| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for dynamically creating email aliases which are related to a communication context. The method includes the steps of establishing one or more identification indicia, where the indicia correspond to identifying strings related to the communication context, establishing a parameter string comprising one or more of the identification indicia; and prepending the parameter string to a qualified domain name thereby creating an email alias which contains information relating to the communication context. The identification indicia incorporates strings including one or more of the name or identifier of the creator of the communication context, the number of participants in the communication context, the date of creation of the email alias, group permissions and the lease period for the email alias. The invention also relates to a method of processing an email alias, the alias related to a communication context, including the steps of: parsing the email alias to extract identification indicia therefrom; identifying strings in the identification indicia corresponding to one or more of: data relating to a communication context creators name or identifier, the number of participants in the communication context, the date of creation of the email alias, group permissions and the lease period for the email alias. The invention may find application in a number of applications, ideally in the management of discussion lists, although it may be used in financial transactions and other transactions which requires security and/or anonymity. <IMAGE>
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