Apparatus, and associated method, for alerting user of communication device of entries on a mail message distribution list
Apparatus, and an associated method, for alerting a respondent that generates a reply to a received mail message of addressing of the reply message to a non-secure address. A detector detects reception of a received mail message, and a correlator determines whether any of the entries on a distribution list associated with the received mail message is of selected characteristics, i.e., non-secure. If determined to be non-secure, an annunciator generates an annunciation requiring the respondent to elect whether to include the identified address as a recipient of the reply message.
1. A method comprising:
displaying an unsent outgoing text message including one or more electronic addresses;
determining whether any of the one or more electronic addresses is a non-secure address;
providing a warning of any non-secure address.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-secure electronic address comprises a domain name identified as non-secure.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a non-secure electronic address has a domain name different than a domain name for a sender of the text message.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a non-secure electronic address has a domain name on a non-secure domain name list.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-secure electronic address comprises an address external to a business or organization of a sender of the text message.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the warning comprises highlighting non-secure addresses of the one or more electronic addresses.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the warning comprises coloring the non-secure addresses in a first color.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving affirmation to send the text message before sending the text message.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text message is an email message.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the warning is provided while the unsent outgoing text message is unsent.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the domain name follows an @ symbol in the electronic address.
12. A method comprising:
providing, by a communication device, a warning indicative of a non-secure electronic message address being included within an unsent electronic message.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the non-secure electronic message address has a domain name different than a domain name of the sender of the unsent electronic message.