Method and system for automatic e-mail account setup and linkage

A system for automatic email generation and delivery based on transaction account linkage, comprising:

• an account database of a processing server configured to store a plurality of account profiles, wherein each account profile includes a structured data set related to a transaction account including at least a primary account number and an email address;
• a receiving device of the processing server configured to receive a transaction message via a payment network, wherein the transaction message is related to a payment transaction and is formatted pursuant to one or more standards and includes at least a plurality of data elements including a first data element configured to store a specific primary account number, a second data element configured to store a merchant identifier of a plurality of merchant identifiers, and one or more additional data elements configured to store transaction data;
• a querying module of the processing server configured to execute a query on the account database to identify a specific account profile where the primary account number corresponds to the specific primary account number stored in the first data element included in the transaction message;
• a generation module of the processing server configured to generate an email message, wherein a body of the email message includes at least content generated from the transaction data stored in the one or more additional data elements included in the transaction message and a header of the email message includes the email address included in the identified specific account profile as a destination address;
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• a transmitting device of the processing server configured to electronically transmit the generated email message to a mail server for delivery to the destination address included in the header.