The present invention discloses a method and apparatus, preferably embodied as a computer program product, wherein e-mail is classified according to categories by imbedding a category identifier into the header of the e-mail message. The invention also provides for a series of electronic storage sit
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus, preferably embodied as a computer program product, wherein e-mail is classified according to categories by imbedding a category identifier into the header of the e-mail message. The invention also provides for a series of electronic storage sites such that upon downloading the e-mail containing the category identifier onto a client computer, the e-mail message is placed into a storage site corresponding to the category identifier. A user of the present invention would no longer need to search through every e-mail message to find a specific e-mail message regarding a particular category. A category table is provided which contains the category identifiers or designators with which to categorize the e-mail message.
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Thus, having described the invention, what is claimed is: 1. A method of sending an e-mail message from a first client computer to a second client computer via a network, said method comprising the steps of: (a) creating an e-mail message on a first client computer; (b) providing a plurality of cat
Thus, having described the invention, what is claimed is: 1. A method of sending an e-mail message from a first client computer to a second client computer via a network, said method comprising the steps of: (a) creating an e-mail message on a first client computer; (b) providing a plurality of category identifiers for categorizing said e-mail message; (c) selecting at said first client computer by a sender of said e-mail message a category identifier for said e-mail message from said plurality of category identifiers; (d) incorporating said category identifier into said e-mail message; (e) sending said e-mail message having the category identifier from said first client computer; (f) receiving, by a second client computer, said e-mail message having the category identifier, said second client computer having a plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said plurality of category identifiers; (g) placing said e-mail message having the category identifier in an electronic storage site corresponding to the category identifier; (h) selecting, by a user of said second client computer, a particular electronic storage site; and (i) viewing e-mail messages stored in said particular electronic storage site. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein step (c) comprises selecting a category identifier for said e-mail message from a category table having a plurality of designators for classifying e-mail messages. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein step (c) comprises selecting a category identifier for said e-mail message from a plurality of category identifiers and imbedding said category identifier in a header of said e-mail message. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein during step (f) if said e-mail message does not contain a category identifier, said e-mail message is placed in a default storage site stored on said second client computer. 5. A method of sending an e-mail message from an originator's client computer to a receiver's client computer comprising the steps of: (a) creating an e-mail message; (b) selecting a category for said e-mail message from a plurality of categories stored on the originator's client computer to form a categorized e-mail message, said category being selected by a sender of the e-mail message at the originator's client computer; and (c) sending said categorized e-mail message via a server to a receiver at the receiver's client computer having a plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to the plurality of categories. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein during step (b) if no category is selected for said e-mail message then said e-mail message is adapted to be stored in a general storage site when received by the receiver's client computer. 7. The method of claim 5 wherein step (b) further includes imbedding said category in a header of said e-mail message such that said e-mail message is placed in an electronic storage site corresponding to said category when said e-mail is received by the receiver's client computer. 8. The method of claim 5 wherein step (b) comprises selecting a category for said e-mail message from a plurality of categories in a category table stored on the originator's client computer. 9. A method of receiving e-mail messages comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to a plurality of categories selected by a sender of an e-mail message at an originator's client computer, said plurality of electronic storage sites capable of being imbedded in a header of an e-mail message sent from an originator, said plurality of electronic storage sites adapted to store one or more of said e-mail messages having a corresponding category; (b) receiving an e-mail message at a receiver's client computer having one of said plurality of categories imbedded in a header of said e-mail message at said originator's client computer; (c) storing said e-mail message in one of said plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said category imbedded in said e-mail message on said receiver's client computer; (d) selecting one of said plurality of electronic storage sites on said receiver's client computer; and (e) viewing said e-mail messages stored in said selected one of said plurality of electronic storage sites at said receiver's client computer. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein step (b) further includes receiving an e-mail message without a category, said e-mail is stored in a default electronic storage site in step (c). 11. The method of claim 9 wherein said receiving computer includes a category table comprising a plurality of predetermined designators for classifying e-mail messages. 12. The method of claim 11 wherein said designators of said category table correspond to a plurality of storage sites on said receiving computer for storing e-mail messages. 