Patent Document ID: 7533152
Application ID: 11652861

Base Claim:
1. A apparatus for routing an electronic message from a sender to at least one endpoint for a user comprising a processor for executing logic for: receiving the electronic message for the user by the processor, the electronic message comprising a message, a routing indicator, and at least one of a stylesheet or a reference to the stylesheet, the stylesheet including a definition of at least one of a plurality of routing indicators, the routing indicator in the electronic message being at least one of the plurality of routing indicators; accessing the stylesheet; interpreting the routing indicator in the electronic message based on the definition in the stylesheet; selecting at least one endpoint from the plurality of endpoints based on the routing indicator and a user-defined endpoint table, the endpoint table specifying at least one endpoint based on the routing indicator with the endpoint table specifying different endpoints based on different routing indicators; and routing at least a portion of the electronic message to the at least one endpoint.

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Claim 17:
17. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic for receiving an electronic message comprises logic for receiving the electronic message from a sender address, and further comprising logic for: accessing a stylesheet, the stylesheet comprising at least one valid transport source comparing the sender address with the at least one valid transport source; and rejecting the electronic message if the sender address does not match the at least one valid transport source.