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ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND DATA TRACKING SYSTEM

  • US 20110219086A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2011
  • Published: 09/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating user feedback regarding an electronic mail (email) message classified as spam by a commercial anti-spam service, the method comprising:

  • identifying, by a linking object insertion routine, the email message as a candidate for user feedback based on the email message having been previously classified as spam by a real-time email spam scanning routine associated with the commercial anti-spam service;

    facilitating, by the linking object insertion routine, user submission of the user feedback regarding the email message to the commercial anti-spam service by embedding a linking object within the email message, wherein the linking object is configured to automate communication of one or more digital signatures of the email message generated by the real-time email spam scanning routine to the commercial anti-spam service by performing out-of-band signaling with the commercial anti-spam service; and

    wherein the linking object insertion routine and the real-time email spam scanning routine are implemented in one or more processors and one or more computer-readable storage media of one or more computer systems, the one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions tangibly embodied therein representing the linking object insertion routine and the real-time email spam scanning routine that are executable by the one or more processors.

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