Patent ID: 8484456

Claim:
An electronic message system, said system comprising: a first message transfer server configured to communicate with equipment of an authorized identifiable entity to receive a message for a party to be sent in a trusted manner, and including: (i) a message module configured to map the destination address of said message to a trusted address for said party, and substituting said trusted address for said destination address in said message to cause said message to be routed to a trusted and different folder of said party to indicate said message was sent in a trusted manner and to indicate the message came from said authorized identifiable entity; and (ii) an authenticated transport module configured to establish an authenticated transport session for sending messages to said trusted address whereby the trusted address is used in an authenticated transport session; and a second message transfer server including an authenticated transport module configured to establish said authenticated transport session with said first message transfer server to receive said message, and transfer said message to the trusted folder corresponding to said trusted address, said trusted folder containing only messages received via an authenticated transport session in a trusted manner from said authorized identifiable entity; wherein said message in said trusted folder can be trusted by a recipient as being from the authorized identifiable entity.