Automatic Isolation and Detection of Outbound Spam
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one server computer configured to;
use a partition associated with a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used for outbound email communications;
if the partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications generate rules to;
divide the partition into a plurality of sub-partitions;
assign individual IP addresses to each of the plurality of sub-partitions;
monitor the plurality of sub-partitions to detect when a sub-partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications and continue to divide any blocked sub-partition until there are no blocked sub-partitions or a single customer exists in a blocked sub-partition; and
recombine any unblocked sub-partitions into a new partition and source reputable IP addresses from other unblocked partitions for sending outbound email communications.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide IP address partitioning features that can be used to source outbound email communications, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method operates to identify and/or isolate one or more customers that may be misusing one or more IP addresses of a partition. A system of an embodiment is configured in part to divide a partition that includes one or more potentially misused IP addresses into one or more levels of sub-partitions as part of identifying offending or potentially offending customers. Other embodiments are included.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one server computer configured to; use a partition associated with a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used for outbound email communications; if the partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications generate rules to; divide the partition into a plurality of sub-partitions; assign individual IP addresses to each of the plurality of sub-partitions; monitor the plurality of sub-partitions to detect when a sub-partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications and continue to divide any blocked sub-partition until there are no blocked sub-partitions or a single customer exists in a blocked sub-partition; and recombine any unblocked sub-partitions into a new partition and source reputable IP addresses from other unblocked partitions for sending outbound email communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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using a partition that includes a plurality of IP addresses used for outbound email communications for a group of customers; determining if the partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications; if the partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications; dividing the blocked partition into a plurality of sub-partitions and randomly assigning one or more customers of the group of customers to each sub-partition; sourcing reputable IP addresses to each of the plurality of sub-partitions; detecting when a sub-partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications and continue to divide any blocked sub-partition until there are no blocked sub-partitions or a single customer exists in a blocked sub-partition; and recombining any unblocked sub-partitions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. Computer storage which stores executable instructions that operate to:
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receive blocked partition information associated with a plurality of IP addresses; divide a blocked partition into a plurality of first sub-partitions; assign a reputable IP address for each of the plurality of first sub-partitions; monitor a status of each of the plurality of first sub-partitions to identify if a first sub-partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications; if a first sub-partition is blocked and includes more than one customer, then; divide the first sub-partition that is blocked into a plurality of second sub-partitions; assign new IP addresses for each of the plurality of second sub-partitions; monitor a status of each of the plurality of second sub-partitions to identify if a second sub-partition is blocked from sending outbound email communications; if a blocked second sub-partition exists and includes one customer then identify the one customer as a spamming source; and resolve the blocked partition by recombining unblocked ones of the first and second sub-partitions into a new partition. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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