E-mail with secure message parts

摘要

A method for preventing a recipient of an electronically transmitted message (74) from taking at least one action in relation to the message (74) is disclosed. The message (74) has at least two parts (102, 116) with one of the parts (116) having a higher level of security than the other part (102). The method includes the step of extracting information from the message (74). The information indicates that the higher level security part (116) is not permitted to have the action taken on it while the other part (102) is so permitted. The method also includes the step of preventing the higher level security part (116) from having the action taken on it in reaction to said recipient making an offending request.