Patent ID: 8230026
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, operable at a redirector system that supports an Internet Service Provider (ISP), the ISP serving a first site associated with a first domain and a second site associated with a second domain, each of the first site and second site having a plurality of users associated therewith, the method comprising: storing first configuration information for the first site and second configuration information for the second site at the redirector system, wherein each of the first and second configuration information comprises a respective domain name field that is configurable by a respective site manager; receiving an email message originating from a user's mobile data communication device for redirection, the user's mobile data communication device being associated with at least one of the first site and the second site; based at least in part on a user ID associated with the email message, obtaining configuration information for a site associated with the user's mobile data communication device; if the domain name field in the obtained configuration information is blank, using an address associated with the user as the “from” email address; and if the domain name field in the obtained configuration information is not blank, then using a juxtaposition of a user name and the contents of the domain name field as the “from” email address for transmitting the message.