Method for creating a whitelist for processing e-mails
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1. A computerized method for creating a whitelist of approved senders of e-mail messages comprising:
- a) adding to the whitelist any e-mail addresses stored by a user of an e-mail program;
b) scanning messages the user has sent and adding to the whitelist any e-mail address in an outgoing message; and
c) adding to the whitelist any e-mail address of a sender of a message having the same subject line as another message previously sent by the user;
wherein the adding and scanning steps are performed by software executing program instructions.
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Abstract
A method of creating a whitelist for processing received e-mail messages. A whitelist is created by software running at an e-mail recipient'"'"'s computer. The whitelist is constructed using e-mail addresses stored by the recipient (for instance, in an “address book”) as well as using the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: information of e-mails sent by the recipient. The subject line of a received message is also checked to see if it matches the subject line of a message recently sent by the user. If so, the sender is added to the whitelist.
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1. A computerized method for creating a whitelist of approved senders of e-mail messages comprising:
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a) adding to the whitelist any e-mail addresses stored by a user of an e-mail program;
b) scanning messages the user has sent and adding to the whitelist any e-mail address in an outgoing message; and
c) adding to the whitelist any e-mail address of a sender of a message having the same subject line as another message previously sent by the user;
wherein the adding and scanning steps are performed by software executing program instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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