Abstract: A system is provided for the verified exchange of messages through an electronic message exchange system and for the verified archiving of such messages. More particularly, the message format of an initiating message, and optionally of subsequent messages in the exchange of messages, is structured to command the recipient of the message to accept or to express a lack of acceptance of the content of the transmitted message, or to reply in some other structured manner. The entirety of an exchange of messages between two (or more) parties, including the acceptance or non-acceptance of content at any stage of the exchange, is recorded in the secure archives of an authenticator, which facility can verify the authenticity, sequence, date, time and content of and parties to any exchange of messages sent within the inventive system, including acceptance or non-acceptance of content of a given message at any stage of the exchange.

Abstract: A system is provided for the verified exchange of messages through an electronic message exchange system and for the verified archiving of such messages. More particularly, the message format of an initiating message, and optionally of subsequent messages in the exchange of messages, is structured to command the recipient of the message to accept or to express a lack of acceptance of the content of the transmitted message, or to reply in some other structured manner. The entirety of an exchange of messages between two (or more) parties, including the acceptance or non-acceptance of content at any stage of the exchange, is recorded in the secure archives of an authenticator, which facility can verify the authenticity, sequence, date, time and content of and parties to any exchange of messages sent within the inventive system, including acceptance or non-acceptance of content of a given message at any stage of the exchange.