Classification of electronic mail into multiple directories based upon their spam-like properties

In an electronic mail system, an apparatus and method for providing, in addition to the conventional "Inbox" directory in which all incoming e-mails are normally received, a plurality of appropriately labeled directories for containing e-mails suspected of being spam, grading the level of...

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Hauptverfasser: CRAWFORD JASON L, WEGMAN MARK N, RAJAN VADAKKEDATHU T
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In an electronic mail system, an apparatus and method for providing, in addition to the conventional "Inbox" directory in which all incoming e-mails are normally received, a plurality of appropriately labeled directories for containing e-mails suspected of being spam, grading the level of spaminess of the incoming e-mails and then moving or copying the incoming e-mails into one or more of the spam directories based upon the e-mails' respective levels of spaminess.