E-mail filtering services and e-mail service enrollment techniques
First Claim
1. A method for providing e-mail management services for at least some users of an e-mail entity in an electronic massaging network in which electronic messages are delivered from sending servers to at least one destination server of the e-mail entity through an electronic message delivery path, the method comprising:
- enrolling the e-mail entity in the e-mail management services by inserting an intermediate service into the electronic message delivery path ahead of the at least one destination server of the e-mail entity by changing a DNS entry associated with the at least one destination server to point to the intermediate service; and
posting an e-mail entity'"'"'s user'"'"'s junk mail to a user-accessible message center website where it is kept for a period of time.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of managing the delivery, including in certain cases the blocking, of electronic messages based at least in part on an electronic message'"'"'s IP routing information. Also disclosed are methods of managing electronic messages with an intermediate service and the quarantining and user management of quarantined electronic messages and user profiles for the electronic massaging delivery parameters.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for providing e-mail management services for at least some users of an e-mail entity in an electronic massaging network in which electronic messages are delivered from sending servers to at least one destination server of the e-mail entity through an electronic message delivery path, the method comprising:
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enrolling the e-mail entity in the e-mail management services by inserting an intermediate service into the electronic message delivery path ahead of the at least one destination server of the e-mail entity by changing a DNS entry associated with the at least one destination server to point to the intermediate service; and posting an e-mail entity'"'"'s user'"'"'s junk mail to a user-accessible message center website where it is kept for a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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