Patent ID: 7568008

Claim:
A method of sending journaling e-mail messages, wherein the method is performed at a server in a network environment topology including one or more e-mail servers, the e-mail servers including a capability to send and receive e-mails within the network environment topology, the method comprising: sending an e-mail message from a sender to one or more recipients; sending a first original journaling e-mail message to a journaling mailbox specified for journaling messages to and from the sender; wherein journaling mailboxes are specified on a per entity basis; wherein the first original journaling e-mail messages comprises a report listing the one or more recipients; detecting, after one or more original journaling e-mail messages have been sent, one or more additional recipients of the e-mail message, the one or more additional recipients being added to the e-mail message as a result of an expansion of a distribution list or as a result of a server invoking an alternate recipient forwarding rule; sending a first additional journaling e-mail message to the journaling mailbox specified for journaling messages to and from the sender; and wherein the first additional journaling e-mail message comprises an additional report listing at least one of the one or more additional recipients.