Patent ID: 8244819

Claim:
A method to retrieve mailbox configuration information from an e-mail server, the method comprising: entering an interactive command line and scripting software environment, the environment providing access to execute verb-noun commands in conjunction with the e-mail server; receiving and parsing an input requesting mailbox configuration information from the e-mail server, the input requesting mailbox configuration information from the e-mail server comprising a verb-noun command and having at least one identity parameter identifying at least one mailbox; identifying the verb-noun command as a get-mailbox cmdlet and initiating a corresponding cmdlet class; examining the at least one identity parameter for parameter type and binding a property value to the parameter type; examining the input requesting mailbox configuration information from the e-mail server for a presence of a pipeline verb-noun command, generating a search filter for the mailbox configuration information based on the parameter type and the property value; searching the e-mail server and returning retrieved mailbox information matching the search filter; executing the pipeline verb-noun command, if present, the pipeline verb-noun command specifying an action to be taken with the retrieved mailbox information; and displaying the retrieved mailbox information.