Patent ID: 8291026

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of reducing traceability of an electronic message having header information and a message content, the method comprising: providing at a first computer a first display including an interface allowing a first user to input an address of a recipient of an electronic message; receiving at the first computer an input of a recipient address from the first user; generating a unique message ID for the recipient address and assigning the message ID to the recipient address; transmitting the recipient address from the first computer; providing a second display including an interface allowing the first user to input a message content, the first and second displays not being displayed at the same time; receiving at the first computer the message content from the first user, wherein the recipient address is transmitted from the first computer before the completion of said receiving of the message content from the first user at the first computer; assigning the message ID to the message content; and transmitting the message content from the first computer, wherein the message content is transmitted from the first computer separately from the recipient address.