System and method for providing anonymous remailing and filtering of electronic mail
US6591291B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/365
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for, and method of, generating an alias source address for an electronic mail (“e-mail”) message having a real source address and a destination address and a computer network, such as the Internet, including the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes an alias source address generator that employs the destination address to generate the alias source address. The system further includes an alias source address substitutor that substitutes the alias source address for the real source address. This removes the real source address from the e-mail message and thereby renders the sender, located at the real source address, anonymous. Further-described are systems and methods for forwarding reply e-mail and filtering reply e-mail based on alias source address.
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