Method for transmitting messages in a network
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for transmitting messages in a network via data terminals connected thereto. This method comprises the following steps: sending a message to be relayed from a sender data terminal to an assigned first mail processing device assigning a unique identifier to the message which indicates that a message to be relayed is in the sender data terminal or in the first mail processing device; evaluating the identifier by the first mail processing device based on data present therein concerning the entry of a message at an address data terminal from the past, and in response to the evaluation result, transmitting in a triggered or blocked manner the message or parts thereof to the address data terminal. The invention also relates to a data terminal and network that carry out the inventive method using mail processing devices.
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30 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for transmitting messages in a network via data terminals connected thereto, comprising:
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sending a message to be relayed from a sender data terminal to an assigned first mail processing device;
assigning a unique identifier to the message that indicates that a message to be relayed is on the sender data terminal or in the first mail processing device;
evaluating the identifier by the first mail processing device based on data present therein concerning the entry of messages at an address data terminal from the past; and
triggering or blocking the transmission of the message or parts thereof to the address data terminal in response to the evaluation result. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A network, comprising:
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a method comprising;
sending a message to be relayed from a sender data terminal to an assigned first mail processing device;
assigning a unique identifier to the message that indicates that a message to be relayed is on the sender data terminal or in the first mail processing device;
relaying the identifier to a second mail processing device that is assigned to an address data terminal for the message to be forwarded;
evaluating the identifier by the first mail processing device based on data present therein concerning the entry of messages at an address data terminal from the past;
triggering or blocking the transmission of the message or parts thereof to the address data terminal in response to the evaluation result; and
a mail processing device that is designed such that an identifier for a message is evaluated in an evaluation unit based on data present concerning the entry of messages at an address data terminal from the past, and based on the evaluation result, transmission of a message to the address data terminal is triggered or blocked.
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- 29. The network according to claim 29, wherein the mail-processing device forms part of a mail server.
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