Method of anti-spam

• US 20020059385A1
• Filed: 07/26/2001
• Published: 05/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hai Lin
• Original Assignee: Hai Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Hai
• Application Number:
  US09/915,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20020059385A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A method of anti-spam is to set an optional trustcode, or a trustlist, or at least a trustweb based on online mail delivery at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address. A mail sender is compelled at the first time to deliver a mail by way of: taking the way of “Visiting trustweb and sending online”, or enclosing the recipient'"'"'s trustcode in the mail and sending in another way other than the mentioned. After the sender'"'"'s e-mail address has been stored automatically in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist, the sender may send mails to the same recipient in whatever the ways feasible.

Claims

1. A method of anti-spam, comprising:

setting a trustcode at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address, which, the trustcode, is an optional character string to be or not to be utilized depending upon a recipient'"'"'s will and can be changed whenever desired;

setting a trustlist at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address, which, the trustlist, has stored a plurality of e-mail sender'"'"'s addresses; and

setting at least a web-based online mail-sending web site “

trustweb”

at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address;

wherein

a mail sender is compelled to choose one of the following two ways for sending out a mail to reach a recipient should his/her e-mail address hasn'"'"'t yet been registered in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist;

(1) Visiting the recipient'"'"'s trustweb and online sending a mail to the recipient on web basis;

or

(2) Sending a mail in some other way which should include the recipient'"'"'s trustcode in his/her mail, or taking (1) if no recipient'"'"'s trustcode available;

a sender'"'"'s e-mail address will be registered in a recipient'"'"'s trustlist automatically after a mail is successfully sent to reach the recipient'"'"'s e-mail server or downloaded by the recipient by any of abovesaid mail-sending ways; and

after a sender'"'"'s e-mail address is stored in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist, the sender is permitted to send a mail in any possible way without being restricted in online sending at the recipient'"'"'s trustweb or carrying the recipient'"'"'s trustcode.

2. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting the trustcode at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set the trustcode in the recipient'"'"'s e-mail server and web server for checking if the recipient'"'"'s trustcode is enclosed in a coming mail or not.

3. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting the trustcode at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set the trustcode in the recipient'"'"'s e-mail client system for checking whether the recipient'"'"'s trustcode is enclosed in a coming mail downloaded by the e-mail server and web system or not.

4. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting a truslist at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set the trustlist in a recipient'"'"'s e-mail server and web server for storing a mail sender'"'"'s e-mail address automatically in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist after a mail is sent by any of said two ways to successfully reach the recipient'"'"'s e-mail server and web server.

5. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting a truslist at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set the trustlist in a recipient'"'"'s e-mail client system for storing a mail sender'"'"'s e-mail address automatically in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist after a mail is sent by any of said two ways to successfully reach the recipient'"'"'s e-mail server and web server and downloaded.

6. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting a trustweb at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set a private trustweb at the recipient'"'"'s e-mail address under a single domain name.

7. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for setting a trustweb at a recipient'"'"'s e-mail address is to set a plurality of optional public trustwebs under different domain names.

8. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein an electronic mail will be returned with default content reminding the mail sender of the way of “

visiting trustweb and sending online”

under coexistence of the following conditions;

a) No trustcode available at the recipient'"'"'s side;

b) Not yet a registration of a sender'"'"'s e-mail address made in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist; and

c) a mailing way other than the “

visiting trustweb and sending online”

being adopted by a sender; and

an electronic mail will be returned with default content reminding the mail sender of the recipient'"'"'s correct trustcode or the way of “

visiting trustweb and sending online”

under coexistence of the following conditions;

a) A trustcode available at the recipient side;

b) Not yet a registration of a sender'"'"'s e-mail address made in the recipient'"'"'s trustlist; and

c) A mail sent without enclosing the recipient'"'"'s trustcode by a way other than the “

visiting trustweb and sending online.”

9. The method of anti-spam according to claim 1, wherein a method for sending an electronic mail by enclosing a recipient'"'"'s trustcode includes:

encoding a character string in the target e-mail address;

or

encoding the character string in a mail subject;

or

encoding the character string in the mail text;

or

treating the trustcode as an extra item and arranging it in the e-mail format.

10. The method of anti-spam according to claim 9, wherein the method for sending an electronic mail by enclosing a recipient'"'"'s trustcode is characterized in:

taking the trustcode as the end code of a username in an e-mail address and inserting a symbol “

−

”

for splitting between the username and the trustcode so as to serve for a new username to be added with a domain name to form a new e-mail address.