Patent ID: 7096276

Claim:
A method of email administration, the method implemented in a transcoding gateway, the transcoding gateway comprising client device records stored in computer memory, each said client device record representing a client device, each said client device record including a mailbox address field, an internet address field, a digital file format code field, and a path name field, the transcoding gateway further comprising at least one file system, each said file system further comprising file system storage locations, each said file system storage location having a path name, the method comprising the steps of: receiving in the transcoding gateway an email message by a standard email protocol, the email message comprising at least one destination mailbox address, the email message further comprising at least one digital object; transcoding the digital object into a digital file having a digital format and a file name; and downloading the digital file to a destination client device at an internet address recorded in an internet address field of a corresponding client device record; the client device record having: recorded in the client device record's mailbox address field, a mailbox address identical to the destination mailbox address of the email message, and, recorded in the client device record's digital file format code field, a digital file format code indicating that the client device represented by the client device record is capable of receiving the digital format of the digital file.