this disclosure provides for a unified , centralized , preprocessing electronic messaging solution that performs value - added tasks to electronic messages on behalf of the isp or the end user , before these messages are delivered to the destination e - mail server . the service can detect and detain damaging or unwanted messages , such as spam , viruses or other junk e - mail messages , and route electronic messages from various sources covering a variety of topics to wired and wireless destinations , apart from the intended recipient e - mail address , in various formats . in some embodiments , the electronic messaging solution provides a stored user profile , associated with a user to whom an e - mail message is addressed , that has detection parameters for processing e - mail message data . in such embodiments , a processor is also provided for processing the e - mail message data to identify suspect e - mail messages according to the detection parameters in the user profile . a web page accessible by the user to set the detection parameters is also disclosed . furthermore , various methods associated with various embodiments of the electronic messaging solution disclosed herein are also disclosed .