Patent ID: 7877447
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing rejected messages, the computer implemented method comprising: a plurality of steps performed by a processor in an email server, the plurality of steps comprising: receiving a storage quota of disk space for a user; allocating a portion the storage quota of disk space for the user to form a storage space for a rejected message file; receiving a message for the user from a sending party by the email server, the message including metadata and message text; calculating a remaining storage quota of disk space for the user, wherein the remaining storage quota of disk space is calculated based on an unused portion of the storage quota of disk space for the user that does not include the storage space for the rejected message file; responsive to a size of the message exceeding the remaining storage quota of disk space, rejecting the message, wherein the storage space for the rejected message file is reserved; responsive to the message being rejected, extracting metadata and a portion of the message text from the message based on user preferences for storing information about the message in the rejected message file for the user further comprising: notifying an intended recipient of a rejection using the information of one of the plurality of entries in the rejected message file.