Abstract: A trust management engine maintains transferable files in a file data store of a data server accessible to users in a trust list of trusted users authorized to access the transferable files. The trust management engine facilitates a transmission of an email message containing a link to the transferable files to each of the users in the trust list. The email message is stored in an email server that is separate from the data server. The trust management engine receives a request from one of the users in the trust list of trusted users to access the transferable files in response to a selection of the link in the email message. In response to the request, the trust management engine facilitates a transmission of the one or more transferable files from the file data store to the requesting user.

Abstract: A trust management engine maintains transferable files in a file data store of a data server accessible to users in a trust list of trusted users authorized to access the transferable files. The trust management engine facilitates a transmission of an email message containing a link to the transferable files to each of the users in the trust list. The email message is stored in an email server that is separate from the data server. The trust management engine receives a request from one of the users in the trust list of trusted users to access the transferable files in response to a selection of the link in the email message. In response to the request, the trust management engine facilitates a transmission of the one or more transferable files from the file data store to the requesting user.

Abstract: A technique for trusted social networking involves enabling parties to join a social network and provide a list of trusted content sources. The system can maintain folders associated with each of the trusted content sources for a first member. If one of the trusted content sources is a second member that indicates the first member is trusted, then the system can maintain a master folder for the first and second member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sender can compose an actionable message in an integrated communication and collaboration platform. The actionable message includes an action to be performed by a recipient. The action can be a task or a meeting event that requires the recipient to do something. The sender can specify in an actionable message a due date by which the action to be performed, a reply-by date by which the recipient has to acknowledge (e.g., accept, decline), and an optional duration that estimate amount of time to perform such an action. If the action is an event, the sender can also specify recipient(s) who must attend, recipient(s) who should attend, and optional FYI recipient(s) who only receive the message as an FYI message. When the actionable message is received by the recipient, the message is displayed in a dedicated folder separated from the regular messages without an action.

Abstract: A technique for trusted social networking involves enabling parties to join a social network and provide a list of trusted content sources. The system can maintain folders associated with each of the trusted content sources for a first member. If one of the trusted content sources is a second member that indicates the first member is trusted, then the system can maintain a master folder for the first and second member.