E-mail forwarding system having archival database

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a sender, at a computer remotely disposed from the sender, via e-mail, a message identified as undeliverable for being addressed to a defunct e-mail address, said sender and said remote computer having e-mail addresses, and said remote computer having an e-mail address different than said sender's e-mail address;

parsing the defunct e-mail address from the message in the remote computer to determine whether there is a subscriber account associated with the defunct email address and if there is a forwarding e-mail address associated with the defunct e-mail address; and

storing at the remote computer at least the defunct e-mail address and the sender's e-mail address based on a determination that there is no subscriber account associated with the defunct e-mail address.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further including sending the message from the remote computer to a computer associated with at least one forwarding address if it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with at least one forwarding e-mail address stored in the remote computer.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further including determining whether the stored defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the remote computer after a new disfavored e-mail address is stored in the remote computer.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further including sending another message to the associated forwarding address when it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the remote computer.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 further including storing the message addressed to the defunct e-mail address if it is determined that there is no forwarding e-mail address stored in the remote computer that is associated with the defunct e-mail address.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 further including sending the message to the associated forwarding address when it is determined that the stored defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the remote computer after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since when the determination for a forwarding e-mail address was performed.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further including sending an e-mail message to the sender's computer from the remote computer indicating that the message has been sent to a forwarding e-mail address.

8. The method recited in claim 1 further including sending an e-mail message to the sender's computer from the remote computer indicating that the message was not forwarded to a forwarding e-mail address if a disfavored e-mail address is determined not associated with the defunct e-mail address of the message.

9. An article of manufacture including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from a sender via e-mail, a message identified as undeliverable for being addressed to a defunct e-mail address, said sender and said computing device having e-mail addresses, and said computing device having an e-mail address different than said sender's e-mail address;

parsing the defunct e-mail address from the message to determine if there is a subscriber account including a forwarding e-mail address, stored in the computing device, wherein the subscriber account is associated with the defunct e-mail address; and

storing at least the defunct e-mail address and the sender's e-mail address if it is determined that there is no subscriber account including the forwarding e-mail address associated with the defunct e-mail address.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising sending the message from the device to a computer associated with at least one forwarding address if it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with at least one forwarding e-mail address stored in the device.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising determining whether the stored defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the computing device after a new disfavored e-mail address is stored in the remote computer.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising sending another message to the associated forwarding e-mail address when it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the computing device.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising storing the message addressed to the defunct e-mail address if it is determined that there is no forwarding e-mail address stored in the computing device that is associated with the defunct e-mail address.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising sending the message to the associated forwarding e-mail address when it is determined that the stored defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the computing device after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since when the determination for a forwarding e-mail address was performed.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method further comprising sending an e-mail message to the sender's computer from the computing device, the e-mail message to indicate that the e-mail message has been sent to a forwarding e-mail address.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a receiver, coupled to the memory, to receive, from a sender, an e-mail message previously identified as undeliverable for being addressed to a defunct e-mail address, said sender and said apparatus having e-mail addresses, and said apparatus having an e-mail address different than said sender's e-mail address;

a processor, communicatively coupled to the receiver and memory; and

a plurality of programming instructions stored on the memory, which when executed, enable the processor to:

parse the defunct e-mail address from the e-mail message and determine whether there is a subscriber account associated with the defunct email address and if there is a forwarding e-mail associated with the defunct e-mail address; and

store at least the defunct e-mail address and the sender's e-mail address in the memory based on a determination that there is no subscriber account associated with the defunct e-mail address.

17. The Apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:

a transmitter, communicatively coupled to the receiver, to send the e-mail message to a computer associated with at least one forwarding e-mail address if it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with at least one forwarding e-mail address stored in the memory.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the transmitter is further adapted to send an e-mail message to the sender's e-mail address indicating that the e-mail message has been sent to a forwarding e-mail address.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are further adapted to enable the processor to determine whether the stored defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the memory after a disfavored e-mail address is stored in the memory.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising:

a transmitter, communicatively coupled to the receiver, to send a message to the associated forwarding e-mail address when it is determined that the defunct e-mail address is associated with a forwarding e-mail address stored in the memory.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the memory is adapted to store the e-mail message addressed to the defunct e-mail address if it is determined that there is no forwarding e-mail address associated with the defunct e-mail address stored in the memory.