Patent ID: 8171088

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of facilitating correction of electronic communications, said method comprising: receiving, by one or more primary recipients, an electronic communication sent from a sender of the electronic communication, the one or more primary recipients being other than the sender of the electronic communication, and the electronic communication having an incorrect identity associated therewith; propagating, by a primary recipient of the one or more primary recipients, the received electronic communication to at least one secondary recipient, the at least one secondary recipient being other than the one or more primary recipients and other than the sender of the electronic communication; receiving, by the primary recipient, a correction notice, the correction notice comprising a corrected identity for the incorrect identity associated with the electronic communication; automatically processing the correction notice by the primary recipient, wherein the automatically processing comprises automatically determining by the primary recipient that the electronic communication was previously propagated by the primary recipient to the at least one secondary recipient; and automatically providing, by the primary recipient to the at least one secondary recipient, the corrected identity for the incorrect identity.