Patent ID: 8285798

Claim:
In a system that is interfaced through the Internet for use in conjunction with email messaging, in the system at least one originator sends at least one email message, via a sender, to at least one recipient as an addressee of the email message, the email message is deliverable to the recipient via a receiver of the email message, a method comprising: configuring a policy repository for storing at least one set of policies that is defined by said sender, wherein the policy repository includes at least one recommended action to be taken on said email message by said receiver based on at least one characteristic of the email message; facilitating a controlled access to said policy repository by the sender to define the set of policies; and distributing the set of policies to the receiver by providing controlled access to the policy repository by said receiver in order to allow the receiver to determine at least one sender recommended action for the email message from the sender based on the characteristic of the email message.