee fields from the plurality of addressee fields associated with a dropdown menu from which the selection of one or more of the different domain names is made; and appending, by the processor, text to the subject field based on the selected domain name, wherein the text identifies an internal discussion, and wherein the e-mail response is from a recipient having an e-mail address with the selected domain name.