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Sorting electronic messages using attributes of the sender address

  • US 7,617,286 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2007
  • Issued: 11/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system that includes an electronic messaging server that provides electronic messaging services to one or more users, a method for sorting electronic messages for a user, the method comprising:

  • for each sender that sends electronic messages to a user, assigning attributes to a sender address of each sender such that each sender address is associated with one or more attributes, wherein the sender addresses and the one or more attributes are stored in a first list, and wherein assigning the one or more attributes to the sender address does not require the one or more attributes to be user-defined;

    receiving an electronic message from a particular sender at the electronic messaging server; and

    sorting the electronic message into at least one folder based on the one or more attributes assigned to a particular sender address of the particular sender.

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