Patent ID: 8782144

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a processor; a non-transient memory; a user interface operatively coupled with the processor; a communication interface operatively coupled with the processor; and logic operatively coupled with the user interface and communication interface; wherein the logic is configured to receive from a recipient of an original message via the user interface a first request to send the original message to a first set of one or more recipients and wherein the logic is configured to limit forwarding of the original message from the recipient of the original message to a first group of recipients identified in group membership data of a distribution list stored in the memory; wherein the logic is configured to receive from a recipient of a forwarded edited version of the original message via the user interface a second request to send the forwarded edited version of the original message to a second set of one or more recipients and wherein the logic is configured to limit forwarding of the forwarded edited version of the original message from the recipient of the forwarded edited version of the original message to a second group of recipients identified in the group membership data of the distribution list stored in the memory; wherein the logic is configured to obtain the group membership data via the communication interface; wherein the logic is configured to associate with the original message data indicating the original message is a private message and data representative of the first group of recipients; wherein the logic is configured to associate with the forwarded edited version of the original message data indicating the forwarded edited version of the original message is a private message and data representative of the second group of recipients; wherein the logic is configured to selectively send the original message to the first set of one or more recipients via the communication interface in accordance with the first set of one or more recipients being a member of the first group of recipients identified in group membership data; and wherein the logic is configured to selectively send the forwarded edited version of the original message to the second set of one or more recipients via the communication interface in accordance with the second set of one or more recipients being a member of the second group of recipients identified in group membership data.