Patent ID: 7925983

Claim:
A messaging system comprising: a processor; and a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions for generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface operable to present: an address menu having an identification field with a plurality of associated address fields, each of the plurality of associated address fields operable to maintain an address; a selector to initiate presentation of the address menu at the graphical user interface for user selection of multiple addresses from the plurality of associated address fields of the identification field; and an address box associated with an outgoing electronic message, the address box capable of receiving one or more user-selected addresses from the plurality of associated address fields of the identification field for subsequent transfer of the outgoing electronic message to a respective destination associated with each of the one or more user-selected addresses; wherein the messaging system is operable to: automatically, without user interaction, convert a first file attached to the outgoing electronic message, the first file having an initial format, to produce a second file having a different format; and automatically attach the second file to the outgoing electronic message.