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Communication device having function for automaticaly determining unsolicited e-mails

  • US 20060242243A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2004
  • Published: 10/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communications device having an own-email address and transmission and reception functions for transmitting and receiving email via an external mail server, the communications device comprising:

  • a history information acquiring unit operable to acquire history information of emails transmitted using the transmission function;

    a received email determining unit operable to a) acquire, from the external mail server, header information of an email that has been received by the external mail server, the header information including attribute information of the received email, and b) when a transmission source email address is the own-email address determine whether or not the received email is unsolicited email by comparing the header information and the acquired history information.

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