13. A method of creating and utilizing a category identifier table comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of designators for classifying e-mail messages, said plurality of designators corresponding to a plurality of electronic storage sites located on a client computer of a receiver of an e-mail message; and (b) incorporating a designator into an e-mail message, said designator selected by an originator of the e-mail message, wherein the e-mail message is sent to the receiver such that upon receipt, said e-mail message is stored in one of said plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said designator selected by the originator of the e-mail message. 14. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for sending an e-mail message created on a first client computer for receiving by a second client computer, said method steps comprising: (a) providing a plurality of category identifiers such that said user of said first client computer can select one of said plurality of category identifiers; (b) selecting by the user of said first client computer one of said plurality of category identifiers; (c) incorporating the selected one of said plurality of category identifiers into said e-mail message selected by the user of said first client computer; (d) sending said e-mail message having the one of said plurality of category identifiers to a recipient at a second client computer; and (e) placing said e-mail message having one of said plurality of category identifiers in one of a plurality of electronic storage sites located on said second client computer, said plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said plurality of category identifiers. 15. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for sending an e-mail message from an originator's client computer to a receiver's client computer, said method steps comprising: (a) providing a plurality of category identifiers in which to categorize an e-mail message; (b) categorizing an e-mail message by an originator of said e-mail message selecting one of said plurality of category identifiers; (c) imbedding the selected category identifier into said e-mail message; (d) sending said e-mail message having the selected category identifier to a receiver's client computer having a plurality of storage sites corresponding to said plurality of category identifiers; and (e) storing said e-mail message on the receiver's client computer in a storage site corresponding to said selected category identifier. 16. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for receiving e-mail messages, said method steps comprising: (a) establishing a plurality of storage sites on a receiver's client computer corresponding to a plurality of category identifiers selected by a sender at a sender's client computer, said plurality of category identifiers being imbedded in a plurality of e-mail messages; (b) downloading at the receiver's client computer an e-mail message having a category identifier selected from said plurality of category identifiers selected by said sender at the sender's client computer; (c) storing said e-mail message in one of said plurality of storage sites corresponding to the category identifier of said e-mail message at the receiver's client computer; and (d) enabling the receiver to select one of said plurality of storage sites to view e-mail messages stored within. 17. A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for sending and receiving e-mail messages, said computer program product having: computer readable program code means for causing a computer to create an e-mail message in computer readable form based on a sender's input, whereby the sender selects a category identifier for incorporating therein said e-mail message at said computer; computer readable program code means for providing a plurality of category identifiers to categorize said e-mail message wherein one of said plurality of category identifiers is selected for said e-mail message by said sender; computer readable program code means for causing said computer to send said e-mail message to another computer; computer readable program code means for causing said another computer to receive said e-mail messages from said computer; and computer readable program code means for causing said another computer to place said e-mail messages upon receipt in one of a plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said category identifiers selected at said computer and located within said e-mail messages. 18. A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for sending an e-mail message, said computer program product having: computer readable program code means for causing a computer to create an e-mail message in computer readable form based on a user's input; computer readable program code means for providing a category table comprising a plurality of category identifiers for categorizing said e-mail message, said plurality of category identifiers being provided at said computer; computer readable program code means for causing said computer to imbed a selected category identifier into said e-mail message, said category identifier being selected by said user; and computer readable program code means for causing said computer to send said e-mail message, having said selected category identifier embedded therein, to another computer. 19. A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to receive an e-mail message having a category identifier contained within said e-mail message whereby said category identifier is selected by a user at a sending computer, said computer program product having: computer readable program code means for causing a receiving computer to establish a plurality of electronic folders corresponding to a plurality of category identifiers capable of being incorporated in an e-mail message sent from said sending computer, said plurality of electronic folders adapted to store one or more e-mail messages having a corresponding category identifier as selected by said user at said sending computer; computer readable program code means for causing a receiving computer to receive e-mail messages having one of said plurality of category identifiers contained within each e-mail message; computer readable program code means for causing a receiving computer to store said e-mail messages in one of said electronic folders corresponding to the one of said plurality of category identifiers contained within each e-mail message; and computer readable program code means for viewing said e-mail messages stored in one of said electronic folders at said receiving computer.
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