Managing email servers by prioritizing emails
First Claim
1. Method for server management of email wherein the server receives X emails sequentially in an input queue, and sends E emails to email subscribers sequentially in an output queue, and the server queue has a capacity of C emails, comprising the steps of:
- 1) analyzing the emails to identify a class P of priority emails, where P is a fraction of X,2) moving the P emails to the head of the E email queue.
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Abstract
Disclosed are email server management methods and systems that protect the ability of the infrastructure of the email server to process legitimate emails in the presence of large spam volumes. During a period of server overload, priority classes of emails are identified, and emails are processed according to priority. In a typical embodiment, the server sends emails sequentially in a queue, and the queue has a limited capacity. When the server nears or reaches that capacity, the emails in the queue are analyzed to identify priority emails, and the priority emails are moved to the head of the queue.
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1. Method for server management of email wherein the server receives X emails sequentially in an input queue, and sends E emails to email subscribers sequentially in an output queue, and the server queue has a capacity of C emails, comprising the steps of:
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1) analyzing the emails to identify a class P of priority emails, where P is a fraction of X, 2) moving the P emails to the head of the E email queue. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 2. The method of claim 2 wherein E is less than X.
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