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SPAM report generation system and method

  • US 7,647,376 B1
  • Filed: 02/05/2002
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for generating a report on an unsolicited electronic message, comprising:

  • receiving an electronic mail message;

    determining whether the electronic message is an unsolicited message;

    if the message is an unsolicited message, examining the message to identify a network address relating to the message, identifying an authority hosting the network address, generating a report containing the identified network address and hosting authority, and transmitting the report to a central managed service provider, where the central managed service provider collects threat information from one or more organizations and reports to the hosting authority once a predetermined amount of threat information has been collected;

    wherein identifying the hosting authority comprises identifying an owner of a network domain;

    wherein reporting to the hosting authority includes the central managed service provider transmitting a hosting authority message including the collected threat information to the hosting authority;

    wherein the hosting authority message that the central managed service provider transmits to the hosting authority includes a hosting authority report that includes a content of the message, a date and time the message arrived on a recipient'"'"'s server, an IP address and name reported during an SMTP connection associated with the message, and a full WHOIS report used to track down the hosting authority.

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