Patent ID: 7886008

Claim:
A method of providing to a third party information provided by a first party relating to a second party, the steps by a control server of: receiving electronically from a first party at the control server information relating to a second party, generating a verification file including at least a portion of a mail transport protocol dialog generated during the transmission of the message from the first party to the control server, the mail transport protocol dialog including information related to the transmission of the message between the first party and the control server, and in addition includes matters relating to the identities of the first party and the control server, storing the verification file, transmitting to the second party electronically from the control server the information relating to the second party and verification file, disposing of the information related to the second party at the control server relating to the second party after the information has been transmitted by the control server to the second party, but before the information relating to the second party has been authenticated by the control server, receiving electronically at the control server from the second party the information relating to the second party and the verification file and a request by the second party to the control server to send the information to the third party, thereafter authenticating at the control server the information received by the control server from the second party, transmitting electronically from the control server to the third party the second party information received by the control server from the second party and authenticated by the control server.