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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Mayerber L. Carvalho Neto, Redmond, WA (US);
Chandresh K. Jain, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Redmond, WA (US);
Mihai Costea, Redmond, WA (US);
Mayerber L. Carvalho Neto, Redmond, WA (US);
Chandresh K. Jain, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Redmond, WA (US);
Mihai Costea, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A perimeter network may be utilized to filter electronic mail messages destined for an internal network. A computer may be utilized to monitor an electronic mail mailbox for changes to a safe recipients list and/or a blocked senders list. The computer may further be utilized to automatically copy the safe recipients list and/or the blocked senders list to a network directory in the internal network. The computer may further be utilized to automatically send the safe recipients list and/or the blocked senders list to a network directory in the perimeter network for utilization by one or more agents executing on a computer in the perimeter network. The one or more agents may be configured to utilize the safe recipients list and/or the blocked senders list to filter electronic mail messages received by the perimeter network which are destined for delivery to the internal network.