Method and system for future defined email recipient

1. A method for automatically sending e-mail to a future-designated recipient, comprising:

setting a future-designated role recipient capable of identification and sending an e-mail categorized with respect to a target project group to each of a plurality of e-mail clients associated with each defined member of the target project group;

forming the target project group with a plurality of roles, wherein defining a member of the target project group comprises assigning personal identity indicia to the defined member role, the indicia comprising an e-mail address;

adding the sent e-mail or a copy thereof to a future-designated role recipient e-mail batch, wherein the batch is categorized with respect to the group;

revising a role for a current member of the target project group;

automatically forwarding previous e-mails for which the member with the revised role is defined to the member of the target project group with the revised role;

defining an identity of an undefined role member of the target project group with the e-mail address of the future designated role recipient; and

automatically forwarding the categorized e-mail batch to an e-mail client associated with the e-mail address of the future designated role recipient in response to the identity defining;

accumulating all previous project emails intended for the undefined role member into the e-mail batch;

selecting a subset of previously held emails for the revised role; and

storing task background information of the target project group for later forwarding to the undefined role member of the target project group.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising categorizing the e-mail with respect to a task of the target project group associated with the future-designated role; and

sending the categorized e-mail comprises selecting a subset at least one e-mail of the e-mail batch associated with the task and sending the subset at least one e-mail to a subset of the plurality of e-mail clients associated with an each defined member associated with the task.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein defining the identity of the undefined role member comprises revising an identity of a previously identified group role member.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the role of the undefined role member is a placeholder for an undefined role.

5. A service for automatically sending e-mail to a future-designated recipient, comprising:

providing an e-mail server infrastructure configured to:

set a future-designated role recipient capable of identification and send an e-mail categorized with respect to a target project group to each of a plurality of e-mail clients associated with each defined member of the target project group;

form the target project group with a plurality of roles, wherein defining a member of the target project group comprises assigning personal identity indicia to the defined member role, the indicia comprising an e-mail address;

add the sent e-mail or a copy thereof to a future-designated role recipient e-mail batch in a storage means, wherein the batch is categorized with respect to the group;

revise an identity of an existing member of the target project group;

revise a role for a current member of the target project group;

automatically forward previous e-mails for which the member with the revised role is defined to the member of the target project group with the revised role;

forward held group batch emails to the member of the target project group with the newly revised identity; and

automatically forward the categorized e-mail batch to an e-mail client associated with a provided e-mail address in response to defining an identity of an undefined role member of the target project group, the defining providing an e-mail address of the future designated role recipient;

accumulate all previous project emails intended for the undefined role member into the categorized e-mail batch;

select a subset of previously held emails for the revised role; and

store task background information of the target project group for later forwarding to the undefined role member of the target project group.

6. The service of claim 5 , wherein the e-mail server infrastructure is further configured to:

categorize the e-mail with respect to a task of the target project group associated with the future-designated role; and

send the categorized e-mail by selecting a subset at least one e-mail of the e-mail batch associated with the task and sending the subset at least one e-mail to a subset of the plurality of e-mail clients associated with an each defined member associated with the task.

7. The service of claim 5 , wherein the e-mail server infrastructure is further configured to define the identity of the undefined role member by revising an identity of a previously identified group role member.

8. A method for automatically sending e-mail to a future-designated recipient, comprising:

producing computer executable program code;

storing the code on a computer readable medium;

providing the program code to be deployed and executed on a computer system, the program code causing the computer system to:

set a future-designated role recipient capable of identification and send an e-mail categorized with respect to a target project group to each of a plurality of e-mail clients associated with each defined member of the target project group;

form the target project group with a plurality of roles, wherein defining a member of the target project group comprises assigning personal identity indicia to the defined member role, the indicia comprising an e-mail address;

add the sent e-mail or a copy thereof to a future-designated role recipient e-mail batch, wherein the batch is categorized with respect to the group;

revise a role for a current member of the target project group;

automatically forward previous e-mails for which the member with the revised role is defined to the member of the target project group with the revised role;

automatically forward the categorized e-mail batch to an e-mail client associated with a provided e-mail address in response to defining an identity of an undefined role member of the target project group, the defining providing an e-mail address of the future designated role recipient;

accumulate all previous project emails intended for the undefined role member into the categorized e-mail batch;

select a subset of previously held emails for the revised role; and

store task background information of the target project group for later forwarding to the undefined role member of the target project group.

9. The method of claim 8 , the program code comprising instructions which, when executed on the computer system, causes the computer system to:

categorize the e-mail with respect to a task of the target project group associated with the future-designated role; and

send the categorized e-mail by selecting a subset at least one e-mail of the e-mail batch associated with the task and sending the subset at least one e-mail to a subset of the plurality of e-mail clients associated with an each defined member associated with the task.

10. The method of claim 8 , the program code comprising instructions which, when executed on the computer system, causes the computer system to define the identity of the undefined role member by revising an identity of a previously identified group role member.

11. A programmable device comprising:

a processing means;

a memory in communication with the processing means comprising a logic component; and

a network interface in communication with the processing means and the memory;

wherein the processing means is configured to:

set a future-designated role recipient capable of identification and send an e-mail categorized with respect to a target project group to each of a plurality of e-mail clients associated with each defined member of the target project group;

form the target project group with a plurality of roles, wherein defining a member of the target project group comprises assigning personal identity indicia to the defined member role, the indicia comprising an e-mail address;

add the sent e-mail or a copy thereof to a future-designated role recipient e-mail batch in a storage means, wherein the batch is categorized with respect to the group;

automatically forward the categorized e-mail batch to an e-mail client associated with a provided e-mail address in response to defining an identity of an undefined role member of the target project group, the defining providing an e-mail address of the future designated role recipient;

revise a role for a current member of the target project group;

automatically forward previous e-mails for which the member with the revised role is defined to the member of the target project group with the revised role;

revise the identity of an existing member of the target project group; and

forward held group batch emails to the member of the target project group with the newly revised identity;

accumulate all previous project emails intended for the undefined role member into the categorized e-mail batch;

select a subset of previously held emails for the revised role; and

store task background information of the target project group for later forwarding to the undefined role member of the target project group.

12. The programmable device of claim 11 , wherein the processing means is configured to:

categorize the e-mail with respect to a task of the target project group associated with the future-designated role; and

send the categorized e-mail by selecting a subset at least one e-mail of the e-mail batch associated with the task and sending the subset at least one e-mail to a subset of the plurality of e-mail clients associated with an each defined member associated with the task.

13. The programmable device of claim 12 , wherein the processing means is configured to define the identity of the undefined role member by revising an identity of a previously identified group role member.

14. The programmable device of claim 13 , wherein the role of the undefined role member is a placeholder for an undefined role.