摘要 |
<p>An e-mail relay receives a message, processes the message in a manner specified by a recipient of the message, and forwards the message to the recipient at a remotely located computer if such processing indicates that delivery of the message is to proceed. The message can include a message body and can also include one or more attached data files. The e-mail relay is intended to be always available and operational such that recipient-specified processing of incoming messages is immediate notwithstanding unavailability of the computer used by the recipient to receive and view incoming messages. Processing on behalf of the recipient by the e-mail firewall is specified by a profile associated with the recipient. The profile associates one or more conditions with one or more actions to be performed on behalf of the recipient if the associated conditions are met.</p> |