EMAIL THREAD SEQUENCE MANAGEMENT

摘要

Email thread sequence management includes monitoring outgoing email messages of an email server and creating a metadata record for an email thread of multiple email messages relating to a subject, where the metadata record includes an entry of metadata for each email message in the email thread, and where each entry has a sequence number. A sequence number is added to an outgoing email message according to the sequence number of the email message in the metadata record for the email thread. The method further includes receiving a request for a missing email message in the email thread from a recipient, checking the metadata record for email thread for the missing email message for the recipient, and retrieving the missing email message from a different recipient or the sender of the email message for forwarding to the requesting recipient.

主权项

1. A method for email thread sequence management, comprising:
monitoring outgoing email messages of an email server; creating a metadata record for an email thread of multiple email messages relating to a subject, wherein the metadata record includes an entry of metadata for each email message in the email thread, and wherein each entry has a sequence number; adding a sequence number to an outgoing email message according to the sequence number of the email message in the metadata record for the email thread; receiving, from a requesting recipient, a request for a missing email message in the email thread; checking the metadata record for the email thread for the missing email message from the requesting recipient; and retrieving the missing email message from a different recipient or the sender of the email message for forwarding to the requesting recipient.