Business card agent and applications

A communication control software application is used in a user communication device having a processor and associated memory. The processor controls a display and a user input device. A communications terminal transmits and receives electronic mail. The communication control software application includes a phone application stored in the memory, the phone application including a business card database storing plural business cards. Each business card identifies characteristics of a particular card provider who electronic mail is to be sent to or received from. One or more of the business cards includes an associated business card agent defined by an agent software routine controlling how electronic mail is communicated between the user and the particular provider. A messaging application initiates communications to transmit or receive electronic mail. The phone application and the messaging application determining if a business card agent is associated with a business card of a provider to whom electronic mail is to be sent or is received from by the phone dialer application, and in response thereto implement the agent software routine to control how the electronic mail is communicated.