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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Richard Morrey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard Morrey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for scanning emails by reducing the amount of decomposition processing that is performed to only the minimum necessary to fully scan the emails. This reduces the server resources needed, which improves server throughput and reduces costs. A method for processing email messages comprises the steps of receiving an email message comprising a plurality of items, scanning the email message with at least one scanner software, determining with each of the at least one scanner softwares what items of the plurality of items the email message is to be decomposed into, decomposing the email message to obtain the items determined by each of the at least one scanner software.