Patent ID: 7421472

Claim:
A shared multi-user email system on a single computer, comprising: a shared computer; a multi-user email system configured to run on said shared computer configured to enable a plurality of users, one at a time, to access said multi-user email system running on said shared computer; a multi-user graphical user interface (GUI) configured to display concurrently current status of multiple email accounts of said plurality of users, wherein said multi-user GUI permits one user of said plurality of users at a time to access an email user account environment of said one user of said plurality of users on said multi-user email system, wherein said one user, if authenticated, can access only said email user account environment belonging to said one user, wherein each of said email user account environments includes an inbox, an outbox, and at least one personal file folder; and a network interface coupled to said shared computer through which emails can be routed to destination addresses not included in said multi-user email system.