A system for contacting an interested party utilizing a computer network includes
an interested party database including a field containing a first e-mail address
used to address an e-mail message to an interested party and an e-mail general
or responsive to the first e-mail address and generating the first e-mail message
addressed to the first e-mail address of the interested party. The generator also
sends the first e-mail message to the interested party's first e-mail address.
The first e-mail message includes a response message portion including a second
e-mail message. The second e-mail message is addressed to a second e-mail address
(sending party's e-mail address. The response message portion is responsive to
the first e-mail message being read, for sending the second e-mail message to the
sending party's e-mail address. The system further includes a database responsive
to the second e-mail message storing data associated therewith.