Method and system for repurposing E-mail correspondence to save paper and ink
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Apr 22, 2014
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May 23, 2013
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Aug 3, 2010
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Aug 3, 2010
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E-mail correspondence is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication that a printout of e-mail correspondence from a printer has been requested is received. Further, a plurality of e-mail messages that belong to an e-mail conversation tree is detected. In addition, the plurality of e-mail messages in the e-mail conversation tree is reordered according to a respective timestamp associated with each e-mail message in the plurality of e-mail messages. The respective timestamp indicates a time of transmission. A root e-mail message is determined according to an earliest respective timestamp. The root e-mail message is a root node of the e-mail conversation tree. Further, a plurality of content blocks from the root e-mail message is recorded as a set of print blocks. In addition, a plurality of subsequent e-mail message content blocks with the set of print blocks.
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