E-mail filtering services and e-mail service enrollment techniques
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1. A method of managing the delivery of electronic messages from sending e-mail servers to destination e-mail servers, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic message sent from a sending e-mail server;
examining IP routing information associated with the electronic message; and
deciding whether to block delivery of the electronic message at least in part based on the examination of the IP routing information and message content.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of managing the delivery, including in certain cases the blocking, of electronic messages based at least in part on an electronic message'"'"'s IP routing information. Also disclosed are methods of managing electronic messages with an intermediate service and the quarantining and user management of quarantined electronic messages and user profiles for the electronic messaging delivery parameters.
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1. A method of managing the delivery of electronic messages from sending e-mail servers to destination e-mail servers, the method comprising:
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receiving an electronic message sent from a sending e-mail server;
examining IP routing information associated with the electronic message; and
deciding whether to block delivery of the electronic message at least in part based on the examination of the IP routing information and message content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of managing the delivery of electronic messages from sending e-mail servers to destination e-mail servers, the method comprising:
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receiving in an intermediate service an electronic message sent from a sending e-mail server to a receiving e-mail server;
examining in the intermediate service IP routing information associated with the electronic message;
deciding whether to block delivery of the electronic message at least in part based on the examination of the IP routing information and message content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing e-mail management services for at least some users of an e-mail entity in an electronic messaging network in which electronic messages are delivered from sending servers to at least one destination server of the e-mail entity through an electronic message delivery path, the method comprising:
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enrolling the e-mail entity in the e-mail management services by inserting an intermediate service into the electronic message delivery path ahead of the at least one destination server of the e-mail entity by changing a DNS entry associated with at least one destination server to point to the intermediate service; and
posting the e-mail entity'"'"'s user'"'"'s junk mail to a user-accessible message center website where it is kept for a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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