Patent ID: 7689656

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a plurality of source message servers, each comprising a processor and a memory cooperating therewith for storing electronic mail (e-mail) messages; target message server comprising a processor and a memory cooperating therewith to associate a target message box therewith; and an aggregation server comprising a processor and a memory cooperating therewith for aggregating the e-mail messages from said source message servers to the target message server; said processor and said memory of said aggregation server also for increasing a period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon an e-mail delivery failure, and thereafter decreasing the period of sending e-mail messages to the target message box based upon at least one successful e-mail delivery; said processor and said memory of said aggregation server also for selectively re-sending e-mail messages and for executing an intelligent checker module for aggregating the e-mail messages from said source servers to said target message box.