Patent ID: 8341754

Claim:
A method for preventing violations of legal regulations on users of an electronic communication system, comprising: determining whether a user composing a message to be conveyed using said electronic communication system is a member of a special class of users whose communications are subject to said legal regulations; responsive to determining that said user is a member of said special class, determining a number of special class members that would be participating in a communication to which said message would be added if said message were conveyed using said electronic communication system; determining whether said number of special class members that would be participating in said communication if said message were conveyed using said electronic communication system would be as large as a limit associated with said special class; responsive to determining that said number of special class members that would be participating in said communication if said message were conveyed using said communication system would be at least as large as said limit associated with said special class, preventing said message from being conveyed by said electronic communication system; and in the event that said message is prevented from being conveyed using said electronic communication system, presenting a notification indicating to said user that said message is prevented from being conveyed because of said determination that said user is a member of said special class, wherein said notification provides an option for redirecting said message comprising a tool for adding said message to an agenda of a future meeting associated with said special class.