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First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of assessing the veracity of a list of email addresses for use with an e-mail messaging campaign, the method comprising:
- receiving the list of email addresses;
categorizing and marking any email addresses from the received list of email addresses which are considered to have predetermined email address problems;
each marked email address being assigned a category of problem;
associating each marked email address with a score, wherein the score is dependent on the severity of risk associated with the assigned category;
calculating a cumulative score of all of the marked email addresses; and
determining, in view of the cumulative score of the marked email addresses, whether the list of email addresses is safe for use for the email messaging campaign.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of assessing the veracity of a list of email addresses for use with an e-mail messaging campaign is described. The method comprises: receiving the list of email addresses; categorizing and marking any email addresses from the received list of email addresses which are considered to have predetermined email address problems; each marked email address being assigned a category of problem; associating each marked email address with a score, wherein the score is dependent on the severity of risk associated with the assigned category; calculating a cumulative score of all of the marked email addresses; and determining, in view of the cumulative score of the marked email addresses, whether the list of email addresses is safe for use for the email messaging campaign.
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29 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of assessing the veracity of a list of email addresses for use with an e-mail messaging campaign, the method comprising:
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receiving the list of email addresses; categorizing and marking any email addresses from the received list of email addresses which are considered to have predetermined email address problems;
each marked email address being assigned a category of problem;associating each marked email address with a score, wherein the score is dependent on the severity of risk associated with the assigned category; calculating a cumulative score of all of the marked email addresses; and determining, in view of the cumulative score of the marked email addresses, whether the list of email addresses is safe for use for the email messaging campaign. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for assessing the veracity of a list of email addresses for use with an e-mail messaging campaign, the system comprising:
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an upload module for receiving the list of email addresses; a categorizing module for categorizing and marking any email addresses from the received list of email addresses which are considered to have predetermined email address problems;
each marked email address being assigned a category of problem;a risk assessment module for associating each marked email address with a score, wherein the score is dependent on the severity of risk associated with the assigned category; a scoring engine for calculating a cumulative score of all of the marked email addresses; and a processor for determining, in view of the cumulative score of the marked email addresses, whether the list of email addresses is safe for use for the email messaging campaign.
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