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CLOUD EMAIL MESSAGE SCANNING WITH LOCAL POLICY APPLICATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20140020047A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2012
  • Published: 01/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for applying policies to an email message, comprising:

  • receiving, by an inbound policy module in a protected network, message metadata of an email message;

    determining, based on the message metadata, whether receiving the email message in the protected network is prohibited by at least one metadata policy of one or more metadata policies; and

    blocking the email message from being forwarded to the protected network if receiving the email message in the protected network is prohibited by the at least one metadata policy.

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