Patent ID: 7328244

Claim:
A method of sending an e-mail message from a first client computer to a second client computer via a network, said method comprising the steps of: (a) creating an e-mail message on a first client computer; (b) providing a plurality of category identifiers for categorizing said e-mail message; (c) selecting at said first client computer by a sender of said e-mail message a category identifier for said e-mail message from said plurality of category identifiers; (d) incorporating said category identifier into said e-mail message; (e) sending said e-mail message having the category identifier from said first client computer; (f) receiving, by a second client computer, said e-mail message having the category identifier, said second client computer having a plurality of electronic storage sites corresponding to said plurality of category identifiers; (g) placing said e-mail message having the category identifier in an electronic storage site corresponding to the category identifier; (h) selecting, by a user of said second client computer, a particular electronic storage site; and (i) viewing e-mail messages stored in said particular electronic storage site.