A system, method, and computer readable medium for a business to securely distribute
potentially large collections of document folders (180) to recipients (140).
The system comprises a sending device (160) for sending the document folders
(180) and temporarily storing the document folders (180) on a network
(120) of interconnected computers (170), a destination computer (170)
for accumulating the sent document folders (180) destined for a particular
recipient (140), and a receiving device (130) for receiving the accumulated
document folders (180) from the destination device (170). The method
comprises the steps of sending the document folders (180) to a network (120)
of interconnected computers (170); notifying each recipient (140)
of an electronic document folder (180) by means of an indirect reference
to the electronic document folder (180); selecting a destination location
(170) for the electronic document folder (180) using data supplied
by the recipient (140); and accumulating the electronic document folders
(180) at the destination location (170).