Notification and summarization of E-mail messages held in SPAM quarantine
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1. A SPAM control method for implementation by a SPAM elimination administrator inserted into the signal path between an E-mail sender and its intended message recipient comprising the steps of:
- a) Setting a first numeric filtering threshold below which substantially all received E-mail messages are immediately sent to the intended message recipient and above which substantially all received E-mail messages are temporarily held in quarantine;
b) Setting a second numeric filtering threshold below which temporarily quarantined E-mail messages are flagged for intended message recipient notification;
c) Setting a time schedule for notifying the intended message recipient of temporarily quarantined E-mail messages;
d) Creating a summary of said temporarily quarantined E-mail messages by at least one of sender identification and subject matter content informations;
e) Sending an E-mail message to the intended message recipient of said summary in accordance with said time schedule; and
f) Enabling downloading of all quarantined E-mail messages to said intended message recipient according to the recipient'"'"'s selection of desired sender identification and/or subject matter informations within said message summary.
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Abstract
“False positives” of valid E-mail messages are avoided according to a method which creates a numeric score that represents the probability that the message in question is valid, and then quarantines the message in an area separate from the intended message recipient user'"'"'s primary in-box for scheduled notification to the user of the presence of possible valid messages for selection.
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1. A SPAM control method for implementation by a SPAM elimination administrator inserted into the signal path between an E-mail sender and its intended message recipient comprising the steps of:
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a) Setting a first numeric filtering threshold below which substantially all received E-mail messages are immediately sent to the intended message recipient and above which substantially all received E-mail messages are temporarily held in quarantine;
b) Setting a second numeric filtering threshold below which temporarily quarantined E-mail messages are flagged for intended message recipient notification;
c) Setting a time schedule for notifying the intended message recipient of temporarily quarantined E-mail messages;
d) Creating a summary of said temporarily quarantined E-mail messages by at least one of sender identification and subject matter content informations;
e) Sending an E-mail message to the intended message recipient of said summary in accordance with said time schedule; and
f) Enabling downloading of all quarantined E-mail messages to said intended message recipient according to the recipient'"'"'s selection of desired sender identification and/or subject matter informations within said message summary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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