System utilizing updated spam signatures for performing secondary signature-based analysis of a held e-mail to improve spam email detection
US7293063B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A spam manager (101) receives (201) at least one e-mail (106) addressed to a domain (103). The spam manager (101) performs (203) a signature based analysis of received e-mail (106) to determine whether received e-mail (106) includes at least one signature indicative of spam. Responsive to the spam manager (101) identifying e-mail (106) that does not include at least one signature indicative of spam and to a timeout period not having transpired from a time of receipt of the e-mail (106) by the spam manager (101), the spam manager (101) performs (205) at least one secondary analysis of the identified e-mail (106).
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