Message Distribution

A system for distributing electronic messages, comprising:

• (a) a central server that:
• (i) is connected to a wide-area network and (ii) stores substantive message content information and corresponding delivery information;
• and
• (b) a first plurality of forwarding servers, each:
• (i) being connected to the wide-area network and (ii) having an associated set of recipients,
• wherein the central server is configured, based on the delivery information, to automatically transmit message information, which includes substantive message content information, across the wide-area network to a second plurality of the forwarding servers, the second plurality of the forwarding servers being at least a subset of the first plurality of the forwarding servers, and the substantive message content information being identical for all of the second plurality of forwarding servers, and
• wherein each of the second plurality of forwarding servers is configured, upon receipt of the message information, to automatically generate and then transmit to each of a plurality of the recipients within its associated set a message that includes the substantive message content information.