A method of automatically forwarding a response to a message to the sender of the message, wherein the sender is prompted to provide a message, the sender is prompted to identify a recipient, the recipient having a plurality of associated contact numbers, a user is prompted to rank the identified associated contact numbers relating to the recipient from highest to lowest, the message is sent to the highest ranked associated contact number to which the message has not yet been sent, the recipient of the message is prompted to provide a reply to the message, at least a predetermined amount of time is waited, until a response is received or the message has been sent to all associated contact numbers, the message is repeatedly sent to the next highest ranked associated contact number (and the recipient is prompted and the predetermined amount of time is waited), and the response is forwarded to the sender.