US Patent 7369260 Method of managing e-mail attachments

A method of managing e-mail attachments in a data transmission system comprising a data transmission network and at least one workstation connected thereto and wherein the user of the workstation can receive e-mails from at least one server within the network, at least one e-mail having a document being attached thereto. The method comprises creating an entry in a document references file containing a reference to the document when the document is detached from the e-mail, and generating an icon linked to the entry in the document references file, the icon being displayed when the e-mail is displayed.