METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC MAIL

摘要

The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for e-mail communications with members of a group of members. In one or more embodiments, a server computer system determines whether a sender of an incoming e-mail message addressed to a recipient member of the group is a member of the group. If the sender is a member of the group, the server computer system replaces the senders existing e-mail address in the incoming e-mail message with a created e-mail address created by the server computer system for the sender.

主权项

1. A method for providing e-mail communications between a sender and a recipient member of a group comprising a plurality of members by a first computer system comprising the steps of:
said first computer system creating a first created e-mail address for said recipient member; said first computer system receiving an incoming first e-mail message from a sending entity other than said first computer system comprising a first existing email address of a first sender addressed to said first created e-mail address of said recipient member; after receiving said first e-mail message from said sending entity other than said first computer system, said first computer system determining that said first sender is a member of said group; said first computer system creating a second created e-mail address for said first sender different from said first existing e-mail address and from said first created e-mail address; said first computer system creating a first modified e-mail message by replacing said first existing e-mail address in said incoming first e-mail message with said second created e-mail address; said first computer system delivering said first modified e-mail message to said recipient member; wherein said step of said first computer system delivering said first modified e-mail message to said recipient member comprises said first computer system sending said first modified e-mail message to a second existing e-mail address of said recipient member different from said first created e-mail address of said recipient member.