Patent ID: 7475249

Claim:
A system, comprising: a repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with said dedicated e-mail account; said mail agent processing a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity, the received e-mail message having a predefined syntax in a body of the received e-mail message, the e-mail message having a request to retrieve a document from said repository, the predefined syntax defining the document to be retrieved from said repository; said mail agent authenticating the identity of the sender and an authorization of the sender with respect to said repository; said mail agent, when a sender is authenticated and authorized, interpreting the predefined syntax of the e-mail message to determine the specified document within said repository; said mail agent, when a sender is authenticated and authorized, authorizing the specific request, and forwarding a formal request to said repository, the formal request including identification of the specified document within said repository identified by the predefined syntax in a body of the received e-mail message.