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System and method for provisioning an email account using mail exchange records

  • US 8,626,857 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2011
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for provisioning an electronic mail (email) account for allowing access from a remote device, the system comprising:

  • a database; and

    a processor coupled to said database and configured toreceive email address parameters and transmit a domain name system (DNS) query to the Internet for concurrently returning mail exchange (MX) and address (A) records corresponding to the email address parameters, andprocess returned MX records to determine validity of the email address parameters, and when provisioning from processing returned MX records fails, process returned A records to determine the email address parameters, and when provisioning from processing returned A records fails, request corrected email address parameters and generate at least one set of possible configuration parameters based upon heuristics of likelihood of validity for provisioning and accessing the email account.

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