Systems and methods for integrating the management of a temporary email address within an email client application

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• the processor configured to integrate management of an existing temporary email address and an existing non-temporary email address within an email client application;
• the email client application stored in the memory and configured to manage existing temporary and existing non-temporary email addresses;
• a temporary email address management module configured to integrate with the email client application and is further configured to:
• modify a function of the email client application, wherein the function is an address book function or a compose mail function of the email client application;
• add an attribute to the modified function, wherein the attribute is configured to allow the selection of an existing temporary email address or an existing non-temporary email address to be associated with an entry in the address book function;
• set the selected email address as a default email address for the modified function;
• determine whether a new email message is intended for more than one recipient;
• and
• upon determining that the new email message is intended for more than one recipient, determine whether a different return email address is associated with each recipient.

A computer-program, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

• code programmed to integrate management of an existing temporary email address and an existing non-temporary email address within an email client application:
• code programmed to initialize the email client application;
• code programmed to modify a function of the email client application, wherein the function is an address book function or a compose mail function of the email client application;
• code programmed to add an attribute to the modified function, wherein the attribute is configured to allow the selection of an existing temporary email address or an existing non-temporary email address to be associated with an entry in the address book function;
• code programmed to set the selected email address as a default email address for the modified function;
• code programmed to determine whether a new email message is intended for more than one recipient;
• and
• upon determining that the new email message is intended for more than one recipient, code programmed to determine whether a different return email address is associated with each recipient.