A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for affording an
application program with an electronic message to help preclude unwanted
electronic messages from being sent on a network. First, at least one
application program is initialized after an electronic message is selected
by a user. Such application program is received with the electronic
message on a network. After initialization, the application program is
executed. The execution of the application program includes displaying
text included with the electronic message, depicting indicia, and
communicating an identifier of the electronic message on the network upon
the selection of the indicia by the user for precluding unwanted
electronic messages from being sent on the network.