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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Brian Joseph Tsang, Redmond, WA (US);
Stanley Grant, Redmond, WA (US);
Lubdha Khandelwai, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Pengelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Xavier, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Joseph Tsang, Redmond, WA (US);
Stanley Grant, Redmond, WA (US);
Lubdha Khandelwai, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Pengelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Xavier, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that enhance the security of electronic mail messages and folders. Messages that are deemed to be less secure and have a higher security risk, such as unsolicited commercial e-mail (i.e. SPAM) and phishing messages, are reformatted and displayed in plain text with hyperlinks disabled in certain circumstances. For example, messages in a junk e-mail folder may be reformatted and displayed in plain text with hyperlinks disabled to make them safer for the user to interact with.