Patent ID: 7386595
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for remotely configuring settings for automatic reply messages, the system comprising: an email server, the email server being configured wherein at least one of the one or more specified actions is determined according to the set of instructions included in the autoreply configuration email message and retrieved by the email server, and wherein the one or more specified conditions are selected from being sent from one or more specified email addresses, containing one or more specified strings of text in a specified format, containing a particular digital signature, and combinations thereof, and wherein the one or more specified actions are selected from enabling the automatic reply message, disabling the automatic reply message, setting a time period during which the automatic reply message is to be generated, creating a block of text to be included in the automatic reply message, editing a block of text to be included in the automatic reply message, setting a list of email addresses to which the automatic reply is to be sent, and combinations thereof.