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Apparatus and methods for controlling the transmission of messages

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  • US 8,271,596 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for controlling transmission of messages from an originator computer system through an originating mail server to a receiving mail server, a connection between the originator computer system and the originating mail server forming a sending side, the method comprising:

  • detecting, on the sending side, an outbound message from the originator computer system, the outbound message associated with an originator identity;

    verifying, on the sending side, an authenticity of the originator identity;

    performing a quota enforcement operation based on a message count and a message limit associated with the originator identity to produce a message transmission result;

    transmitting the outbound message from the originating mail server to a receiving mail server on a computer network if the message transmission result contains a transmit value; and

    preventing transmission of the outbound message from the originating mail server to a receiving mail server on a computer network if the message transmission result contains a no-transmit value.

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