Throttling electronic communications from one or more senders
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing indicia of multiple electronic messages sent by one or more subscribers during a period of time, each electronic message including a header and including a content portion readable by a human;
counting the number of electronic messages, from the multiple electronic messages, that are sent by a subscriber during the period of time;
inhibiting communications between the subscriber and a recipient based on results obtained when counting; and
determining that the subscriber is sending SPAM based on results obtained when counting.
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Abstract
A number and/or frequency of electronic data communications received from a sender or group of senders during a period of time may be monitored (e.g., counted). When more than a threshold number of electronic communications are communicated by the sender during the period of time, an ability of the sender to communicate messages may be affected.
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing indicia of multiple electronic messages sent by one or more subscribers during a period of time, each electronic message including a header and including a content portion readable by a human;
counting the number of electronic messages, from the multiple electronic messages, that are sent by a subscriber during the period of time;
inhibiting communications between the subscriber and a recipient based on results obtained when counting; and
determining that the subscriber is sending SPAM based on results obtained when counting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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an accessing code segment for accessing indicia of multiple electronic messages sent by one or more subscribers during a period of time, each electronic message including a header and including a content portion readable by a human;
a counting code segment for counting the number of electronic messages, from the multiple electronic messages, that are sent by a subscriber during the period of time;
a threshold determining code segment for determining, based on results obtained when counting, whether more than a threshold number of electronic messages are sent by the subscriber during the period of time;
an inhibiting code segment for inhibiting communications between the subscriber and a recipient based on results obtained when counting the subscriber'"'"'s ability to communicate electronic messages conditioned on whether more than the threshold number of electronic messages is sent by the subscriber during the period of time; and
a code segment for determining that the subscriber is sending SPAM based on results obtained when counting.
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15. A method comprising:
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accessing indicia of electronic messages received from multiple machines during a period of time, each electronic message including a header and including a content portion readable by a human;
determining a number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time;
determining that SPAM is being received from one or more of the multiple machines based on results obtained when determining the number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time; and
inhibiting a messaging capability conditioned on results obtained when determining the number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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an accessing code segment for accessing indicia of electronic messages received from multiple machines during a period of time, each electronic message including a header and including a content portion readable by a human;
a number determining code segment for determining a number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time;
a code segment for determining that SPAM is being received from one or more of the multiple machines based on results obtained when determing the number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time; and
an inhibiting code segment for inhibiting a messaging capability conditioned on results obtained when determining the number of electronic messages received, cumulatively from the multiple machines, during the period of time.
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