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A messaging system ( 10 ) for notifying subscribers of incoming e-mail messages includes an e-mail system ( 12 ) communicating with a notification system ( 14 ). The e-mail system ( 12 ) includes a user interface ( 22 ) that permits subscribers to populate filter lists ( 16 ) with e-mail message attributes, such as sender e-mail addresses. The filter list ( 16 ) is provided to the notification system ( 14 ), which selectively notifies subscribers of incoming e-mail messages based on the contents of their respective filter lists. The notification system ( 14 ) can alert subscribers to incoming e-mail messages by pager, facsimile, voice mail, synthetic speech via cellular or conventional telephones, or the like.
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