E-mail client with programmable address attributes

A method for preparing a reply to a received e-mail, comprising the steps of:

• (a) reviewing the received e-mail for selected addresses for comparison with alternative addresses in a stored table;
• (b) upon finding a match in the stored table, retrieving from the stored table one or more of alternative send-to, reply-to and from addresses associated with, but having a different physical deliverable e-mail address from, the selected addresses from the received e-mails, and inserting the one or more of associated alternative send-to, reply-to and from addresses into the reply to the received e-mail, thereby replacing one or more of the addresses from the received e-mail.

A method for processing a received e-mail message, comprising steps of:

• (a) retrieving a send-to address from the received e-mail and comparing same to send-to addresses in a locally-stored look-up table;
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• (b) upon finding a match for the send-to address in the stored table, forwarding the received e-mail to a new send-to address associated with the received send-to address in the stored table, the new send to address having a different physical deliverable e-mail address from the send to address retrieved from the received e-mail.

A method for processing a received e-mail message, comprising the steps of:

• (a) retrieving a send-to address from the received e-mail and comparing same to alternative send-to addresses in a locally stored look-up table;
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• (b) upon finding a match for the retrieved send-to address in the stored table, preparing a new e-mail having the identical message of the received e-mail and a new alternative send-to address associated in the stored table with the send-to address of the received e-mail, , the new alternative send to address from the stored table having a different physical deliverable e-mail address from the send to address retrieved from the received e-mail, and maintaining the original from and reply-to addresses of the received e-mail, thereby bouncing the received e-mail transparently and automatically to a new recipient.

The system of wherein the stored table stores complete reply messages associated with one or more of selected words, phrases, or addresses, and wherein the application automatically prepares and sends the reply with prestored messages and addresses in response to received e-mails containing the selected words, phrases, or addresses.