A METHOD FOR A USER TO CONTROL AND ORGANIZE EMAIL MESSAGES IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

The current invention includes a client computer and an email server (6), in which the client computer contains an email client (12) having a physical email address. A client control program resides on the client computer. An alias email server (100) communicates with the client over a network. The physical email address is entered into the client control program , with client identification information. The alias email server (100) generates an alias email address, which is returned to the user, and is stored in the alias email server. The alias email address is made available to third parties communicating with the client. The email is intercepted by the alias email server (100), and is either forwarded to the client, filtered, or blocked, under control of the client. A log of all transactions is available to the client.