Message Testing

• US 20080104187A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MailFrontier Incorporated (SonicWall Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Brian, Nufire, Tim, Oliver, Jonathan, Koblas, David, Wieneke, Paul, Eikenberry, Scott, Uyeda, Damon
• Granted Patent: US 7,921,204 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for routing a message through a plurality of test methods. The method includes: receiving a message; applying a first test method to the message; updating a state of the message based on the first test method; and determining a second test method to be applied to the message based on the state.

Claims

1. A method of routing a message through a plurality of test methods including:

receiving a message;

applying a first test method to the message;

updating a state of the message based on the first test method; and

determining a second test method to be applied to the message based on the state.

2-25. -25. (canceled)