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Mail server appliance and support service

  • US 7,882,204 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2006
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a mail server appliance for operation with a support service, comprising:

  • receiving a request for a domain name from the support service to be assigned to the mail server appliance;

    receiving a request for a certificate for the mail server appliance that asserts ownership of the requested domain name;

    authenticating the request for the certificate from the mail server appliance;

    assigning the requested domain name to the mail server appliance based on whether the request has been authenticated and whether the domain name is available;

    recording a mail exchange record for the assigned domain name that points to mail servers of the support service;

    configuring mail servers of the support service to accept and relay mail for the requested domain name to the mail server appliance;

    receiving an ODMR request from the mail server appliance;

    recording an address from which the ODMR request originated; and

    relaying mail to the recorded address for the domain owned by the mail server appliance.

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