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Mail bot and mailing list detection

  • US 10,305,840 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2017
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting email messages sent from an automated mailing system, the method comprising:

  • analyzing email metadata of a user to detect an indication of automation comprising;

    analyzing the user'"'"'s email metadata to detect a usage pattern of a sender of email messages, wherein the sender of email messages sends a threshold number of email messages to the user, within a period of time, without receiving a threshold number of email messages;

    identifying the sender of email messages as a mail-bot in response to the detected usage pattern;

    analyzing the user'"'"'s email metadata to detect a received email message not explicitly addressed to the user, wherein the received email message not explicitly addressed to the user is received by one or more other users;

    identifying the one or more other users as a mailing list; and

    adding the identified one or more other users to a group of mailing lists;

    identifying email messages sent corresponding to the detected indication of automation;

    performing an action in response to the identified email messages;

    determining whether the one or more other users in the group of mailing lists has sent email messages to the user; and

    based on determining that the one or more other users in the group mailing lists has sent email messages to the user, removing the one or more other users from the group of mailing lists.

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