Patent ID: 7979495
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically removing a user from an e-mail thread, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first e-mail message at an e-mail client, wherein the first e-mail message is part of the e-mail thread; responsive to selecting an opt-out option, generating, automatically, a reply e-mail message to the first e-mail message, wherein the reply e-mail message comprises an indication to opt-out of the e-mail thread; sending the reply e-mail message to recipients of the first e-mail message receiving the reply e-mail message at another e-mail client; responsive to a determination that the reply e-mail message is a message to opt-out of an e-mail thread, associating an e-mail address of a sender of the reply e-mail message to the e-mail thread to form a listed e-mail address; storing the listed e-mail address; generating a new e-mail message, wherein the new e-mail message is part of the e-mail thread; excluding, automatically, the listed e-mail address from a list of recipients of the new e-mail message; and specifying at least one permitted e-mail address for at least one individual who is permitted to re-add the listed e-mail address to the list of recipients of the new e-mail message, wherein the indication to opt-out of the e-mail thread is in an X-header field of the reply e-mail message, wherein the receiving the reply e-mail message, associating, and storing steps are performed by the another e-mail client without a recipient of the reply e-mail message being aware of the reply e-mail message, wherein the recipient of the reply e-mail message is at the another e-mail client.