Computerized method and system for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative exchange environment

A method for secure management of emailed content, the method comprising:

• providing a secure email input facility for accepting non-secure email addressed to a designated email address, wherein the non-secure email is received and at least one of the non-secure email and content delivered thereby is stored in a storage facility as secure content related to at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the non-secure email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email, wherein access to the secure content stored in the storage facility is limited to an access list with permissions assigned to each member of the access list;
• assigning a first user and second user to the access list, wherein the step of assigning at least provides permission for the first user to send email content to the secure email input facility for storage of the email content in the storage facility and at least provides permission for the second user to access the email content stored in the storage facility;
• receiving the email content from the first user, wherein the email content was addressed to the designated email address;
• verifying permission for the first user to store email content in the storage facility in association with the designated email address;
• storing the email content in the storage facility;
• receiving an access request for the second user to access the stored email content;
• and
• granting access to the second user for access to the email content stored in the storage facility.