Filtering computer network messages directed to a user's e-mail box based on user defined filters, and forwarding a filtered message to the user's receiver

A message processing and forwarding system, comprising:

• source server configured to receive a plurality of computer network messages directed to a user's e-mail box, and create a filtered message after extracting data from a selected one of the plurality of messages, the source server for sending the filtered message to a first address;
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• first destination server having the first address and communicatively coupled to the source server, the first destination server in response to receiving the filtered message causing the filtered message to be sent to a first forwarding service;
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• a voice server communicatively coupled to at least one of the e-mail box and the source server via the computer communication network, wherein the voice server is configured to send a notify message to at least one of the e-mail box and the source server in response to receiving a voice message at the user's voice mail number, the notify message indicating that the user has received a voice message, and the source server receives the notify message and forwards the notify message to the first address of the destination server which then forwards the notify message to the first forwarding service.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a machine-readable medium having instructions which when executed by a processor cause a computer system to
• select one of a plurality of received computer network messages based on a predefined filter that is defined by a user and that matches a content of one or more fields in a selected message, the selected message including a notify message from at least one of a user's e-mail box and a fax server, the notify message indicating that the user has received a facsimile at a facsimile number of the user;
• create a filtered message in response to extracting data from the selected message based on filtering rules defined by the user;
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• send the filtered message to a first address of a message forwarding service over a computer communication network, the first address being associated with the predefined filter and a user's receiver, the forwarding service being in communication with the user's receiver to forward the filtered message to the receiver.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a machine-readable medium having instructions which when executed by a processor cause a computer system to
• select one of a plurality of received computer network messages based on a predefined filter that is defined by a user and that matches a content of one or more fields in a selected message, the selected message including a notify message from at least one of the user's e-mail box and a voice server, the notify message indicating that the user has received a voice message at a voice mail of the user;
• create a filtered message in response to extracting data from the selected message based on filtering rules defined by the user;
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• send the filtered message to a first address of a message forwarding service over a computer communication network, the first address being associated with the predefined filter and a user's receiver, the forwarding service being in communication with the user's receiver to forward the filtered message to the receiver.