Patent ID: 8429237

Claim:
A method for managing an electronic mail in a communication network, the method comprising: providing a plurality of recursive parameters in a command list of a communication protocol associated with the electronic mail, wherein at least one of the recursive parameters is a DATA parameter specifying information of the electronic mail; partitioning, by a processor of a computer system, the command list into a plurality of command sub-lists using the plurality of recursive parameters; preserving at least one property corresponding to each of the command sub-list, wherein the at least one property corresponding to each of the command sub-lists is selected from the group consisting of a cipher, an encryption key, a digital signature, a return receipt, a priority, a confidentiality, a mood stamp, and combinations thereof; providing a graphical user interface for selecting each of the command sub-lists; receiving a selection of at least one of the command sub-lists via the graphical user interface; and identifying the at least one property corresponding to each of the selected command sub-lists.