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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee Codel Lawson Tarbotton, Leicester, GB;
Daniel Joseph Wolff, Aylesbury, GB;
Nicholas Paul Kelly, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ; G06F 1/214 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ; G06F 1/214 ;
Abstract
Received e-mail messages are subject to a minimum delay period determined in dependence upon characteristics of the e-mail message received. Prior to release of the e-mail message upon expiry of the minimum delay period a check is made that the most up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spamming tests have been applied to the e-mail message. Characteristics that may be used to determine the minimum delay period applied include sender characteristics, recipient characteristics, attachment type characteristics and message content type characteristics.