Patent ID: 7822819

Claim:
A method for controlling and organizing email by a user, comprising the steps of: a) registering a physical email address and a password with an alias server as a user account; b) for each of n alias email addresses, where n is a positive integer: i) requesting by user of the nth alias email address; ii) generating and registering the nth alias email address by the alias server and transmitting it to the user; iii) providing the nth alias email address to a website requesting it; iv) transmitting by the website of a response email to the alias email server; v) determining, by the alias email server, the physical email address from the user account registered on the alias server; and vi) forwarding the response mail to the user, and further comprising, for each alias email address: a) registering command information on the alias server, said command information comprising the following commands: i) suspend; ii) resume; and iii) delete, and: b) applying said commands to any and all response messages before transmitting said response message to the user, wherein: iv) the suspend command prevents any transmission from the alias server to the user corresponding to said alias email address; v) the resume command allows any subsequent transmission from the alias server to the user corresponding to said alias email address; and vi) the delete command deletes the registration of said alias email address from the alias server, and further comprising, for each alias email address, a) registering one or more text strings on the alias server; b) including said text strings on each response message forwarded to the user by the alias server; and c) removing by the alias server of each such text string from each transmission from the alias server to the requesting website.