Patent ID: 8447309

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a system including a processor, a messaging service communication addressed to at least one recipient, wherein the messaging service communication is received according to a first transport protocol; based in part on an address conveyed in the messaging service communication, determining, by the system, a number of international destinations associated with the at least one recipient; in response to the number of international destinations being determined to be zero: delivering, by the system, the messaging service communication according to the first transport protocol in response to determining the messaging service communication is addressed to at least two recipients; and delivering, by the system, the messaging service communications according to a second transport protocol in response to determining the messaging service communication is addressed to one recipient; and in response to the number of international destinations being determined to be at least one, initiating, by the system, an exception handling procedure to route the messaging service communication, wherein the exception handling procedure comprises: determining, by the system, a format of content of the messaging service communication; and in response to the format of content being text-only, initiating, by the system, routing the messaging service communication via a transport protocol for text delivery.