Electronic mail distribution system for integrated electronic communications

A method for distributing electronic mail messages received at an electronic mail service comprising:

• a) receiving at an electronic mail distributor at the electronic mail service an incoming electronic mail message addressed for delivery to a message receiver of the electronic mail service;
• b) determining the message receiver for the electronic mail message;
• c) retrieving from a message receiver profile database rules defined by the message receiver for processing the electronic mail message;
• d) examining the rules defined by the message receiver to determine if the message receiver has specified a preference to receive the electronic mail message at a telecommunications service;
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• e) if the message receiver has specified a preference to receive the electronic mail message at a telecommunications service:
• i. determining the message receiver's preferred telecommunications service;
• ii. modifying the electronic mail message to include routing information for the message receiver's preferred telecommunications service;
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• iii. forwarding the electronic mail message to the message receiver's preferred telecommunications service;
• iv. determining at the telecommunications service the message receiver's electronic mailbox address;
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• v. storing the electronic mail message in the message receiver's electronic mailbox at the telecommunications service.