Patent ID: 7962557

Claim:
A method for localizing a prefix in a subject header field of an incoming electronic message according to local settings of an email client of a user computer, the method comprising: receiving a value string of a subject header in an electronic message by the email client in the user computer; identifying a system-generated prefix in the value string by parsing the value string by the email client in the user computer; accessing a database by the email client in the user computer, the database storing in the user computer a plurality of system-generated prefixes and a corresponding comparable local prefix for each of the plurality of system-generated prefixes for the subject heading of the electronic message; wherein the plurality of system-generated prefixes stored in the database of the user computer comprise prefixes in one language for the subject heading of the electronic message; and wherein the corresponding comparable local prefix for each of the plurality of system-generated prefixes stored in the user computer comprises prefixes in a different language for the subject heading of the electronic message; converting by the email client in the user computer the system-generated prefix for the subject heading of the electronic message to its corresponding comparable local prefix stored in the database of the user computer; wherein the local settings for the subject heading in the electronic message are specified to the email client in the user computer and stored in the database of the user computer; and in response to the local settings for the subject heading not being specified to the email client in the user computer and not being stored in the database of the user computer, prompting by the email client of the user computer the user to specify the local settings for the subject heading of the electronic message.