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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Rishi Bhatia, Walpole, MA (US);
Rishi Bhatia, Walpole, MA (US);
Computer Associates Think, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for filtering network messages, e.g., electronic mail, are provided. A user-specific blocked list or identified junk sender list is published at a server of a computing network, so when a new e-mail arrives, the server can automatically apply filtering rules based on the user-specific junk sender list and delete the appropriate messages. The method includes the steps of generating a list of unacceptable identities at a server; determining an identity associated with a network message received by the server; comparing the identity with the list of unacceptable identities; and deleting the network message from the server if the identity matches an identity on the list of unacceptable identities.