AUTOMATIC MESSAGE MODERATION FOR MAILING LISTS
First Claim
1. A moderation system for a mailing list, comprising:
- a first computing subsystem adapted to receive a message from a client, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of addresses belonging to the mailing list;
a second computing subsystem, adapted to communicate with the first computing subsystem, the second computing subsystem being configured to examine the message and determine whether the message passes a predetermined test; and
a third computing subsystem, adapted to communicate with the second computing system, the third computing system adapted to mark the email message for no moderation responsive to the message passing the predetermined test and for moderation responsive to the portion not passing the predetermined test.
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Abstract
Email messages in a mailing list for an organization are monitored and filtered (or queued for moderation) based on predetermined characteristics of the message. A manager of the mailing list can later determine whether the queued messages should be approved and distributed to the intended recipients or rejected and prevented from being distributed. Alternatively, an automatic decision is made to approve or reject messages based on the predetermined characteristics. The predetermined characteristics include: the size of the mailing list; the size of the email message; the existence of specified words (such as a product name or a specific word such as “confidential”) within the message; no subject line; the sender has sent too many messages already; and the email address matches a list.
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34 Claims
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1. A moderation system for a mailing list, comprising:
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a first computing subsystem adapted to receive a message from a client, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of addresses belonging to the mailing list; a second computing subsystem, adapted to communicate with the first computing subsystem, the second computing subsystem being configured to examine the message and determine whether the message passes a predetermined test; and a third computing subsystem, adapted to communicate with the second computing system, the third computing system adapted to mark the email message for no moderation responsive to the message passing the predetermined test and for moderation responsive to the portion not passing the predetermined test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mailing list system for an organization, comprising:
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a membership computing subsystem adapted to receive a request from a user to join a mailing list and to generate an approval of the request responsive to the user having at least one of;
an address within a domain of the organization and a position in the organization approved for membership in the mailing list; anda permissions computing subsystem adapted to inform the membership computing subsystem as to whether the position is approved for membership in the mailing list. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method for moderating a mailing list, comprising:
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receiving, by a first computing subsystem, a message from a client, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of addresses belonging to the mailing list; examining, by a second computing subsystem, the message; determining, by the second computing subsystem, whether the message passes a predetermined test; and marking, by a third computing subsystem, the message for no moderation responsive to the message passing the predetermined test and for moderation responsive to the message not passing the predetermined test. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method of providing a mailing list for an organization, comprising:
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receiving, by a membership computing subsystem, a request from a user to join a mailing list and to generate an approval of the request responsive to the user having at least one of;
an address within a domain of the organization and a position in the organization approved for membership in the mailing list; andinforming the membership computing subsystem, by a permissions computing subsystem, as to whether the position is approved for membership in the mailing list. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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