Patent ID: 6721784
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Electronic mail control software, comprising:means for opening a window arranged to enable a user of the electronic mail applications program to select (i) an original destination address to which an electronic mail message created using the electronic mail applications program is to be sent, and (ii) control options to be applied to the electronic mail message; and means for causing the electronic mail control software to automatically substitute, without manual entry of a substitute address by the user, an address of a central mail server for the original destination address selected by the user in order to divert said electronic mail message to said central mail server, said original destination address being appended by the electronic mail control software to the message so that it can be read by the central mail server, the central mail server being arranged to forward said electronic mail message to said original destination address and to implement said control options if one of said control options is selected.