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A client computer in a communications network with a server computer assembles a record set that has a MIME declaration header with a multipart content type and a content sub-type indicative of a workflow media type. The first client computer also assembles a binary file having therein an encoded wo

A client computer in a communications network with a server computer assembles a record set that has a MIME declaration header with a multipart content type and a content sub-type indicative of a workflow media type. The first client computer also assembles a binary file having therein an encoded workflow specification. The record set is then transmitted with the binary file to the communications network. A second client computer on the communications network receives both the record set and the binary file and begins decoding the workflow specification. The second client computer uses an application program to execute the decoded workflow specification so as to perform all or a portion of the workflow process that is specified therein. The workflow specification is optionally written in Extensible Mark-up Language (XML).

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1. An electronic messaging system for transreceiving workflow specifications, the system comprising:(a) means for encoding a workflow mail item in the form of an electronic mail item to produce a resultant encoded workflow mail item; (b) means for transmitting the resultant encoded workflow mail ite

1. An electronic messaging system for transreceiving workflow specifications, the system comprising:(a) means for encoding a workflow mail item in the form of an electronic mail item to produce a resultant encoded workflow mail item; (b) means for transmitting the resultant encoded workflow mail item via a inter-server data communication path to a mail server computer by using a data communication protocol which is designed for exchange of electronic mail items in a wide-area network, wherein: (i) said data communication protocol is the Extensible Mark-up Language (XML); (ii) said encoding is executed using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions code (MIME); and (ii) said resultant encoded workflow mail item has a MIME declaration header including a multipart content type and a content sub-type indicative of a workflow specification.