Patent ID: 7356566

Claim:
A method for selectively displaying mirrored site addresses in an electronic mail communication, comprising: responsive to receiving an electronic mail communication addressed to a particular recipient from among at least one intended recipient at an electronic mail client at a client system communicatively connected to at least one network with a plurality of mirrored site addresses each providing separate access to a same selection of information, transmitting by said electronic mail client a separate signal to each of said plurality of mirrored site addresses to detect whether each of said plurality of mirrored site addresses is accessible to said client system via said at least one network; detecting a selection of accessible site addresses for said particular recipient from among said plurality of mirrored site addresses from which a separate return signal is received at said client system responsive to said separate signal transmitted to each of said plurality of mirrored site addresses; and displaying only said selection of accessible site addresses in a display of said electronic mail communication to said particular recipient.