System and method for selecting messaging settings on a messaging client

A system for selecting messaging settings on a messaging client, the system comprising a mobile device including:

• (a) a user output device capable of displaying data communicated by a system processor in a manner perceivable by an end user;
• (b) a data store capable of storing one or more messaging settings associated with one or more message recipients and indexed by message recipient;
• and
• (c) the system processor, wherein the system processor comprises one or more processing elements, wherein the system processor is in communication with the user output device and the data store and wherein the one or more processing elements are programmed or adapted at least to:
• (i) determine a recipient of a particular outgoing message;
• and
• (ii) retrieve a messaging setting for the recipient from the data store;
• wherein the retrieved messaging setting is a security setting by providing an indication for encryption or an indication for digital signing;
• wherein the retrieved messaging setting is not associated with the particular outgoing message by a sender.

A system for selecting messaging settings on a messaging client, the system comprising:

• (a) storing means for storing one or more messaging settings in association with one or more end users and indexed by end user;
• (b) input means for receiving data from an end user;
• (c) output means for rendering data in a manner perceivable by the end user;
• (d) processing means for:
• (i) determining a recipient of a particular outgoing message;
• and
• (ii) retrieving a messaging setting from the storing means for the determined recipient, wherein the retrieved messaging setting is not associated with the particular outgoing message by a sender;
• (iii) providing a message composition interface for composing the outgoing message via the output means, wherein the interface comprises a message portion and a messaging settings portion;
• (iv) receiving from the messaging settings portions a messaging setting associated with the outgoing message being composed in the provided message composition interface, the received messaging setting entered by an end user via the input means;
• (v) aggregating the received messaging setting with the retrieved messaging setting;
• and
• (vi) storing the aggregated messaging settings in the storing means in association with the determined recipient upon submission of the outgoing message for transmission to the determined recipient.