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A method for enabling users to exchange group electronic mail by establishing individual profiles and criteria, for determining personalized subsets within a group. Users establish subscriptions to an electronic mailing list by specifying user profile data and acceptance criteria data to screen othe

A method for enabling users to exchange group electronic mail by establishing individual profiles and criteria, for determining personalized subsets within a group. Users establish subscriptions to an electronic mailing list by specifying user profile data and acceptance criteria data to screen other users. When a user subscribes, a web server establishes and stores an individualized recipient list including each matching subscriber and their degree of one-way or mutual match with the user. When the user then sends a message to the mailing list, an email server retrieves 100% her matches and then optionally filters her recipient list down to a message distribution list using each recipient's message criteria. The message is then distributed to matching users. Additionally, email archives and information contributions from users are stored in a database. A web server creates an individualized set of web pages for a user from the database, containing contributions only from users in his recipient list. In other embodiments, users apply one-way or mutual criteria matching and message profile criteria to other group forums, such as web-based discussion boards, chat, online clubs, USENET newsgroups, voicemail, instant messaging, web browsing side channel communities, and online gaming rendezvous.

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1. A method of dynamically matching defined users of a group communication system, so that subgroups of the users having certain characteristics can intercommunicate comprising the steps of:a) establishing acceptance criteria parameters and user profile data parameters defining said characteristics;

1. A method of dynamically matching defined users of a group communication system, so that subgroups of the users having certain characteristics can intercommunicate comprising the steps of:a) establishing acceptance criteria parameters and user profile data parameters defining said characteristics; b) obtaining acceptance criteria data and user profile data corresponding to the acceptance criteria parameters and user profile data parameters for each user of a multiplicity of users; c) calculating the degree of match between the user profile data of each user and the acceptance criteria data of all other users of said multiplicity of users, and using the results of those calculations that exceed a particular threshold level of match to identify a subgroup associated with each said user; and d) upon receipt by the system of a communication from a particular one of said users including message data and user identity data, making said message data available to all other members of the subgroup associated with said particular one of said users.