Patent ID: 7739336

Claim:
A system for providing configuration data for remotely accessing electronic mail (email) on a plurality of source mailboxes, the system comprising: a user system comprising a processor, at least one email client using said processor for accessing the plurality of source mailboxes, and a mailbox configuration data source having configuration parameters stored therein for configuring access to the plurality of source mailboxes from said at least one email client; a web service for allowing said user system to access the plurality of source mailboxes; and a configuration module for retrieving from said mailbox configuration data source, without user intervention, respective configuration parameters for at least one source mailbox, and for configuring said web service also without user intervention; said configuration module having at least a portion remote from said user system and comprising an import module having at least one mailbox import agent corresponding to said at least one email client for retrieving, without user intervention, configuration parameters from said mailbox configuration data source and generating respective configuration data objects for each respective one of the plurality of source mailboxes; said web service comprising a configuration web age for allowing said user system to download and execute at least a portion of the remote portion of said configuration module.