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Information items from publishers are furnished to authorized subscribers by processing and storing the information in a central database and logging in each information item. Entitlement tables also are kept which indicate which subscribers are entitled to view the information. Information items wh

Information items from publishers are furnished to authorized subscribers by processing and storing the information in a central database and logging in each information item. Entitlement tables also are kept which indicate which subscribers are entitled to view the information. Information items which are new or which have not yet been distributed are published on a network distribution server at a central location. The network subscribers have local file servers which contain previously received information items stored in a relational database. Network subscribers who are authorized update their local file servers over the Internet with the undistributed or new information items.

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Information items from publishers are furnished to authorized subscribers by processing and storing the information in a central database and logging in each information item. Entitlement tables also are kept which indicate which subscribers are entitled to view the information. Information items wh

Information items from publishers are furnished to authorized subscribers by processing and storing the information in a central database and logging in each information item. Entitlement tables also are kept which indicate which subscribers are entitled to view the information. Information items which are new or which have not yet been distributed are published on a network distribution server at a central location. The network subscribers have local file servers which contain previously received information items stored in a relational database. Network subscribers who are authorized update their local file servers over the Internet with the undistributed or new information items. each message data structure having a folder ID field, the value stored in the folder ID field providing a cross-reference to a database record corresponding to a folder database structure, the method further comprising: creating an "Embedded" folder and storing a hard coded value in the "Embedded" folder's folder ID field and storing a parent value in the "Embedded" folder's parent ID field, the parent value being equal to the value stored in the default root folder's folder ID field; and when an e-mail message is embedded in another e-mail message, storing a value in the folder ID field for the embedded message's message data structure, the value being equal to the value stored in the "Embedded" folder's folder ID field. 38. T