Self-destroying emails from AT&T

According to the patent application filed by the U.S. mobile operator AT & T, e-mails could be unauthorized disintegrate before your eyes get a chance to see them. Patent application entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Providing Self-Destructing Electronic Mail Messages" describes the client and server system that can send and receive messages that self-destruct when they meet certain criteria.The patent application states that the current system for managing e-mail once the message is sent to the sender no longer has any possibility of control over it, ie, a message can be copied, saved, printed or forwarded on. Inability to control the number and type of operations that can be done with the sent message appears classic mail system unsuitable for sending confidential information that is necessary complete control of distribution.Therefore propose a system in which the client is to delete e-mail messages after a set amount of time regardless of whether it is read. It also describes the ability to delete messages after they have been read and closed. All instances of the message should be deleted from the user's machine.