Patent ID: 7085812

Claim:
A method for selectively applying a delivery notification option to an email comprising: listing email addresses; selecting a plurality of said email addresses in the course of composing an email message; maintaining a first list for a first type of delivery notification option and a second list for a second type of delivery notification option; selectively applying the delivery notification option to one or more, but not all, of said plurality of email addresses; moving each of the one or more email addresses with a delivery notification option applied to it into the first list, second list, or both lists corresponding to the selected delivery notification option; displaying an address book with the listed email addresses; setting a flag indicating that more than one address has been chosen; displaying an email delivery notification options selection window if said flag is set wherein the email delivery notification options selection window permits selective application of at least one of delivery confirmation and read receipt; saving a configuration of delivery notification option settings that is associated with a first set of addresses; matching a second set of addresses with the first set of addresses and automatically setting delivery notification options with respect to the first set of addresses; selecting the delivery notification option from the options of delivery confirmation and read receipt and sending the email to said plurality of email addresses.