Patent ID: 8458264

Claim:
A process for forwarding an email message from a sender having an original sender email address to a recipient having a private email address, the process having: a first step whereby a recipient registers said private email address which results in an automatic generation of a unique public email address, derived from symmetric encryption of said private email address; a second step whereby upon receipt of an email message having a MAIL TO address and from a sender having a MAIL FROM email address, a private email address is extracted from said MAIL TO address and said email message is sent to said recipient private email address using a NEW FROM address derived from said MAIL FROM address as the sender address; a third step whereby when an email message is received having a MAIL FROM email address, a private email address is extracted from said public email address, said private email address examined to determine whether said private email address is valid and: rejecting said email message if said private email address is not valid; sending said email message to said extracted private email address if said public email address is valid, where said third step sending said email message uses said extracted private email address as a recipient address and generating a NEW FROM address derived from said sender address.