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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Giridhar E. Buddepalli, Bangalore, IN;

Anita Govindjee, Ithaca, NY (US);

Jenny S. Li, Danbury, CT (US);

Narayana Pattipati, Karnataka, IN;

Lisa M. Salecedo Eichorn, Weston, FL (US);

Ronald A. Soltis, Woodbury, CT (US);

Nina E. Wilner, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/34 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/0471 (2013.01);
Abstract

A security aware email server and a method of managing incoming email are described. The server includes a memory device configured to store rules, instructions, and user preferences. The processor makes a determination of whether a sender of an incoming email used a secure or unsecure sending network to send the email and determines an action to take with the email based on the determination and the user preferences.


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