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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Ashvinkumar P. Patel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Brian R. Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
Udi Manber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ashvinkumar P. Patel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Brian R. Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
Udi Manber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves reducing the amount of unsolicited e-mail. In one embodiment, a method for automatically detecting unsolicited electronic mail from a mailer and automatically notifying facilitators of the mailer of the unsolicited electronic mail is disclosed. In one step, an electronic mail message is received from the mailer. It is automatically determined if the electronic mail message is probably unsolicited. A check for an open relay in routing information of a header of the electronic mail message is performed. The facilitating party of the mailer is determined. Information relating to the electronic mail message is automatically reported to the facilitating party.