System and method for provisioning an email account using mail exchange and address records

US8117267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TeamOn Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Darren L. Gardner · Issaquah, US
• Suryanarayana Murthy Gorty · Redmond, US
• Steven J. McCarthy · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for provisioning an electronic mail (email) account of a user for allowing access to an electronic mailbox from a remote device to retrieve email includes a communications module that receives email address parameters entered by the user and transmits a domain name system (DNS) query to the Internet for returning mail exchange (MX) and address (A) records corresponding to the entered email address parameters of the user. A configuration module processes any returned MX and A records to determine whether the email address parameters entered by the user are valid before attempting to provision the email account of the user.