Abstract: An e-mail software program is provided with an exclusionary function which removes the name of a sender from a list including the sender before forwarding a message received from the sender to others on the list. On receiving an e-mail message, the name of the sender is saved and subsequently deleted from the list of recipients to which the message is forwarded. The function is invoked by activating a button provided in the graphical user interface (GUI) of a recipient computer.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling peripheral device interface behavior based on thread type registration provides simplicity and code reusability within a diagnostics program. When the diagnostics program is initialized, it constructs threads to test or service each of multiple peripheral devices. By registering a thread type for at least some of the threads, the type of adapter can be determined during thread execution via a table look-up. This allows multiple layers of interface code to be reused for different physical adapter interfaces.