EMAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM USING METADATA ON EMAILS TO MANAGE VIRTUAL STORAGE

摘要

E-mail system which organizes e-mails into queues based on their locations and characterizes the e-mails. Metadata, indicative of the e-mail, is appended to the e-mail. The queues are organized based on the metadata, and processed. The metadata is always stored in local storage; and the message body may be stored in local storage, or in remote storage, depending on how long it will be until the message is sent. A special server manages whether the information is stored in local or remote storage.

主权项

1. An e-mail system comprising:
a memory, storing a plurality of the e-mail, at least number of said e-mails including the data associated with the e-mail which represents a state of processing of the e-mail; and an e-mail processing element, which reads the e-mail and determines a next action for delivery of the e-mail based at least partly on said metadata.