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An internet message system is provided that enables a user to compose an electronic greeting message and transmit the greeting message to any e-mail address over the Internet from a remote location. The internet message system is housed within a self-contained unit, such as a kiosk, such that it can be situated within various recreational and vacation locations. A payment system, incorporated within the internet message system, provides the user with access to the system upon receipt and verification of payment. In operation, the user selects from a variety of selectable greeting formats, including both real-time and pre-loaded still images, video segments, audio segments and text message lines, and combinations thereof which are integrated in the composition of the electronic greeting. In Included among the selectable greeting formats is real-time still images in the form of a self-portraits, such that the user can compose an electronic greeting depicting his/her own image as well as that of the surrounding background. Once the greeting is composed, it can be instantly transmitted over the Internet to the intended electronic mail address.

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