INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC MAIL AND INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION

摘要

An application providing a common interface allowing access and login t o a electronic mail system and instant messaging system. The application allow s responding to an email using an instant message, replying to an instant message using an email, sending and receiving both email and instant messages from o ne application, sending email attachments instantly, and displaying presence information for the user, user email contacts and user messenger contacts. Alerts are provided for both emails and instant messages received. The inb ox vies can automatically be refreshed when a user receives new email. An interface is provided to convert multiple email contacts into messenger contacts. The system can be used with both local messenger clients and browser bas ed IM clients.