Patent ID: 8352551

Claim:
A method for delivering a message to a user with a validated electronic account, comprising: receiving the message directed to the user with the validated electronic account at a trusted destination mail server, wherein the validated account is associated with a digital certificate used to validate the identity of the user, and wherein the message includes an electronic address associated with the validated electronic account and a non-standardized physical address of the user; determining a standardized physical address of the user from the electronic address received in the message at the destination mail server using an address database; linking the standardized physical address to the validated electronic account, wherein the linking includes a delivery point identification (DPID) key; linking an alternate electronic address to the validated electronic account, wherein the alternate electronic address is the user selected electronic mail address and a series of numbers representing a telephone number; determining a preferred address of the user, wherein the preferred address is a temporary address and determined to be the alternate electronic address linked to the validated electronic account, the preferred address being one of the electronic address and the standardized physical address linked to the validated electronic account; accepting a filtering selection from the user to determine types of messages to be filtered out; filtering the message to determine that the message should be delivered to the user; and delivering the message to the user at the preferred address.