Updating hierarchical whitelists
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1. A system for updating a plurality of hierarchal whitelists, comprising:
- a messaging software application stored in memory and executable by a processor to;
access an e-mail message to obtain message data associated with the e-mail message sent by a sender to a recipient in a network,extract sender information and recipient information from the message data,send the message data to a server; and
a server device to update a plurality of whitelists residing on the server to add the extracted recipient data, the whitelists associated with;
the sender, wherein the recipient is identified as being allowed to send e-mail messages to the sender, anda group of users that share whitelist entries, wherein the recipient is identified as always being allowed to send e-mail messages to the group of users.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for maintaining a whitelist, including: obtaining message data based on an email message sent by a user; extracting recipient information from message data; updating the whitelist using the recipient information.
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1. A system for updating a plurality of hierarchal whitelists, comprising:
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a messaging software application stored in memory and executable by a processor to; access an e-mail message to obtain message data associated with the e-mail message sent by a sender to a recipient in a network, extract sender information and recipient information from the message data, send the message data to a server; and a server device to update a plurality of whitelists residing on the server to add the extracted recipient data, the whitelists associated with; the sender, wherein the recipient is identified as being allowed to send e-mail messages to the sender, and a group of users that share whitelist entries, wherein the recipient is identified as always being allowed to send e-mail messages to the group of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for updating a plurality of hierarchical whitelists, the method comprising:
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accessing an e-mail message to obtain message data associated with the e-mail message sent by a sender to a recipient in a network, extracting sender information and recipient information from the message data, updating a plurality of whitelists residing on a server to add the extracted recipient information, the whitelists associated with; the sender, wherein the recipient is identified as being allowed to send e-mail messages to the sender, and a group of users that share whitelist entries, wherein the recipient is identified as always being allowed to send e-mail messages to the group of users. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for updating a plurality of hierarchical whitelists, the method comprising:
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accessing an e-mail message to obtain message data associated with the e-mail message sent by a sender to a recipient in a network, extracting sender information and recipient information from the message data, updating a plurality of whitelists to add the extracted recipient information, the whitelists associated with; the sender, wherein the recipient is identified as being allowed to send e-mail messages to the sender, and a group of users that share whitelist entries, wherein the recipient is identified as always being allowed to send e-mail messages to the group of users.
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