USRE40804E1 - Filter-in method for reducing junk e-mail - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to methods used to reduce the amount of unwanted electronic mail (e-mail) received by a user of an e-mail service.
- FIG. 1 there is shown the conventional process of sending e-mail messages from a source client 10 to a destination client 40 .
- the source client 10 composes an e-mail message
- the message is sent from the source client 10 to a source simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server 20 .
- the source SMTP server 20 sends the e-mail message to a destination SMTP server 30 , which then sends the e-mail message to the destination client 40 .
- SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
- a major drawback in the conventional process is the ever increasing amount of junk e-mail messages received by the destination clients 40 .
- Such junk e-mail messages include advertisements for numerous goods and services.
- Users of e-mail systems have been spending an increasing amount of time separating their regular e-mail messages from unwanted e-mail messages.
- Some methods require the source client to add descriptive information to the e-mail message so that the destination SMTP server can prevent undesired e-mail messages from being sent to the destination client. These methods are basically ineffective because the senders of junk e-mail messages will not add the descriptive information which will allow destination clients to block the junk e-mail messages.
- Filter-out methods have also been developed. With such filter-out methods, a database of known sources (source clients) of junk e-mail messages is compiled. The destination SMTP server compares the source client's e-mail address to the e-mail addresses in the database and does not sent undesired e-mail messages to the destination client. These methods have also proven to be ineffective because the development of robotic delivery programs. These robotic delivery programs sent out thousands of junk e-mail messages and create nonexistent source client e-mail addresses. Thus, when one source client e-mail address is blocked, a new address is created. As a consequence, the database of known sources of junk e-mail messages can not keep up with changing e-mail addresses created by the robotic delivery programs.
- a method for preventing delivery of unwanted electronic mail is provided which overcomes the problems of prior art methods discussed above.
- the method of the invention thwarts conventional robotic delivery programs and, in preferred implementations, includes features which will counteract the anticipated use of more sophisticated robotic delivery systems.
- a method for preventing the delivery of unwanted electronic mail messages to a destination client comprises the steps of: receiving an original electronic mail message from a source client at a destination server; sending a reply electronic mail message from the destination server to the source client requesting that the source client complete a registration process; monitoring the response of the source client to the request to complete a registration process to determine whether the source client properly responds to the request; and sending the original electronic mail message from the destination server to the destination client only if the source client properly responds to the request to complete a registration process.
- a method for preventing the delivery of unwanted electronic mail messages to a destination client comprises the steps of: receiving an original electronic mail message addressed to a destination client from a source client having an electronic mail address at a destination server; comparing the electronic mail address of the source client to an accept list of electronic mail addresses; sending the original electronic mail message to the destination client when the electronic mail address of the source client is on the accept list; sending a reply electronic mail message from the destination server to the source client requesting that the source client complete a registration process when the electronic mail address of the source client is not on the accept list; monitoring the response of the source client to the request to complete a registration process to determine whether the source client properly responds to the request; and sending the original electronic mail message from the destination server to the destination client only if the source client properly responds to the request to complete a registration process.
- a method for preventing the delivery of unwanted electronic mail messages to a destination client comprises the steps of: receiving an original electronic mail message addressed to a destination client from a source client having an electronic mail address at a destination server; comparing the electronic mail address of the source client to an accept list of electronic mail addresses; sending the original electronic mail message to the destination client when the electronic mail address of the source client is on the accept list; comparing the electronic mail address of the source client to a reject list of electronic mail addresses when the electronic address of the source client is not on the accept list; deleting the original message when the electronic mail address of the source client is on the reject list; sending a reply electronic mail message from the destination server to the source client requesting that the source client complete a registration process when the electronic mail address of the source client is not on the reject list; monitoring the response of the source client to the request to complete a registration process to determine whether the source client properly responses to the request; and sending the original electronic mail message from the destination server to the destination client only if the source client
- Preferred implementations for the registration process include: answering a question included in the reply electronic mail message; completing a form at an Internet address; and following instructions via a telephone system.
- FIG. 1 which was discussed above, is a schematic block diagram of a conventional e-mail system.
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of blocking junk e-mail messages in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- a source client composes an e-mail message and the message is sent to the source SMTP server.
- the source SMTP server sends the e-mail message to the destination SMTP server.
- the destination SMTP server compares the source client's e-mail address to an accept list.
- the accept list contains the e-mail addresses of source clients from which the destination client wishes to receive e-mail messages.
- the accept list is automatically updated to include the e-mail addresses of clients to which the destination client has sent e-mail messages.
- the destination SMTP server sends the e-mail message to the destination client, as indicated in step 90 .
- the destination SMTP server determines if the source client's e-mail address is on a reject list.
- the reject list may contain e-mail addresses of known sources of junk e-mail and any e-mail address from which the destination client wishes not to accept e-mail.
- the e-mail message is deleted by the destination SMTP server, as indicated in step 110 .
- the e-mail message is held in a memory which is accessible by the destination client when the source client's e-mail address is on the reject list.
- the destination SMTP server holds the e-mail message in memory and requests that the source client proceed with a registration process, as indicated in step 120 .
- the source client can register its e-mail address.
- the destination SMTP server sends a reply message to the source client and requests that the source client send back a reply message.
- the destination SMTP server receives the reply message, the original e-mail message is “filtered-in” and released to the destination client.
- the destination SMTP server will never receive a response to its reply message because the source client e-mail address does not exist.
- the destination SMTP server can send a reply message to the source client with instructions or a question that only a human can follow or answer, respectively.
- the registration process is successfully completed when the source client responds correctly.
- each destination client is allowed to compose their own question and answer or instructions, in order to maximize the amount of effort required by a source of junk e-mail to send messages to multiple destination clients. In general, it will be cost prohibitive for the source of junk e-mail messages to go through and response to each destination SMTP server reply message.
- the registration process is completed by filling out an Internet web page form or by following instructions via a telephone system.
- One advantage of including such a registration process is that it requires the source client to make an effort to filter-in a desired message, instead of requiring the destination client to filter-out undesired messages.
- the destination SMTP server determines whether the source client properly registered its e-mail address within a predetermined time period. The length of the predetermined time period may be selected either by the destination client or the destination SMTP server. If the e-mail address is properly registered, the original e-mail message is sent to the destination client and the source client's e-mail address is added to the accept list, as indicated in step 150 . At any time, the destination client can add e-mail addresses and remove e-mail addresses from the accept and reject lists. Therefore, if the source client does properly register its e-mail address and the destination client wishes to not receive any more e-mail messages from that source client, the destination client can remove that entry from the accept list and add it to the reject list.
- the destination SMTP server if the registration process is not successfully completed within the predetermined period of time, the destination SMTP server holds the original e-mail message in a memory, as indicated in step 140 .
- the destination client may access the e-mail messages stored in the memory.
- the destination SMTP server may delete the e-mail messages from the memory when a preselected event occurs, i.e., when instructed to do so by the destination client, or when a predetermined time period has lapsed, or when the memory is full or when a predetermined number of e-mail messages has been exceeded. Either the destination SMTP server, or the destination client can determine the manner in which the e-mail messages will be deleted from the memory.
- the destination SMTP server automatically deletes the original e-mail message if the registration process is not completed within the predetermined period of time.
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