Patent ID: 6105056
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method of executing an application program in a computer system having a central processing unit that controls processing in the computer system, a user interface, a network interface, and a main memory having an operating system that supports an object oriented programming environment, the method comprising the steps of:providing an object oriented framework that provides an extensible network mail server processing system, wherein the object oriented framework comprises a plurality of extensible functions that may be defined by a user and at least one core function that cannot be modified by a user;receiving user-defined extensions to the framework, thereby generating an executable network mail server processing system; andexecuting the executable network mail server processing system so as to receive an e-mail message from an originating network user and transfer the e-mail message to one or more destination addresses of network users who are intended recipients of the e-mail message.