Method for blocking Spam
First Claim
1. A method for blocking Spam sent to a first email address, said method comprising the steps of:
- creating a second email address, for corresponding with at least one second party while concealing said first email address, said second email address and said first email address having a common denominator;
indicating an email message sent to said second email address as Spam if an identity of the sender thereof is not said at least one second party;
on indicating said email message as Spam, blocking said email message; and
on indicating said email message as non-Spam, redirecting said email message to said first email address.
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Abstract
A method for blocking Spam sent to an email address of an individual, comprising: establishing an intermediating email address, for corresponding with a party of interest without revealing the permanent email address of the individual; indicating an email message sent to the intermediating email address as Spam unless the sender thereof is the party of interest. On indicating an email message as Spam, blocking the email message. On indicating an email message as non-Spam, redirecting the email message to the permanent email address of the individual. In one embodiment of the invention, the intermediating email address expires after a predefined or arbitrary period. The method may be implemented by an email client associated with the intermediating email address, an email server, a proxy server, a gateway server and so forth.
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1. A method for blocking Spam sent to a first email address, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating a second email address, for corresponding with at least one second party while concealing said first email address, said second email address and said first email address having a common denominator;
indicating an email message sent to said second email address as Spam if an identity of the sender thereof is not said at least one second party;
on indicating said email message as Spam, blocking said email message; and
on indicating said email message as non-Spam, redirecting said email message to said first email address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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