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Validating E-mails using message posting services

  • US 9,887,950 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2016
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for validating e-mails, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more computer processors, an e-mail;

    determining, by one or more computer processors, a sender of the e-mail;

    identifying, by one or more computer processors, an account of a message posting service, wherein the account is associated with the sender;

    querying, by one or more computer processors, the message posting service for a first hash value corresponding to the e-mail based, at least in part, on the account;

    receiving, by one or more computer processors, a response from the message posting service;

    determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the account includes the first hash value based, at least in part, on the response;

    validating, by one or more computer processors, the e-mail based, at least in part, on the response from the message posting servicedetermining, by one or more computer processors, a time of receipt of the e-mail;

    determining, by one or more computer processors, a time of posting of the first hash value; and

    determining, by one or more computer processors, a duration of time between the time of receipt and the time of posting.

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