System and method for authenticating at least a portion of an e-mail message

• US 20050268101A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Gasparini, Louis A., Harris, William H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,132,011 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/176
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures

Abstract

A system and method allows some or all of an e-mail message, such as the sender or its contents, to be authenticated, for example, to identify a message as potential spam.

Claims

1. A method of providing an e-mail message, comprising:

identifying customization information responsive to a recipient of an e-mail message;

signing the customization information with information corresponding to the sender of the message; and

sending the customization information and the signed customization information with the e-mail message.

2. A method of receiving an e-mail message, comprising:

receiving an e-mail message set, comprising an e-mail message;

processing the e-mail message set responsive to;

a content and existence of customization information corresponding to the recipient of the message as part of the e-mail message set; and

a signature made responsive to the customization information and the sender of the message.