Patent ID: 6832246
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method for forwarding an e-mail message from a disfavored e-mail address to a forwarding e-mail address via a remote e-mail forwarding computer having a unique e-mail address, the method comprising the steps of:prescribing at least one disfavored e-mail address in the remote e-mail forwarding computer by a subscriber; prescribing at least one forwarding e-mail address in the remote e-mail forwarding computer by the subscriber; sending from a user to the remote computer an e-mail message addressed to an intended e-mail address; receiving at the remote computer the e-mail message addressed to the intended e-mail address; parsing the intended e-mail address from the e-mail message in the remote computer to determine if there is a disfavored e-mail address associated with the intended e-mail address; and sending the e-mail message from the remote computer to a computer associated with at least one forwarding address if there is determined at least one disfavored e-mail address associated with the intended e-mail address.