Patent ID: 8028027
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a system for providing notification of a new email received at a user's mailbox stored by a first mail storage system for triggering retrieval of the new e-mail by a second mail storage system, the method comprising: configuring a mail sender to forward a notification email comprising at least a portion of the new email to the second mail storage system; and configuring the mail sender to interrupt sending further data of the notification email in response to a pre-determined negative completion code received from the second mail storage system, said pre-determined negative completion code configured to signal receipt by the second mail storage system of an amount of data to notify the second mail storage system of the new email; and wherein the notification email interrupted by the pre-determined negative completion code simultaneously triggers the second mail storage system to retrieve the new email from the first mail storage system and causes a bounced email to be transmitted to said first mail storage system.