Patent ID: 8862688

Claim:
A method of transmitting a plurality of emails from a web-based email system, comprising: employing a file conversion application to process the plurality of emails into text files; concatenating the text files to provide at least one concatenated file; processing attachments of the plurality of emails into at least one compressed file, wherein the attachments are processed independently from the text files such that the at least one compressed file is separate from the at least one concatenated file presenting a web page including the at least one concatenated file and/or the at least one compressed file in downloadable form associated with a download option and/or an email option for the at least one concatenated file and/or the at least one compressed file; receiving an input indicating a selection of the download option or the email option; and transmitting the at least one concatenated file according to the selection, wherein the downloadable form of the at least one concatenated file and/or the at least one compressed file is formatted to allow email client applications to process the downloadable form in a manner similar to normal emails, whereby an email client operating on a local system can browse, view, send and/or reply to downloaded text files and/or attachments respectively associated with the at least one concatenated file and/or the at least one compressed file as a user would for other emails processed by the email client.