Messaging personalization

A method of rendering recipients in an electronic communication, comprising:

• determining, by a first computer of a first user, whether each entry in a list of recipients to the electronic communication received by the first user satisfies criteria specified by the first user, the criteria being used to identify a first subset of the recipients that is to be rendered in a first style that differentiates the first subset from remaining recipients in the list after receipt by the first computer of the first user;
• and
• formatting in a rendering of the electronic communication, by the first computer, the first subset of the recipients in the first style,
• wherein the recipients were selected for the electronic communication by a sender of the electronic communication,
• the first user is one of the recipients to the electronic communication,
• the first subset of recipients is rendered to the first user after the electronic communication commences,
• the first computer retrieves, from a central network server, the criteria specified by the first user that is used to identify the first subset of the recipients in the electronic communication that is to be rendered in the first style that differentiates the first subset from the remaining recipients in the list,
• the first computer retrieves recipient information from data field entries of a directory database over a communication network, wherein the recipient information is used to identify the first subset of recipients that is to be rendered in the first style from the remaining recipients in the list, and
• second criteria specified by a second user in the recipient list is used to identify a second subset of recipients in the electronic communication that is to be rendered in a second style that differentiates the second subset from the remaining recipients in the list on a second computer of the second user after receipt by the second computer of the second user.

A computer readable medium storing a program for rendering recipients in an electronic communication, wherein the program, when executed by a computer further causes the computer to perform:

• determining, by the computer, whether each entry in a list of recipients to the electronic communication received by a first user satisfies criteria specified by the first user that is one of the recipients to the electronic communication, the criteria being used to identify a first subset of the recipients that are to be rendered in a first style that differentiates the first subset from remaining recipients in the list after receipt by the computer of the first user;
• and
• formatting in a rendering of the electronic communication, by the computer, the first subset of the recipients in the first style,
• wherein the recipients were selected for the electronic communication by a sender of the electronic communication,
• the first user is one of the recipients to the electronic communication,
• the first subset of recipients is rendered to the first user after the electronic communication commences,
• the computer is configured to retrieve, from a central network server, the criteria specified by the first user that is used to identify the first subset of the recipients in the electronic communication that is to be rendered in the first style that differentiates the first subset from the remaining recipients in the list,
• the computer is configured to retrieve recipient information from data field entries of a directory database over a communication network, wherein the recipient information is used to identify the first subset of recipients that is to be rendered in the first style from the remaining recipients in the list, and
• second criteria specified by a second user in the recipient list is used to identify a second subset of recipients in the electronic communication that is to be rendered in a second style that differentiates the second subset from the remaining recipients in the list on a second computer of the second user after receipt by the second computer of the second user.