1. A method for audibly informing a recipient of an arrival of a digital communication from a sender, the method comprising: receiving a digital communication from a sender directed to a recipient; determining whether the digital communication is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the sender of the digital communication and that is designated by the sender of the digital communication; and conditioning perception by the recipient of the audio identifier on whether the digital communication is determined to be associated with the audio identifier, the audio identifier being perceived prior to or concurrent with perception of the digital communication by the recipient.