METHODS FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC MAILS ON REQUEST, ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVERS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTING SAID METHODS

摘要

Method for delivering electronic mails on request from an electronic mail server to at least one remote client via an internet network, said method being characterized in that said electronic mail server exchanges data with at least one storage server and in that it comprises a delivery step comprising the operations of:
receiving, from a remote client, on the electronic mail server, a request for delivery of an electronic mail identified by an electronic mail identifier;obtaining, from at least one storage server, data to be encapsulated and message attribute data associated with the electronic mail identifier;generating an identified electronic mail from the data to be encapsulated and the message attribute data; andtransmitting the identified electronic mail to the remote client.

主权项

1. Method for processing at least two IMAP data flows, the IMAP data flows being exchanged via an internet network between an electronic mail server and at least two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a connection of a respective remote client to an electronic mailbox, the method being characterized in that it comprises a translation step including:
a sub-step carried out by an analysis module and consisting of the extraction of proprietary protocol data from an IMAP data flow, a sub-step consisting of the execution of at least one task relating to the extracted proprietary protocol data by a proprietary IMAP application module in order to obtain proprietary protocol response data, and a sub-step carried out by the analysis module, consisting of the generation of a return IMAP data flow from the proprietary protocol response data, said proprietary IMAP application module being selected from among a first and a second proprietary IMAP application module, the first proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the first proprietary IMAP protocol, the second proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the second proprietary IMAP protocol.