Patent ID: 8296372

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of messages at a server computer via a computer network; determining a set of messages from the plurality of messages, each message in the set of messages relating to a message stored in a computer memory; the determining comprises comparing the plurality of messages and the stored message on a common attribute, in which the common attribute is a unique message identifier and a subject attribute; merging the set of messages with the stored message to generate a merged electronic message; the merging comprises: for each message in the set of messages, separating the message into a static content and a dynamic content, in which the static content is common with content of the stored message and the dynamic content is not common with content of the stored message, and adding the dynamic content of the set of messages and the stored message into the merged electronic message; including a status block in the merged electronic message, the status block comprising a list of not responded recipients of the stored message and a status of the stored message for each recipient in the list; and transmitting the merged electronic message to a destination computer via the computer network, the transmitting is initiating according to a transmission rule based on a number of messages received in reply to the stored message.