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Method and system for handling unwanted email messages

  • US 8,577,968 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2006
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • scanning incoming email messages with scanning software to obtain an email address of each incoming email message;

    incrementing a particular count of email messages that are spam for a sender of an email message in a database;

    determining that a first count of email messages that are spam for the sender has exceeded a threshold over a first predefined time period;

    determining that a second count of email messages that are clean for the sender has exceeded a threshold over a second predefined time period; and

    placing a particular email address of the sender in a clean list such that the scanning software is subsequently prevented from scanning additional messages from the sender, wherein the particular count is incremented in a row of the database that matches an email address of the sender, and wherein the database includes an email address column, a count of spam email messages column, and a count of clean email messages column.

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