System and method for two-way anonymous communication

A product for managing anonymous two-way communication, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for creating a first alias from a first identifying address in a first message received by a server from a first electronic device;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for creating a second alias from a second identifying address in a second message received by the server from a second electronic device;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for replacing the first identifying address in the first message with the first alias, creating thereby a first anonymous message;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for replacing the second identifying address in the second message with the second alias, creating thereby a second anonymous message;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for replacing a destination address in the first anonymous message with the second alias;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for converting the second alias in the first anonymous message to the second identifying address, then sending the first anonymous message from the server to the second electronic device at the second identifying address.
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for sending another anonymous message from the second electronic device to the server and thence to the first electronic device, in reply to the first anonymous message;
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for automatically sending an acknowledgment message from a server to the first electronic device;
• and
• means, provided on the computer-readable medium, for sending an automatic notification from the server to the second electronic device when an anonymous message addressed to the second alias by the first electronic device has been received by the server.

A method for anonymous two-way communication, comprising:

• assigning in a server a first alias to a first identifying address for a first electronic device;
• sending a message addressed to the first alias from a second electronic device to the server;
• receiving the message addressed to the first alias into an email inbox on the server for the first electronic device;
• assigning in the server a second alias to a second identifying address for the second electronic device;
• forming an anonymous message in the server by replacing the second identifying address with the second alias in the message addressed to the first alias;
• prior to sending the anonymous message, replacing the first alias with the first identifying address;
• and
• sending the anonymous message from the server to the first electronic device at the first identifying address.